530 ANNONACEAE 
broadly ovate: outer petals ovate or aaa so, 7—10 a long, a pubes- 
s oan oval or ellipsoid, aR ies 2—6 em. long.— (SMALL-FRUITED 
PAW DWARF-PAWPAW.)—Pinelands, uu -woods, id pem Coastal 
Plain | and adj. provinces, N pen. Yu to Miss. and N. C. 
2. PITYOTHAMNUS Small. Shrubs with odorous, somewhat aroma- 
tic, foliage and uniform stems. Leaves tardily deciduous or somewhat persis- 
tent: blades leathery or chartaceous, retieulate-veined. Flowers conspicuous, 
solitary or in pairs, before or after the leaves. Corolla white or yellowish, or 
partly or wholly red-purple: petals very much larger than the sepals, more or 
less drooping. Ovules few. Berries solitary or 2-7 together, more or less in- 
equilateral, often uneven from the u al ual development of the seeds, edible.— 
Comprising only the following species.—Spr.—PAwPAWS.  Doc-APPLES.— The 
flowers often inerease much in size and assume deeper colors after they open. 
Flowers arising from axils : the deciduous leaves of the preceding season, Be ng 
before the leaves of the season or with them as they develop. I. RETICULATAE. 
Flowers terminal on olor cals stalks or leafy branchlets axillary 
to the leaves of the season, thus appearing after the leaves. II. OBOVATI. 
. RETICULATAE 
Young leaves copiously pubescent bencati but not lanate- 
tomentose: mature outer n obovate : inner petals 
strongly auriculate near the 1. P. reticulatus. 
Young leaves densely iat tome osa mature outer petals 
oval, often broadly so, or oval-obovate: inner petals not 
strongly auriculate. 2. P. incanus, 
II. 
Flowers borne on a short axillary Stalk which bears a scale- 
ie bract at the base or near it: outer petals 6 em. 
r les 
Outer E "flat, mostly over 5 cm. long: inner petals 
corrugated at the base: anthers over 2 nm long. 3. P. angustifolius. 
Outer petals revolute, mostly less than 5 e long: inner 
pet als corrugated all over: anthers pee than 2 mm 
on 
Inner petals narrowed at the apex, decidedly longer 
than wide: perianth trimerous. 4. P. pygmaeus. 
Inner petals rounded at the apex, as wide as long or 
nearly so: perianth tetramerous. 5. P.tetramerus. 
Flowers borne on a short leafy branchlet: outer petals 6 cm. 
long or more. 6. P. obovatus. 
1. P. reticulatus (Chapm.) Small. Shrub 1 m. tall or less, t 
grayish or brown bark, the shoots tawny tomentulose: d “elliptic. 
cuneate to c n or individually narrowly 
elliptic, 2.5-9 em. long, mostly bonded at 
the apex, ab mds nd at - base, 
very ps Me Me Es oval ovate, 
about 1 em. long, ES roel outer 
et shoei CN em. long, finely E 
without: inner pon 2-2.5 em. long: ber 
elliptic, 2.5-9 long, r rounded at ba ud 
seeds 145 em. "ion ng. [Asimina reticulata 
Chapm. A. Ear ida d —Pinel ie 
and scrub, pen. Fla.—A tea made from E A 
flowers of this and the dee species is e E ag 
by the aaa as a remedy for kidney EPIS 
disorder qe 
2. P. incanus (Bartr.) Small. Shrub 1.5 
m. tall or less, the stems with a dark-gray bark, the shoots densely Td omen- 
tulose: leaf- blades elliptic-obovate or obovate, or individually elliptic or some- 
