032 ANNONACEAE 
solitary or two or three together in the axils of broad foliaceous bracts. Sepals 
2 to 4, broad. Corolla white or ochroleucous: petals 6-12, narrow, coriaceous, 
often curled backward. Ovules 6-8. Berry solitary or 2 or 3 together.—Fol- 
lowing are the only known species.—Spr 
Corolla white or pinkish; petals of a linear type, the longer on more than four 
times the length of the sepals: pedicels over 1 cm. long. . D. pulchellus. 
Corolla yellow ; petals of a lanceolate type, the longer ones less 
four times the length of the sepals: pedicels less than 7 
1 em. long. 2. D. Rugelit. 
1. D. pulchellus Small. Root t fusiform, 3-6 dm. long: stems 3 dm. or 
less, those bearing flowers stouter than the leafy ones, all early glabrous: eee 
bright- Ben: blades cuneate to spatulate, 
3-11 long, Ub us OT dod hae E 
uu orm reticulate above, glab at 
maturity "n RU persistent scatte e ioc: 
hairs on midrib beneath: oe of ps 
quid eR, pus Bb. ova val, 
elliptic, sessile or nearly so: ae oe 
1-2.5 em. long: sepals coriaceous, triangular 
to lanceolate, 4-8 mm. long, acute, glabrous 
or obscurely pubescent: petals linear, vary- 
ing to broadest above the middle or below it, 
stricted betw n the s eeds, 2-4.5 em. long: 
gr very buy dd Or fattened on one side.—Low pinelands, SW 
. Fla. 
a D. Rugelii (Robinson) bc Plant similar in habit to that of D. pulchel- 
, but more ore T red-tomentose, at least when young: 
o 2-6 dm. "ll: = deep-green; blades spatulate, cuneate, or obovate: 
bracts of the flowering stem fo o. elliptic or nearly so, 2. 5-4 c m. long, 
rounded at the T reticulate, abru ptly c to & short pedo pedi- 
cels spreading or rec p m eading, less than 1 em. long: sepals broadly ovate 
to deltoid, Bb ee copiously pubescent at least ies young: petals lanceolate, 
or sometim mes elliptic: lanceolate, 12 mm. long, very fleshy, obtuse, minute 
pubesce ee stamens 2.5—3 mm. lo ong or less: ma obovoid to cylin indric- obovoid, 
often curved and Cos between the , 2-6 em. long: seeds subglobose 
to oval, sb turgid. [Asimina Rugelii nu c NE pen. Fla. 
4. ANNONA L. Trees with pungent-aromatie foliage. Leaves per- 
sistent: blades thick-membranous or coriaceous, pinnately veined or rd 
Flowers perfect, solitary or clustered. Sepals usually broad. Corolla white or 
yellow, conic to globose-conic: petals 6, very broad, the outer converging to the 
apex, completely enclosing the smaller inner ones. Ovule solitary in each car- 
pel. Fruit an aggregate of the receptacle and the fleshy mature carpels.— 
About 60 species, mostly in tropical America.—PAWPAWS. CUSTARD-APPLES. 
Petals very broad, often wider than long: fruit not tuberculate. 1. A. glabra. 
Petals narrow: fruit strongly tuberculate. 2. A. squamosa. 
a L. Tree 14 tall or less T stout buttressed trunks: leaf- 
blades elliptic, oval, or elliptic. -ovate, 9-18 em. long, acute or short- AERES, 
