Tas. 4226. 
ANONA PALUSTRIS. 
Water or Alligator-Apple Tree. 
Nat. Ord. ANONACEH.—PoLyanpRIA MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char. Sepala 3 basi coalita concava subcordata acutiuscula. Petala 
5 crassiuscula, interiora minora aut nulla ; anthere plurimee subsessiles apice angu- 
late dilatatee torum obtegentes. Carpella plurima coalita in baccam unicam 
sessilem cortice muricato squamoso aut reticulato, intus pulposam, ad ambitum 
pluri-locularem, loculis 1-spermis. DC. 
Anona palustris ; foliis ovato-ellipticis subcuspidatis basi obtusiusculis glaber- 
rimis, pedunculis extra-axillaribus solitariis unifloris, petalis rotundato-ovatis 
acutis crassis interioribus dimidio minoribus, ovariis in massam compactam 
coadunatis, fructu areolato areolis oblongis planiusculis. 
Avona palustris, Linn. Sp. Pl. p.754. Sw. Obs. p. 223. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. 
p. 335. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v.2. p.640. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 84. 
Macfad. Jam. p.8. St. Hil. Pl. Us. Bras. t. 30. 
Anona glabra, Dun. Anon. p. 14. De Cand. Prodr.v. 1. p. 473. — 
ANONA aquatica, Sloane, Jam. Hist. v. 2. p. 169. t. 228. f.1. 
Anona uliginosa, foliis nitidis ovatis, &e. Brown, Jam. p. 256. 
Introduced to our gardens from the West Indies by Ph. Miller 
in 1731, and long cultivated at Kew, where it has never flowered. 
For blooming specimens, and others with their rich and fragrant — 
and tempting-looking fruit, I am indebted to Mrs. Sherbourne, 
_ of Hurst House, Prescott, a lady whose name has already appeared 
~ in these pages as the importer of rare flowering plants, but whose 
success in cultivating tropical fruits is, beyond anything, great ; 
t of such a basket of different 
as I can testify by a recent presen 1 
kinds of the Citron tribe as were deemed worthy of gracing the 
table of royalty itself. In regard to the fruit here represented, 
it is only to be regretted that the flavour is not equal to its 
beauty. But though closely allied to the famous Cherimolia, 
Anona tripetala (Bot. Mag. Tab. 2011), it is scarcely eatable. 
Sloane indeed says, “ the country people could say nothing of it, 
except that it was edible ;” but Dr. M’c Fadyen remarks, “ the 
fruit has a somewhat grateful smell, but to the taste it 1s very 
disagreeable, and is said to be narcotic and even poisonous. The 
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