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ANNONA RETICULATA. Nerren Cusrarp 
APPLE. ~ | 
KEK EE EEE EEK EERE EEE 
Class and Order. 
PoLyanpriA Poryeyni. 
( Nat. Ord.—Annonace®. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala 3, basi coalita, concava, subcordata, acutiuscula. 
P e¢. 6, crassiuscula, interiora minora aut nulla. Anthere 
plurime, subsessiles, apice angulate, dilatate, torum obte~ 
gentes. Carpella plurima, coalita in baccam sessilem, cor- 
lice muricato squamoso aut reticulato, intus pulposam, 
ad ambitum multilocularem, loculis monospermis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Annona * reticulata ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis gla- 
bris subpunctatis, petalis exterioribus oblongis sub- 
clausis, fructibus ovato-globosis reticulato-areolatis. 
Annona reticulata. Linn. Sp. Pl. p.'757. (excl. Syn. Rumph.) 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 1266. (excl. Syn. Plum. et 
Rumph.) Dunal Monogr. des Annon. p.72. De Cand. 
i Veget. v. 1. p. 473. Ejusd. Prodr. v. 1. p. 89. 
reng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 640. 
(«.) areolis squamoso-rotundatis. 
Anona-maram. Rheed. Mal. v. 3. p. 23. t. 30, 31. : 
Anona maxima; foliis oblongis angustis, fructu maximo 
luteo conoideo, cortice glabro in areolas distincto. The 
Custard Apple Tree. Sloane Jam. v. 2. p. ‘167. ¢. 
2. p. 296 
3 GUANABANUS 
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Often written Anona, a word of doubtful origin. Evsesrus Nreren- 
BERG says it is the name applied to this tribe of plants by the inhabitants « 
St. Domingo, Rumrnivs supposes it to be derived from the Malay word 
» 2hoa, or Menona, by which name the Genus is still known in Banda. Nana 
‘its denomination in Sumatra. Lrxnavs calls it Annona, a Latin word sig- 
nally 5 As peepee and hence applicable to plants whose fruits are so gene- 
sculent, é 
