( 3095 ) 



Annona squamosa. Undulated Custard- 

 apple, Sugar-apple, Sweet-sop. 



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Class and Order. 



POLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA. 



( Nat. Old. — AnnonacejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala 3, basi coalita concava, subcordata, acutiuscula. 

 Petala 6, crassiuscula, interiora minora aut nulla ; anthera? 

 plurirnae subsessiles apice angulatse dilatatae torum obte- 

 gentes. Carpella plarima coalita in baccam unicam sessi- 

 lem cortice muricato squamoso aut reticulata, intus pulpo- 

 sam, ad ambitum multi-locularem, loculis 1-spermis. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Annona squamosa ; foliis oblongis acutis glabris, fructibus 

 rotundatis obtuse squamosis, petalis exterioribus lan- 

 eeolatis, interioribus minutis (quandoque nullis ?) 



Annona squamosa. Linn. Sp. PL p. 757. Jacq. Obs. 1. 

 p. 13. t. 6. / 1. Swartz, Obs. p. 221. Willd. Sp. PL 

 v. 2. p. 1264. Dunal, Monogr. p. 69. Ait. Hort. Kew. 

 ed. 2. v. 3. p. 334. De Cand. Syst. Veget. v. I. p. 472, 

 Pro dr. v. 1. p. 85. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 640. 



Atamaram. Rheed. Matab. v. 3. p. 21. t. 29. 



Annona tuberosa. Rumph. Amb. v. l.p. 138. t. 46. 



Anona foliis odoratis minoribus, &c. Shane, Jam. v. 2. 

 t. 227. 



Anona foliis oblongo-ovatis undulatis venosis, &c. Browne, 

 Jam. p. 256. 



Descr. This forms a tree, or large shrub, fourteen or 

 fifteen feet high, with a smooth and low trunk, and numer- 

 ous patent, rounded branches. Leaves petioled, alternate, 



oblong, 



