Annona. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA, ; 657 
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ed round the lengthened receptacle, of the size of the first 
joint of the little finger, scabrous, straw-coloured, brown 
when dry, one-celled, two-valved ; valves thick and firm. 
Seeds from one to twelve, attached as in the germ, various 
in shape, of the size of a pea. Jnteguments three ; the ex- - 
terior one thick, fleshy and flesh-coloured ; the second hard, 
irregularly furrowed, of a dark-brownish black ; and the 
inner one membranous. Perisperm, conform to the seed, 
while fresh succulent. Embryo small, sub-cylindric, lodged 
close to the umbilicus. Cotyledons oblong. Radicle ovate, 
pointing to the umbilicus (centripetal.) ma 
ANNONA. Schreb. gen. n. 945. 
Gen. Caar. Calyx three-leaved. Corol six-petalled. 
Germs numerous, one-celled, one-seeded ; attachment in- 
ferior. Fruit compound, many-seeded. Embryo amply 
furnished with a perisperm. 
1. A. squamosa. Willd. 2. 1265. 
Leaves narrow, oblong, obtuse, smooth. Fruit ovate, 
obtuse, squamose, Exterior petals lanceolate and obtuse ; 
the inner scarcely any. 
Beng. Ata. 
Atamarum. Rheed. Mal. 3. t. 29. 
Eng. Custard-apple. 
Cultivated ; where indigenous uncertain, it flowers dur- 
ing the early part of the hot season; the fruit ripens in 
July, August and Sepiember, 
2. A. reticulata. Willd. 2. 1265. 
Leaves oblong, lanceolate, somewhat acute, smooth. 
Fruit ovate, lanceolate and obtuse. 
_ Beng. Noona. 
-Anona marum. Rheed, Mal. 3. t. 30, and 31. _ 
Tad said to be indigenous amongst the 
