120 safford: genus annona 



Section II. Atta (Type Annona squamosa). — In this section 

 the corolla is composed of 3 narrow, oblong or lanceolate petals, 

 never opening to the base, or if there are 6 petals the inner ones 

 are reduced to small scales. The peduncles are usually nodding 

 or reflexed and are devoid of leaf-like bracts. Here are placed 

 Annona cherimolia and the closely allied Annona longiflora, both 

 of which have velvety leaves and delicious fruit called chirimoya; 

 Annona squamosa, the sugar apple, atta, or pomme cannelle; 

 Annona reticulata, the common custard apple, or "bullock's 

 heart;" and Annona scleroderma, a new custard apple from Guate- 

 mala. 



Section III. llama (Type, Annona macropi ophyllata) . — In 

 this section the peduncles are remarkable for a pair of orbicular 

 or oval persistent leaf-like bracts at their base. The corolla is 

 composed of 3 oblong or linear petals swollen at the base and open- 

 ing widely when the flower is mature. Here are placed Annona 

 macroprophyllata and the closely allied Annona diver sifolia, a 

 new species from Colima. The name llama proposed by the 

 writer for this section is a vernacular name of Aztec origin applied 

 to the fruit of the latter species at Colima. 



Section IV. Annonella (Type, Annona globiflora). — In this 

 section are included dwarf shrubby species, with very small 

 3-petaled flowers and small net-veined leaves resembling those 

 of certain species of Rollinia rather than the typical feather- 

 veined leaves of the genus Annona. Here are placed Annona 

 globiflora of eastern Mexico, the peculiar appearance and habit 

 of which suggests to Baillon the creation of a separate section of 

 the genus to include it, and Annona palmeri, a closely allied new 

 species from the tierra caliente of western Mexico. In both 

 of these species the fruit is about the size of a small peach, with 

 little pulp surrounding the comparatively large yellowish Rollinia- 

 like seeds. 



