108 safford: chelonocarpus 



mouse-colored, faintly revealing the transverse wrinkels of the ruminate 

 endosperm; pulp very juicy, aromatic, edible. 



Type in the Herbarium of John Donnell Smith, collected in the 

 forest near Puerto Sierra, Honduras, February 7, 1903, by Percy 

 Wilson (No. 351). Specimens examined: Material from the type col- 

 lection in the Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden and the 

 Donnell Smith Herbarium, Baltimore, Maryland; also photographs of 

 fruits purchased at Morales, Guatemala, not far from Puerto Barrios, 

 April 6, 1902, by Mr. Guy N. Collins (No. 3833). 



Explanation of Figure 2. Annona testudinea, from type material, 

 natural size, showing a typical acuminate leaf and a basal leaf with 

 retuse apex. Drawn by Mr. Ivan M. Fitzwater. 



The fruit, as described by Mr. Collins in his field notes, "has a shell 

 about one-eighth of an inch thick, which breaks with almost a fracture, 

 with a fleshy core [receptacle] reaching from the base nearly to the center 

 of the fruit. The pulp of the ripe fruit is rich, soft, and watery, with 

 only a faint suggestion of the sandiness noted in the Annona observed 

 at Sepacuite [A. reticulata L.], very aromatic and with a slight pine-like 

 flavor, turning brown when perfectly ripe and not adhering to the seeds. 

 The color of the outer surface is grayish or bluish green, somewhat 

 pruinose, becoming purplish at maturity." According to Mr. Percy 

 Wilson, the fresh leaves are dark green above and paler beneath. The 

 tree, known locally as "anona del monte," or wild custard-apple, is 

 highly esteemed by the natives for its fruit. The latter is green- 

 ridged with brown seeds having the odor of turpentine when cut, and 

 with good edible pulp, which is easily separable. 



