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Atis, which are those of the same plant in Asia, and which belong 

 to eastern languages. From this St. Hilaire infers that the Portu- 

 guese transported this plant from their Indian to their American 

 possessions. It has been a matter of much controversy, whether 

 the custard-apple is of Asiatic or American origin. Several claims 

 have been put forward for different parts of Asia, even including 

 the Philippine Islands, where it certainly has been cultivated 

 from the earliest European colonization. The whole question can 

 be seen in De Candolle's " Origin of Cultivated Plants," and it can 

 hardly be doubted that the fruit originated from America, and, pro- 

 bably, the West Indian Islands, but there are no other true 

 Anonas indigenous to Asia, though there are some in Africa. In 

 connection with this fact, a rule which it is well to bear in mind, 

 is mentioned by De Candolle, namely, that no tree, except littoral 

 species, is known to be indigenous at once to tropical Asia, Africa, 

 and Ameinca. 



5. Anona muricata, L. Sour Sop, Custard Apple. There is 

 no controversy about the introduction of this species, which is the 

 largest and, by many, considered the best It is much valued for 

 flavoring ices. 



6. Anona reticulata, L. This is the species named custard- 

 apple in the West Indies, while all through the East it goes by 

 the name of Bullock's Heart. Where proper attention is not 

 paid to its cultivation it is small, tasteless and gritty, especially in 

 Java. The finest fruit I have seen is at Malacca. The chirimoya 

 is not, strange to say, cultivated in the East. 



7. XJvARiA PURPUREA, Blume. Banuac, in Tagalo and Visayan^ 

 also Susong-calabao, the second name referring to cow's milk. 

 This beautiful purple flower witli clusters of yellow fi-uits (edible?) 

 like plums, is very commonly met with in the jungle throughout the 

 Indian Archipelago. 



MENISPERMACE^. 



8. TiNOSPORA CRISPA, Myers. Macabuhay, Tagalo, which, I am 

 informed, is equivalent to revivifying or resurrection. This climbing 

 shrub is found throughout India and the Archipelago, and known 



