198 FLORA OF JAMAICA Annona 



side; fruit smooth, reticulate-areolate. Tussac Fl. Ant. i. t. 29 

 Bun. Anon. 72; Bof. May. tt. 2911, 2912; Mac/. Jam. i. 10 

 Griseh. Joe. cit. ; TJrh. loc. cit. A. maxima foliis oblougis kc 

 Shane Cat. 204 & Hist. li. 167, /. 226. A. foliis lanceolatis fcc 

 Plum. PI. Ahter. (Bunn.) t. 143 /. 2. A. foliis oblongis etc 

 Browne loc. cit. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Custard Apple, Coeur de Bceuf. 



Sloane Herb. vii. 94* ! Wright ! Swartz ! Blue Mts., Macfadyen. 

 West Indies, cultivated in the tropics. 



A small tree 15-30 ft. high. Leaves 10-20 cm. 1., 3-5(2) cm. br. 

 Petals 2-8 cm. 1., hollowed out and coloured purple at the base. Fniit 

 9-10 cm. in diam. ; subglobose, depressed at the stalk end. Seeds brown. 



The fruit is edible, and rather luscious. It is said to be a remedy for 

 diarrhoea and dysentery. 



7. A. cherimola Mill. Bict. ed. 8, 7io. 5 (1768) ; leaves 

 elliptical, velvety beneath ; petals oblong, keeled on the inner 

 side, inner minute. Bun. Anon. 72 ; Macf. Jam. i. 9 ; Griseh. 

 loc. cit. A. tripetala Ait. Hort. Keiv. ii. 252 (1789); Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2011. A. foliis ovatis &c. Trew PI. Select. 16, t. 49. Type in 

 Herb. Mus Brit. 



Cherimoya. 



Cinchona, Faivcett ! Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7675, 9373. Andes. 



A small tree usually about 15 ft. high. Leaves 7-14 cm. 1., 4-9 cm. br. 

 Petals, outer 2-2*5 cm. 1. Fruit usually as large as the Sour Sop, 

 especially under cultivation, of a light green colour ; pulp white ; seeds 

 black. 



"The fruit is one of the most delicious of the kind, there being a slight 

 agreeable acidity mingled with a luscious sweetness" (Macfadyen). The 

 fruit is brought from Madeira to Great Britain, and sold under the name 

 of "custard apple." 



8. A. prsetermissa Faicc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. Hi. 74 

 (1914) ; leaves elliptical or ovate-elliptical, downy beneath with 

 minute adpressed hairs ; buds acuminately conical ; petals oblong ; 

 fruit areolate, tuberculate. Type in Herb. Jam. 



Craig Hill, near Petersfield and Gordon Town, 2400 ft., June (1902), 

 Faivcett ! also, June (1913), Harris ! Fl. Jam. 11,648. 



A small ^7-ee, about 15-30 ft. high. Leaves 12-18 cm. 1., 4 -5-8 -5 cm. 

 br. ; petiole 13-16 mm. 1. Peduncle 1-2-flowered, very short to 1-5 cm. 1. ; 

 pedicels very short to 1*5 cm. 1. Sepals 2-5-3 mm. 1. Petals 3, 2-2*5 cm. 

 1., -5 cm. br. Stamens 2 mm. 1. ; anther about 15 mm. 1. Fruit globose, 

 about 6 cm. in diam. ; tubercles usually hooked at the apex. Seeds 17 mm. 

 1., 10 mm. br. 



9. A. jamaieensis Sprague in Bull. Herh. Boiss. ser. 2, v. 701 

 (1905) ; leaves oblong-elliptical, downy beneath with minute 

 adpressed hairs ; buds ovate ; petals 3, ovate ; fruit tuberculate. 

 Safford in Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herh. xvi. 274. A. sericea 

 Griseh. loc. cit. (excl. distribution) non Dunal. Type in 

 Herb. Kew. 



