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ANONA RETICULATA, Linn. 

 Custard Apple. 



Tropical America. A small tree. (Anonacece.) 



Wood weighs 401bs. per cubic foot. 



Bark is an astringent, and ionic ; of young twigs, yields fibre. 



Leaves and young twigs used for tanning. The leaves also yield a 

 kind of indigo. 



Fruit unripe yields a black dye Ripe, it is said to be anti-dysen- 

 teric and vermifuge. As a fruit, it is not much relished, being too 

 luscious. 



ANONA SQUAMOSA, Linn. 

 Sweet Sop. 



Tropical America A small tree. (Anonacew.) 



Root a drastic purgative, administered in acute dysentery, spinal 

 diseases. 



Leaves, immature fruits, and seeds contain a principle fatal to in- 

 sects. The leaves are often rubbed on floors, etc., in houses to get rid 

 of insects. 



Leaves are applied for extraction of guinea worm, to unhealthy 

 ulcers an anthelmintic. 



Fruit, unripe, dry, powdered, and mixed with flour, used to destroy 

 vermin. 



Ripe fruit, agreeable, good for digestion. 



Wood is soft, close-graiued. W i^ht 461bs per cubic foot. 



ANONA PALUSTRIS, Linn, 

 Alligator Apple, Cork Wood. 

 W. Indies and tropical S. America. A small tree growing in 

 marshes. (Anonoccce.) 



Wood is very light, used as floats for fishing nets, and as stoppers 

 for mouths of vessels of calabash. 



ARACHIS HYPOGrJEA, Linn. 



Pindar, Earth Nut, Ground Nut. 



Brazil. A prostrate annual herb, belonging to the Pea Family 

 (Leguminosce), with pinnate leaves and yellow flowers. When the pod 

 begins to form, the stalk curves over and buries the pod in the ground 

 where it ripens. More than 100,000 acres are devoted to the cultiva- 

 tion of this plant in India and immense tracts in W. Africa. It re- 

 quires a dry, sandy soil. 



Seeds afford on expression an oil, which resembles olive-oil, and is 

 used as a substitute for it, both medicinally and for alimentary pur- 

 poses. 



After the expression of oil, the residue may be made into meal which 

 is richer than peas, and even lintels, in flesh-forming constituents, and 

 contains more fat and phosphoric acid. (Muter.) The cake is also re- 

 commended for cattle feeding. 



In the United States, the nuts are puunded up in a mortar, and are 

 laid to make an agreeable chocolate. 



