259' HO 11,T US J A r.I A I C E N S I S, cvNANCiii UM 



sweet, succulent, ir.ore qnadi-augular as they are lander, containing in a thin pulp font 

 triangular stones. The berries are eatable. It grows very common in Jamaica in the 

 savannas, and in Liguanea niountams. Browne called it bourreiia, after Mr. Bonrcr. 

 an apothecary of Nuremberg, and a great promoter of natural history. Tins species 

 is considered as the connecting link between ehretia and cordia. 



See Jacqjjinia. 

 GtJURANT Cactus See Indian Fig. 



CUSTARD APPLE. ANNONA. 



Cr.. 13, OR. 7. ^Polj/andria poh/gynia, Kat. or. Coadunatte, 

 Gen. char. See Alligator Apple, p. 11. 



RETICULATA. RETICULATE. 



Annona via.vima,folii,': oblongis angustis,fructu ma.rhno luieo corioids-^ 

 corliee glabra in areolas distincto. Sloane, v. 2, p. 167, t. 226. 

 Foliis oblongis undulatis venosis,. frudibus areolaiis. Brownej , 

 p. 256. ' . 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, smooth ; fruits ovate, reticulate-areolate ; 

 outer petals lanceolate. Inner minute. 



This tree grows to tlie height of twenty-five feet or more, with spreaditig branches, 

 thebark smooth and gS?}. rhe leaves of a light green colour, having rreveral deep 

 transverse ribs, and hollow, ending in acute points ; they are alternate, in two rows ; 

 tlie petioles are gibbous, short, excavated, smooth ; flowers thret or four, close toge- 

 ther, peduncled, nodding, whitish. Petals three, linear, thick", three-cornered, 

 bkuit, unequal and brown on the outside, j'ellowish white within, spotted with dark 

 purple, excavated at the base. The nectary consists of three very minute, ol)long, 

 Linnt, petals, at the base of the genuine petals; the body of stamens and pistils is 

 roundish, minute, whitish; the fruit roundish, heart-shaped, the rind sometimes re- 

 ticulate, thick, brown, shilling, of a yellow or orange-colour, with a reddishness on 

 one side, when ripe ; having a soft, sweet, yellowish, pulp, the consistence of a cus- 

 tard, whence the name : the seeds are black, oblong, depressed, and shining. This 

 tree grows in dry places, and the fruit is much esteemed by some people ; it ripens bv 

 beinjj allowed to remain some time after gathering. The seeds are said to stop fluxes, . 



No English Name. CYNANCHIUM. 



Cl. 5, OR. 2. PentandriadigT^nia, . Nat. o?..Contortcet 



Gen. char. Calyx, a one-leafed, five-toothed perianth ; corolla one-petaled, witij 

 scarce any tube, border five-parted ; nectary in the centre of the flower, erect, 

 cylindric, with a five-cleft mouth, the length of the corolla ; the stamens are fire 

 filaments, length of.nectary, parallel j anthers-toucliins,. withia the mouth of the 



COKolla, L 



