ANONA, ANONACEA. 7 
ORDER IV.—ANONACE/E. Juss. 
Sepals 3-4, persistent, often partially cohering. Petals 6, hypogy- 
nous, in two rows, coriaceous ; estivation valvular. Stamens hypogy- 
nous, indefinite (very rarely definite): anthers adnate, extrorse, with 
alarge connectivum. Ovaries usually numerous, separate or sometimes 
cohering, rarely definite : ovules solitary or several, erect or ascending. 
Fruit of a number of succulent or dry carpella, that are 1- or many- 
seeded, and distinct, or conerete into a fleshy mass. "Testa of the seed 
brittle. Embryo minute at the base of a hard fleshy or horny rumi- 
nated albumen.—Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, without 
stipules. 
I. ANONA. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 494 ; Gertn. fr. t. 138. 
Sepals 3, united at the base, somewhat acute. Petals 6; outer 3 thick, not 
winged at the back ; inner ones smaller and sometimes quite abortive. An- 
thers numerous, nearly sessile, covering the hemispherical torus: connectivum 
dilated at the apex beyondthe anther. Carpels numerous, 1-celled, 1-seeded, 
united into one scaly, internally pulpy, many-seeded berry.— Aromatic trees 
orshrubs. Peduncles axillary or opposite to the leaves. 
721. (1) A squamosa (Linn. :) stem arborescent : leaves oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, bluntish, glabrous, pellucid-dotted : exterior petals narrow-lanceo- 
late, obtuse, concave below, three-cornered near the apex, connivent; inner 
ones scarcely any: fruit ovoid, scaly.—DC. prod. 1. p. 85 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 640; 
Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 657 ; Wall. L. n. 6490 ; Wight ! cat. n. 27.—Rheed. Mal. 
8. t.29; Rumph. Amb. 1. t. 46; Pluk. t. 134. f. 3. (bad). | 
722. (2) A. reticulata (Linn.:) a tree: leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, gla- 
brous, minutely pellucid-dotted ; exterior petals oblong, connivent, three- 
cornered towards the apex, concave below ; inner minute, smaller than the 
calyx, obtuse: fruit somewhat globose, reticulately areolate—DC. prod. 1. 
P. 85; Spr. syst. 2. p. 640; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 657; Wall. L. n. 6489; Wight! 
cat. n. 26.—Rheed. Mal. 3. t. 30, 31. 
II. LOBOCARPUS. W.& A. 
Calyx? tubular, 3-cleft, coriaceous, persistent, enclosing the fruit. Car- 
pels 5, unilocular, united into a 5-celled, oblong, cartilaginous fruit shortly 
and obtusely 5-lobed at the apex: cells at the base of the fruit, each with 2 
seeds placed side by side.—Branches woody. Leaves short-petioled, lanceo- 
late, acuminated, glabrous. Flowers 1-3 together, small, nearly sessile in 
the axils of the leaves: persistent floral-covering externally pubescent, with 
2-3 lanceolate glabrous bracteas at its base. a ae 
23. (1) L. Candolleanus (W. & A.)—Wight ! cat. n. 56. das 
IIL UVARIA. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 495; Gertn. fr. t. 114. 
Sepals 3, united at the base. Petals 6, in a double series, distinct or united 
at the very base. Stamens numerous, distinct. Ovaries numerous, distinct. 
Ovules several, arranged in a double row. Carpels baccate, more or less stalked, 
ovate, oblong, or elongated, indehiscent, even or very slightly torulose, with- 
