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M'as 23f; 30 feet from the jjround its diameter was 5f; the whole height 

 l!25f. The trunk is perfectly straight and cylindric. At top it divides rather 

 abruptly into coarse, crooked, rather unsightly branches. Leaves dark green, 

 smooth, truncate at the end, with two lateral lobes, 3 — 5' in length and breadth, 

 on long petioles. In May and June it puts forth numerous large and brilliant 

 flowers, greenish-yellow, orange within, solitary, -1 — G' diam. TJic wood is 

 extensively used as a substitute for pine. 



Order IV. ANONACE^.— Anonads. 



Trees or S/irubs. 



Lvf. alternate, simple, entire, without stipules. 



Fin. usually green or brown, axillary, lar^e, shorter than the leaves. 



Ca/.— Sepals 3—4, persistent, often united at ba.se. 



Co;-.— Petals 6, in two rows, hypogyiious, wstivation valvate. 



Sla. indefinite, densely crowded. F/l. short. Anth. adnatc, extrorse. 



Oi'«. numerous, closely packed. ,S7y. short or 0. Stig- simple. 



Fr. dry or succulent, 1— many-seeded, distinct or airgregated. Sds. anatropous. 



Genera -20. species 300 , chiefly native within the tropics of both hemispheres. Four species are 

 found in the United States, all of the following genus. Plants generally aromatic in alJ their parts. 



UVARIA. 



Lat. uva, grape ; from the resemblance of the fruit of some species. 



Sepals 3, united at base ; petals 6, in 2 rows ; carpels oblong, 

 baccate, often torulose, pulpy within ; seeds several. — Aromatic shrubs 

 or trees. 



U. TRILOBA. Torr. and Gr. (Anona. Linn.) Pawpmo. 



Lis. obovate-oblong, acuminate ; pet. dark-purple, exterior orbicular, 3 or 

 4 times as long as the sepals. — A small and beautiful tree, 15 — 20f high, on 

 banks of streams, Middle, Southern and Western States. Branches and leaves 

 nearly glabrous, the latter 8 — 12' by 3 — 4', very smooth and entire, tapering to 

 very short petioles. Fruit about 1' thick and 3' long, ovoid-oblong, about 

 8-seeded, yellowish, fragrant, eatable, ripe in October. Flowers in March, 

 Apr. 



Order Y. MENISPERMACE^.— Mexispermads. 



Shruls twining or climbing, with alternate, entire leaves. 



Fls. small, in panicles or racemes, usually dia'cious. . 



Ca/.— Sepals 3— 8. in a double series, 2—4 in each, imbricated msestivation, hypog., deciduous. 



Cor.— Petals 1—8, hypoyvnous, usually as many as the sepals, rarely 0. [many. 



^ta. distinct or monadelphous, equal in number to the petals and opposite to them, or 3 or 4 tmies as 



.^«r/i. innate find consisting of 4 globose lobes. 



Ova. usually solitary, sometimes 2—4. Fr. a drupe, globose-reniform. 



Genera 11, species 175, mostof them natives of tropical Asia and America. The only northern genus 

 is iMenispermiUTJ. 



Properties.— A few plants of this order contain a bitter principle in their roots. A foreign species 

 of iNIenispermum yields the col umbo of the shops, which is a valuable tonic; another genus, Anamirta 

 Cocculus, of India, furnishes the Indian cockle, so into.\icating to fishes. 



MENISPERMUM. 



Gr. firji'fl, the moon; o-Trsp^ta, seed; froin thecrescent form of the seed. 



Flowers 9 c?; sepals 4 — 8, in a double row ; petals 4 — 7, minute, 

 rctuse; d" Stamens 12—20. 9 Ovaries and styles 2 — 4; drupes 

 1-seeded ; seeds lunate and compressed. 



M. Canadknse. — Moon-seed. 



Sf. climbing ; tv.'^. roundish, cordate, angular, peltate, the petiole inserted 

 near the base ; rac. compound ; pet. 6 — 7, small. — In woods and hedges near 

 streams. Can. to Car. W. to the Miss. Stems round, striate, 8—1 '2!' long. 

 Leaves 4 — 5' diam., generally 5-angled, smooth, pale beneath, on petioles 3 — 5' 

 long. Flowers in axillary clusters, small, yellow. Drupes about 4" diam., 

 black, resembling grapes. The root is perennial, and in medicine has the pro- 

 perties of a tonic. Jl. 

 /3. tobatum, has the leaves lobed. 



