UvARiA. ANONACE^. 45 



* Leaves membranaceous : flowers expanding at or before the time of leafing ^ arising 

 from the axils of former leaves. 



1. U. triloba: leaves oblong-obovate, acuminate ; petals dark purple; the 

 exterior orbicular, 3 or 4 times the length of the sepals. — Anona triloba, Linn.; 

 Michx. ! f. spiv. 2. t. 60. Porcelia triloba, Pers. syn. 2. p. 95 ; Fnrsh,fl. 2. 

 p. 383. Orchidocarpum arietinum, Michx. ! jl. 1. p. 329. Asimina triloba, 

 Dunal., Anon. ;j. 81 ; FAl. sk. 2. p. 42. 



Banks of streams. Middle, Southern, and Western States ! March-April. 

 — A small tree 15-20 feet high. Branches and leaves nearly glabrous. 

 Ovaries often 8. Fruit of a single carpel (2-3 inches long), or sometimes of 

 2-3 connate carpels, yellowish, esculent, very fragrant. — Papaw. 



2. U. parviflora : leaves oval-obovate, acuminate ; petals greenish-pur- 

 ple ; the exterior oval, hardly twice the length of the sepals. — Orchidocarpum 

 parviflorura, Midu:. ! I. c. Porcelia parviflora, Ptrs. L c. Asimina pui vi- 

 flora, Dunal, Anon. p. 82. t. 9; Ell. sk. 2. p. 41. 



Woods, Virginia to Florida! — A low shrub. Leaves and branches nearly 

 glabrous except when very young. Flowers not half the size of U. triloba : 

 peduncles shorter than the flowers. Fruit as large as a plum, somewhat 

 fleshy. 



3. U. ohorata : leaves oblong-obovate, obtuse, ferruginous-tomentose be- 

 neath; petals (very large) yellowish-white; the exterior obovate, many 

 times larger than the sepals. — Anona grandiflora, Bartr. trav. t.2. A. obo- 

 vata, Willd. .'ip.2. p. 1269. Orchidocarpum grandiflorum, M7V //.r. .' ^. \.p. 

 330. Porcelia grandiflora, Pers. I. c. ; Nutt. ! gen. 2. p. 19. Asimina gran- 

 diflora, Dunal, Let. 11 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 42. 



Sandy woods, Georgia ! and Florida. ! — Shrub 1-2 feet high, tomentose 

 when young. Outer petals 2 inches or more in length : inner ones much 

 shorter, linear-oblong. — The oldest and most appropriate specific name is 

 pro-occupied in Uvaria. 



.** Leaves coriaceous, persistent : flotcers arising from the axils of present leaves. 



4. U. pygrruea : leaves elongated, oblanceolate, obovate, oblong, or ellip- 

 tical ; petals reddish-brown ; the exterior obovate-oblong, many times longer 

 than the sepals. — Anona pygma?a, Bartr. trav. t. 1. Orchidocarpum 

 pygmeeum, Michx. ! I. c. Porcelia pygma^a, Pers. I. c. ; Nutt. ! gen. 2. p. 

 19. Asimina pygmaca, Dunal, I. c. t. io ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 43. 



0. flowers all terminating short leafy branches. 



Sandy fields, Georgia! and Florida! — Sufiruticose, 6-20 inches high, 

 glabrous. Leaves variable, when narrow often 6 inches long, sometimes 1§ 

 inch broad, obtuse or acute. Outer petals an inch long : the inner much 

 smaUer, linear-oblong. 



Order IV. SCHIZANDRACEiE. Blume. 



Flowers monoecious, or rarely dicecious ; the floral envelopes in a 

 a ternary order. Sepals 3-6, imbricated in a double series, deciduous ; 

 the inner ones similar to the petals. Petals 3-12, imbricated in 1-4 

 rows, hypogynous. Stamens 5 or indefinite, with very short filaments, 

 coadunate on a subglobose torus. Ovaries numerous, aggregated on a 



