44 ANONACEiE. Uvaria. 



3. LIRIODENDRON. Linn.; Gcertn.fr.t. VIS. 



Sepals 3, caducous. Petas 6, campanulate. Carpels densely imbricated, 

 1-2-seeded, indehiscent, deciduous; the apex produced into a lanceolate 

 wing. — A large tree. Leaves 3-lobed, the terminal lobe emarginately trun- 

 cate, the lateral ones with 2 sinuses. Flowers greenish-yellow, orange with- 

 in. Stipules flat. 



L. Tulipifera (Linn.)— Michx.Jl. 1. p. 326 ; Michx.f. sylv. 1. p. 302. L 

 61; IJigel.med.bot.t. 31. 



Canada ! to Louisiana and Florida. May-June.— Trunk sometimes 140 

 feet high, and 8-9 in diameter.— Tulip-tree. Wliite-xcood. 



Order III. ANONACE^. Jiiss. 



Sepals 3-4, persistent, often united at the base. Petals 6, in two 

 rows, hypogynous, coriaceous : aestivation valvular. Stamens inde- 

 finite, packed closely together on a hypogynous torus : filaments short : 

 anthers adnate, extrorse ; connectivum large, sometimes nectariferous 

 at the apex. Ovaries usually numerous and closely packed, separate 

 or sometimes cohering : styles short or none : stigmas simple : ovules 

 solitary or several, erect or ascending. Fruit consisting of dry or 

 succulent, 1- or many-seeded carpels, which are distinct or concrete 

 into a fleshy mass. Seeds anatropous ; testa brittle. Embryo minute, 

 at the base of hard ruminated albumen. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves 

 (and branches pubescent when young) alternate, exstipulate, distinctly 

 articulated with the stem, entire. Flowers axillary, mostly solitary. 

 Petals, and commonly the leaves, minutely punctate with pellucid 

 dots. 



AnoTM glabra, Linn. (Anona foliis latis, &c. Catcsb. Car. t. 64.) a West Indian 

 species, has not been met with in the United States. Catesby was doubtless mis- 

 taken as to the locality.— Prof. Bailey, of West Point U. S. Military Academy, has 

 seeds of a large-fruited species of Anona from Key West. 



1. UVARIA. Linn. ; Blume,f. Jav. ex. Alph. DC. mem. A7ion. p. 25. 



Uvaria, Asimina, and Porcelia, of Authors. Orchidocarpum, Mic/ix. 



Sepals 3, united at the base. Petals 6, in a double series. Ovaries few or 

 numerous. Carpels oblong, baccate, often torulose, pulpy within, several- 

 seeded. — Aromatic shiubs or trees. 



§ Carpels by abortion 2-3 or solitary: inner petals smallest: flowers 

 solitary on short axillary peduncles, which are sometimes bractcolate. 

 — Asimina, Adans. 



