Annona. polyandria polygynia. 667 



ed round the lengthened receptacle, of the size of the first 

 joint of the liltle finger, scalirous, striiw-coloured, brown 

 when dry, one-celled, two-valvcd ; vaUes thick and firm. 

 Seeds from one to twelve, attached as in the germ, various 

 in shape, of the size of a pea. Jnteguments three ; the ex- 

 terior one thick, flcsljy and llesh-coloured ; the second hard, 

 irregularly furrowed, of a dark-brownish black ; and tlio 

 inner one membranous. Perisperm, conform to the seed, 

 while fresh succulent. Embryo small, sidjcylindric, lodged 

 close to the umbilicus. Cotyledons oblong. Radicle ovate, 

 pointing to the umbilicus (centripetal.) 



ANNONA. Schreb. gen. n. 945. 

 Gen. Char. Caly.x three-leaved. Corol six-petalled. 

 Germs numerous, one-celled, one-seeded ; attachment in- 

 ferior. Fruit compound, many-seeded. Embryo amply 

 furnished with a perisperm. 



3. A. squamosa. Willd. 2. 1265. 



Leaves narrow, oblong, obtuse, smooth. Fruit ovate, 

 obtuse, squamose. Exterior petals lanceolate and obtuse ; 

 the inner scarcely any. 



Seng. Ata. 



Atamarum. Hheed. Mai. 3. t. 29. 



Eng. Custard-apple. 



Cultivated; where indigenous uncertain, it flowers dur- 

 ing the early part of the hot season ; the fruit ripens in 

 July, August and September. 



2. A. reticulata. IV Hid. 2. 1265. 

 Leaves oblong, lanceolate, somewhat acute, smooth. 

 Fruit ovate, lanceolate and obtuse. 

 Beng. Tsoona. 



Anona marum. Rheed. Mai. 3. t. 30, and 31. 

 Is said to be indigenous amongst the mountains ira- 



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