MENISPERMACEJE, (MOONSEED FAMILY.) 15 
distinct or cohering in a mass, baccate in fruit. Seed anatropous, no 
Embryo minute, at the base of ruminated albumen. 
. ASIMINA, Adans. Papaw. CUSTARD-APPLE. 
Petals thick; the three outer ones larger and spreading. Stamens very nu- 
merous, crowded on the globular receptacle. Ovaries 3-15, sessile, 1-celled, 
few - many-ovuled, baccate in fruit. Seeds horizontal, enclosed in a thin suceu- 
lent aril. — Shrubs or small trees. Leaves deciduous. Flowers nodding. 
* Flowers appearing with or before the leaves. 
I. A. triloba, Dunal. Leaves oblong-obovate, acuminate, covered with 
a rusty pubescence, as also the branches when young, at length glabrous; outer 
petals round-ovate, dark purple, 3 - 4 times as long as the hairy sepals. (Uvaria 
triloba, Torr. § Gray.) — Banks of rivers, Florida and northward. March and 
April. — A shrub or small tree. Leaves 8'-12'long. Flowers 1-13! wide. 
Fruit oblong, yellow and pulpy when mature, edible. 
2. A. parviflora, Dunal. Leaves oblong-obovate, sie pointed, and 
like the branches rusty-pubescent, at length smooth ; outer petals oblong-ovate, 
twice as long as the calyx. (Uvaria parviflora, Torr. §- Gray.) — Dry sandy soil, 
Florida to North Carolina and westward. March and April. — Shrub 29- 5° 
high. Leaves 4! --6' long, thicker than those of the preceding. . Flowers j' wide, 
Beo ime Sd Fruit oblong. | s e fow- E 
Danah. Leaves o! longor oblong-obovate, oiam, rigid, 
densely pabata like the branches when young, becoming smoothish above; 
outer petals large, round-obovate, many times longer than the sepals ; fruit small, 
obovate, 1 -few-seeded. (A. cuneata, Shutil.) — Sandy pine barrens, Georgia 
and East Florida. March and April.— A small shrub, Leaves 2'—3! long. 
Outer petals two inches or more in length, yellowish-white. 
* * Flowers from the axils of present leaves. 
4. A. pygmea, Dunal. Smooth or nearly so throughout ; leaves coria- 
ceous, oblanceolate or oblong-wedge-shaped, obtuse; outer petals oblong-obo- -. 
vate, many times longer than the sepals, pale-yellow, the inner ones purple - 
within ; fruit cylindrical, pulpy, few-seeded. (A. secundiflora and probably A. j 
reticulata, Shutt! , the latter a pubescent form, with smaller (1'- 9^ ) oblong leaves 
and smaller flowers.) — Dry pine barrens, Florida and the lower districts of 
Georgia. May-July. — Shrub jo -39 high. Leaves 2'-6^ long, pirely 1’ wide. 
Flowers }/—3! wide. 
Orvrr 4. MENISPERMACEJE. aeo FawILY.) : i 
Climbing shrubby vines, with alternate iy veined and often 
bied S on slender Me and small ra or dicociomm 
