ANONACE^. (cUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY.) 13 



* * * Leaves deciduous, auriculate or cordate at the base. 



5. M. COrdata, Michx. Leaves oval or rouudish, 4' -5' wide, white- 

 downy beueath ; flowers 3' -4' wide, the yellow petals obloug, acute; cone of 

 fruit oblong, 3' long. — Western parts of S. Carolina (AJic/iaux), and Co- 

 lumbia County, Georgia, very rare. 



6. M. Fraseri, Walt. Leaves spatulate-obovate, glabrous, 8'- 12' long, 

 auriculate-cordate at the base; flowers 3' -4' wide, the oblong obtuse petals 

 white ; coue of fruit ovate. — Mountains, and a small-leaved form in the lower 

 districts. June - July. — Mostly a small tree. 



7. M. macrophylla, Michx. Leaves 1° -2° long, oblong-obovate, cor- 

 date, glaucous lieneatli ; flowers 8'-10' wide, white, the petals oblong, obtuse; 

 cone of fruit 4' long, oval. — Middle and upper districts, local. April. — A 

 Bmall tree. 



4. LIRIODENDRON, L. White Poplar. 



Flowers perfect. Sepals 3, reflexed. Petals 6, erect. Stamens indefinite. 

 Ovaries numerous, imbricated, 1-celled, forming in fruit a cone-like head 

 of indehiscent 1 -2-seeded deciduous carpels. — A large tree. Leaves lobed. 

 Stipules free. Flowers terminal. 



1. L. Tulipifera, L. (Tulip-tkee.) Leaves smooth, rounded at the 

 base, 3-lobed, the middle lobe trnncated ; flowers bell-shaped, the petals 

 greenish yellow .striped with orange. — Low grounds. May. 



Order 3. AlNTONACEiE. (Custard-Apple Family.) 



Tree,s or shrubs, with simple entire alternate leaves, and solitary- 

 axillary perfect hypogynous flowers. -- Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two 

 row\s, valvate, deciduous. Stamens numerous. Anthers adnate. 

 Ovaries few or many, baccate in fruit. Seeds large, anatropous. 

 Embryo minute, at the base of ruminated albumen. 



1. ASIMINA, Adans. Clstard-Apple. 



Petals thick, the 3 outer ones larger and spreading. Ovaries 3-15, 1-celled, 

 few- many-ovuled, pulpy or fleshy in fruit. Seeds horizontal, enclosed in a 

 thin, succulent aril. — Shrubs or small trees, with deciduous exstipulate leaves 

 and nodding flowers. 



* Floirers appearing \oith or he/ore the leaves. 



1. A. triloba, Dunal. (Papaw.) Leaves 4' -8' long, obovate-oljlong, 

 acuminate, rusty-))ubescent, like the branches, at lengtli glabrous; flowers 

 r wide; outer petals round-ovnte, purplish brown, 3-4 times longer than the 

 calyx ; fruit oblong, many-seeded, edible. — Low ground, chielly in the upper 

 districts. March. — A shrub or small tree. 



2. A. parviflora, Dunal. Shrub 2° -5° high. Leaves 4'- 6' long, obo- 

 vate-oblong, acute, glabrate ; flowers ^' wide, the oblong-ovate outer petals 



