SUPPLEMENT. 



Order RANUNCULACE^. 



ADONIS, L. 



Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5-15, ovate without scale or spot on the 

 narrowed base within. Stamens numerous. Ovaries numerous, 1-ceIled, 1- 

 ovuled. Style straight or hooked: achenia spiked or capitate. Seed sus- 

 pended. — Herbs with many-parted leaves, and solitary red or yellow fiowers. 



A. autumnalis, L. (Pheasant's Eye.) Stem branching; leaves 

 pinnately dissected ; petals 0-8, deep red ; achenia capitate. — New 

 Orleans. Introduced, {l) 



RANUNCULUS, L. 



R. oblongifolius, Ell. Stem branching; leaves oblong, denticulate, the 

 upper ones linear-lanceolate; petals 5, longer than the calyx; stamens nu- 

 merous; seeds globular, pointless. — Ditclies and wet places, South Carolina, 

 and westward. May-July — Stem 1° high. Flowers 3"-5" in diameter. 



Order AN0:N^ACE^. 



ASIMINA, Adans. 



A. reticulata, Shuttlw. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 

 abruptly short-petioled, smooth above, paler and pubescent beneath; flowers 

 single, the short peduncle and calyx rusty-tomentose ; sepals ovate, acute ; 

 outer petals oblong, twice as long as the thick ovate inner ones. — South 

 Florida (liugel, Feay) — A low shrub. Leaves 3' -4' long. Outer petals 

 10" long. 



ANONA, L. Custard Apple. 



Ovaries numerous, with a single erect ovule, forming in fruit a compound 

 many-seeded pulpy berry. Otherwise like Asimina. — Tropical trees or 

 shrubs. 



A. laurifolia, Dunal. Smooth ; leaves oblong, acute ; peduncles short, 

 1-flowered; petals thick, whitish, the outer ones larger, broad-ovate, acute; 

 fruit conical, smooth; seeds oblong, compressed. — Banks of the Caloosa 

 River, and Miami [Garber). — A small tree. Leaves 3' -5' long. Flowers 

 \Y wide. 



