42 POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



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very pubescent, deciduous. Corolla greenisli purple, the 3 exterior petals 

 twice as long as the calyx, the 3 interior as long as the calyx, all ovate, 

 nearly acute, pubescent. Stamens shorter than the corolla. Fruit about 

 an inch and a half long, irregulaily oval, rarely ripening. 



The species of this genus are all remarkable for the strength of their 

 bark and for the foetid odour which It diffiisps wlipn hrni«*iH 



Flowers April — May. 



and 



2* Triloba. 



A.foliisglabrius-culis I Leaves glabrous 

 obloiige cuneato-obo- Iong,cimeate-obovate 



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vatis; petalis exterio- exterior petals four 

 ribus calyce quadrup- 1 times as long as the 



io longloribus, subro- | calyx^ nearly round, 

 tundo-ovatis. 



De CandoUe 1 . p. 479. 

 ^'^^ Anona triloba sp. pi. 2. p. 1267. . Walt. 158. Mich. Arb. 3. p. 



Ovchidocarpun arietinum Mich. 1. p. 329. 

 Porcelia triloba Pursh, 2. p. 383. 



A small tree generally 1 5—20 feet high. Branches alternate, slender, 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves alternate on very short petioles, obovate cune- 

 ate, acuminate, entire, glabrous and shining on the upper surface, sliehtly 

 pubescent underneath. Flcmers solitary, on short peduncles, shootin^ 

 from the bud of the preceeding year. Corolla much larger than the ca^ 

 lyx, brownish purple, the exte • — - 



much shorter than the corolla. ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ 



2 fertile. Fruzf 2—3 inches long, pulpy, eatable, though ins'lpWlyTwetT. 



round. Stamens 



than 



Grows in rich soils, along the margin of creeks and rivers in the middle 

 and upper country, descendmg along the large streams to the head of tidt? 

 water; Beck's ferry on Savannah river. 



Flowers March — April. 



3. Grandiflora. 



A. foliis cuneato- I Leaves cuneate, 



obovatis, obtusis, sub- obovate, obtuse, the 



tus ramuhsque rufo- under surface and 

 pubescentibus; petalis | branches cloathed with 



*xtenonbus obovatis, I a rufoiis pubescence ; 



