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mon, and fo much in ufe among the negroes -, that it is now hardly ever ufed among 

 the better fort of people. 



ANNONA 2. Folih oblongo-ovatis undulatis venofis, foribus tripetalis fruBi- 

 I bus mamillatis. 



Annona folih oblongis, fruBibus obtufi fquamofis. L. Sp. PI, 



An on a foil is odor at is, &c. Slo. Cat. 205. & H 



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The Sweet-fop, or Sugar Apple Tree 



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ke the foregoing 



maica ; but it feldom grows fo larg 



native of the low lands, and Savannas of J, 



that. 



The fruit of this fpecies is pretty 



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much efleemed by many of the fair fex, tho* feldom ferved up at table 



ANNONA 3. Foliis oblongis undulatis venofs, fruBibus areolatis. 

 Annona foliis oblongis, fruBibus ovatis reticulato- areolatis. L. Sp. PI. 



Anona maxima, &c. Slo. Cat. 204. H. t. 226. 





The Cuftard Apple Tree. 



ANNONA 4. Uliginofa, foliis nitidis ovatis, fruBibus areolatis odoratis. 

 Anona aquatica. Slo. Cat. 205. & H. t. 228. 



Anona Americana juxta fluviorum ripas innafcens. Pk. t. 240. f. 6. " ^ 

 Anona, &c. Thez, Zey. p. 30, 5. 



The Alligator Apple Tree, or Cork-wood. 



Both thefe fpecies are common in the low lands. The firft grows in dry places 

 and bears a fruit, which is much efleemed by many people : the other is moft com 

 monly found in foft marfhy pi 

 agreeable flavour ; 

 count. The wood of th 



and bears a fine fweet-fcented fruit, of no dif- 



but it is faid to be a ftrong 



fo very foft 



:, and is not ufed on that ac 

 fter it is dried, that it is fre 



quently ufed by the country people, inftead of corks, to flop up their jugs and cala 

 bafhes ; from whence it has now univerfally obtained the name of Cork-wood ii 

 fa maica. 



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ANNONA 5. Foliis amplioribus ferrato-crenatis, fruBu rotundo fpinis moU 



libus omato. 



The Annona. with ferrated leaves. 



I found this fpecies near the cave in Wejlmor eland, but have never feen a fecond 

 plant of the fort : it grows much of the fame fize with the other fpecies, but the 

 fruit is much fmaller, and the prickles more clofe. The difpofition and form of 

 the leaves diftinguifh it fufHciently from all the others. 







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