II. ANONACES. 3 
1 South African species: U. Caffra, EB. Mey., from Natal; a climbing 
shrub,’ with laurel-like leaves, 2-5 mches long, 1-24 inches wide. Flowers 
solitary, lateral, nodding. Petals downy. Berry as large as a cherry. 
2. POPOWIA, Endl. 
Petals 6, valvate in two rows, short, broadly ovate, concave, 
not spreading. Stamens many, wedge-shaped, with a pro- 
longed connective. Torus little raised. Carpels 5 or many ; 
style capitate; ovules 1-2, erect. Berries globose or egg- 
shaped, stalked—Benth. and Hook. Gen. Pl. i. p. 25. Guat- 
teria, Fl. Cap. i. p. 9. 
- P. Caffra, H. and 8. (Guatteria Caffra, Sond.!), from Natal, is a climb- 
ing shrub, 10-20 feet high, hanging in festoons from the branches of trees. 
Leaves oblong, 3—4 inches long, pale or livid beneath. Flowers 2-4 toge- 
ther, on short stalks, cream-coloured. 
3. ANONA, Linn. 
Petals mostly 6, valvate in two rows, the outer fleshy, con- 
cave, scarcely spreading, inner smaller, rarely wanting. Sta- 
mens many, with a prolonged ovate connective. Torus hemi- 
spherical. Carpels many, mostly connate ; style oblong ; 
ovules solitary. Berries fleshy, obtuse, confluent into a many- 
celled fruit.— Benth. and Hook. Gen. Pl. i. p. 27. 
A, Senegalensis, Pers., a shrub 6-12 feet high, is found near Natal. 
Leaves ovate, feather-nerved and netted-veined beneath, pubescent. Fruit 
edible, 13-2 inches diameter, “‘ well-flavoured” (W. 7. Gerrard). 
Orver II. MENISPERMACE. 
Flowers minute, unisexual, green. Stamens definite (few), 
mostly monadelphous ; filaments short ; anthers fixed. Car- 
pels 1-3, separate ; ovules solitary. Fruit of fleshy, oblique, 
very small drupes.—Slender climbing half-shrubs, with alter- 
‘nate, simple, netted-vemed leaves. Flowers in axillary cymes 
racemes or umbels. 
Female flowers with 3-5 petals and 3-5 sepals; style 
3-fid. . . . I. STEPHANIA. 
Female flowers with 1 petal and 1 sepal ; : “style B-fid | 2. Crssamprzos. 
Female flowers with 2 petals and 2 sepals; style none . 3. ANTIZOMA. 
1. STEPHANTIA, Lour. 
Flowers dicecious. Male: Sepals 6-10, in two rows. Pe- 
tals 3-5, shorter than the sepals, obovate, ‘rather fleshy. Sta- 
minal column peltate at the apex; anthers sessile, in a mar- 
ginal ring. Female: Sepals 3-5. Petals as in the male 
flower. Carpel 1; style 3:parted. Drupe nompmessed dor- 
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