14 IV. AKONACE.?:, 



column. Style elongate ; stigma 2-Iobed ; ovule solitary, Eipe carpels 



1 in. long, oblong, apiculate, sessile. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 75 ; King, in Ann. 

 EoY. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, v. 4, part 1 (1893) p. 93, aud part 3, t. 129 ; 

 Taib. Trees, Bomb. p. 5 ; Woodr. in Jouin. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 120; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 533.— Flowers : Mar. 



Kanara: N. Karnra, Gibson I, JS'tocIcsl ; Divimana GLiit, Coo/,e\; Nilkuntl (N. 

 Kaiiara), Talhvt\; N. Kanara, in erergreeD forests; common on the Ankola Ghat, 

 TaJhot : N. Kanara. Wood row. 



(5. ANONA, Linu. 



Trees or shrubs. Peduncles l-flowered ; flowers tenniual or leaf- 

 opposed. Sepals 3, small, valvate. Petals usually 6, valvate, in 



2 series, the exterior fleshy, concave at base, the inner subsimilar or 

 smaller, rarely v\ anting. Stamens many, the produced connective ovoid 

 at top. Ovaries many, often connate; ovule 1, erect; style oblong. 

 Eipe carpels confluent in a multilocular, ovoid or globose, many-seeded 

 fruit.' — DiSTEiE. Chiefly tropical American ; a few species inhabiting 

 tropical Africa and Asia; species about 400. 



Fruit tubercled 1. A. squamosa. 



Fniit smooth, sligLtly areolate 2. A. reticulata. 



1 . Anona squamosa, Lhm. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 537. A tree about 

 20 ft. high. Leaves Ig-S by |-1| in., oblong-lanceolaTe or elliptic, 

 obtuse or subacute, pellucido-punctale, glabrous above, glaucous and 

 pubescent beneath when young; lateral nerves 8-11 pairs ; petioles | in. 

 long. F]o\\"ers solitary, leaf-opposed, or 2--4, on short, estra-axillary 

 branchlets ; pedicels |-| in. long, bracteate below the middle. Sepals 

 minute, triangular, pubescent. Petals pubescent on both surfaces ; the 

 exterior about 1 by | in. ; the interior minute or sometimes wanting. 

 Fruit globose, 2-4 in. in diam., usually with a glaucous bloom on the 

 surface when young, yellowish-green Avhen ripe, easily broken into 

 large pieces ; areoles well-marked, granulate or tuberculate, 5-G-gonous; 

 pulp denser than in Anona reticulata and sweeter. Seeds brownish- 

 black, smooth. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 78 ; Grab. Cat. p. 3; Blume,Fl. Java, 

 Anon. p. 107, t. 53, B ; Mart, in Fl. Bras. v. 13 (1841) p. 14, t. 5, fig. 1 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 2 ; K. Prantl, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, 

 part 2, ]). 37, fig. 31, b, C; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 5; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 120 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 259. 

 — Flowers : May-July. Veen. Sitajyhal. 



Tlie Custard Apple of Anf;lo-In(lians ; the Stvcct Sop of the W. Indies. Cultivated 

 and becoming naturalized tliroiighout India, where the fruit is highly valued. The 

 bruised leaves are used for destroying \vornis bred in sores {Dalz. cf- (ribs. 1. c). 



2. Anona reticulata, Linn. Sji. PI. (1753) p. 537. A small tree; 

 young branches tomentose, the older glabrous. Leaves membranous, 

 4-7 by 1-1 1 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, cuneate or rounded 

 at the base, minutely pellucido-punctate, the upper surface glabrous, 

 the lower with a few scattered hairs; nerves 15-18 pairs; petioles 

 ^-| in. long. Flowers 2-4, on lateral pedicels; pedicels about I- in. 

 long, elongating and becoming thick and woody in fruit. Sepals small, 

 -j'\ in. long, broadly ovate, acute, tomentose. Petals : the exterior IJ in, 

 long by ^ in. broad, tomentose on both surfaces ; the interior minute 



