IT. ANOTTACE.^. 15 



shorter than the sepals. Fruit 4-6 in, in diam., subglobose or some- 

 what heart-shaped, roiighish outside, yellow or yellowish-red when ripe ; 

 areoles pentagonal, lightly marked. Seeds smooth, blackish. Differs 

 from Anona sqvaviosa in the larger fruit, the areoles of which are not 

 so distinctly marked as in that species, in the larger and aiore pointed 

 leaves, and in the greater number of nerves, V\. B, I. y. 1, p. 78; 

 G-rah, Cat, p. 3; Dalz. & Gibs, Siippl, p. 2; Talb. Trees, T3omb. p. 5 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb, Kat. v, 11 (1897) p. 120; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod, V. 1, p. 258. — Flowers : June. Ver:n'. Rdmphal. 



The BuIlocJx^s heart or Custard Apple of the West Indies. Cultivated, but not so 

 extensively as the preceding species. The fruit is hirgelj eaten bj tlie natives, more 

 rarely by Europeans. — Distrib. Tropical America. 



Anona murirata, Linn., the Sour Sop of the West Indies, has been occasionally 

 cultivated in Bombay, but not to any extent. 



7. MILIUSA, Leschen. 



Middle-sized or low trees. Flowers 1-2-sexual, solitary or fascicled, 

 axillary or extra-axillary. Sepals 3, minute, valvate. Petals 6, valvate, 

 in 2 series, the exterior minute, sepaloid, the interior much larger and 

 thinly coriaceous, often cohering. Stamens many ; anthers sub-didy- 

 mous, cells contiguous, ovoid, extrorse ; connective hardly apiculate. 

 Ovaries many ; ovules 1-2, rarely 3-4 ; style oblong or very short. 

 Eipe carpels globose or oblong, 1-many-seeded. — Distrib. Species 8, 

 all Indian. 



1. Miliusa indica, Leschen. in A. DC. Mem. Fam. Anonacees 

 (1832) p, 37, A much-branched, variable shrub; young parts fusco- 

 pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lg-3 by |-1| in., oblong-elliptic or 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, glabrous above, glabrous or pubescent 

 beneath, base usually rounded, a little oblique, sometimes subcordate ; 

 petioles short, less than g in. long, pubescent. Flowers axillary, solitary ; 

 pedicels slender, ^-^ in, long, bracteate at the base. Sepals small, 

 ovate, pubescent outside, reflexed. Petals purple ; the exterior sepaloid, 

 broadly ovate, about twice as long as the sepals, pubescent ; the interior 

 ovate, acuminate, thrice as long as the exterior petals. Stamens 

 numerous, intermixed with stifi! hairs ; connective sHghtly produced, 

 rounded. Ovaries densely pilose, oblong, 1-2-ovuled, Eipe carpels 

 numerous, ovoid or obovoid, subsessile, silky-pubescent. Fl. B. I, v. 1, 

 p, 86 ; K. Prantl, in Engl, & Prantl, Pflanzenf, v, 3, part 2, p, 29, 

 fig. 23, A, B ; Trim, Fl, Ceyl, v, 1, p, 34 ; King, in Ann, Eoy. Bot, Gard, 

 Calcutta, V, 4, part 1 (1893) p. 157, and part 3, t. 205, A; Talb, Trees, 

 Bomb, p, 5 ; AVoodr, in Journ. Bomb, Nat. v, 11 (1897) p, 120,— 

 Flowers throughout the year. 



Common in N. Kanara in the Ghat forests. K.\nara : Nilkund (N. Kanara), 

 Woodrow ; Poteli (N, Kanara), Talbot ! 



8, SACCOPETALUM, Bennett. 



Trees, Leaves deciduous. Flowers axillary, solitary or fascicled. 

 Sepals 3, small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate, iu 2 series, the outer small 

 sepaloid, the inner much larger, erect or conniving and saccate at the 

 base. Stamens many; the produced connective conspicuously apiculate. 

 Ovaries many, 6 or more. Eipe carpels subglobose. 



