Plates 2519 and 2520. 



ANONA PRESTOEI, ]fe„>sl. 



Anonacbjs. 



A. Prestoei, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species foliis amplis fructu fibroso- 



lignoso niagno sphreroideo insignia. 



Arbor ramulis floriferis cito glabrescentibus pa Hide brunneis Bsepe 

 crebre lenticellatis. Folia breviter petiolata, subcoriacea, ovato- 

 oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, usque ad 10-12 poll, longa et 6 poll, 

 lata, obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel interdum subcuneata, 

 leviter undulata, supra glabra vel cito glabrescentia, deraum nitida, 

 costa venisque impressis, subtus praecipue secus venas ferrugineo- 

 pubescentia, costa elevata, venis primariis lateralibus numerosis 

 prominentibus ; petiolus incrassatus, 3-6 lin. longus. Flares solitarii, 

 subsessiles, extra-axillares, dense breviterque ferrugineo-tomentosi, 

 1^-2 poll, longi et 1-1 \ poll, lati, bracteis parvis suffulti. Sejxda 3, 

 crassa, deltoidea, 3-4 lin. longa. Petala crassissima, 3 exteriora 

 valvata, ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, 3 interiora paulo minora, imbricate. 

 Stamina numerosissima, filamentis brevissimis, connectivo apice expanso 

 subcapitato minute papilloso. Carpella numerosissima, puberula. 

 Fructus fibroso-lignosus, sphaeroideus, circiter 4 poll, diametro ; carpella 

 1-sperma, connata, apice libera, velutina, acuminata, canaliculate ; 

 semen compresso-obovoideum, marginatum. 



Tropical America : cultivated specimens from Trinidad, Prestoe ; 

 Hart. 



Specimens of this remarkable tree wore first received in 1883, from 

 Mr. H. Prestoe, then superintendent of the Trinidad Botanic Garden, 

 with a note to the effect that it had been brought under his notice by 

 the Hon. Leon Giuseppi, and was probably a native of Venezuela. 

 The present superintendent, Mr. J. H. Hart, has completed the 

 material. It is very near the Mexican A. in vol uc rata, Baill. in foliage, 

 but it wants the enveloping bracts, at least in the stages in which it 

 is represented at Kew, and it is thought desirable not to risk con- 

 fusing two species under one name. Baillon does not describe the 

 singular fruit. — W. Bottixo Hkmsley. 



Plate 2519 : fig. 1, the three inner petal* ; 2, the innermost petal. — BMk 

 natural she. 



Plate 2520: fig. 1, a flower from which the petal- have been removed; 2, sta- 

 mens ; 3, carpels ; 4, a seed; 5, section of the same from which the testa has been 

 removed ; 6, portion of testa showing some of the projections which cause the 

 ruminated appearance of the albumen. — AU more or lest mlarged except 4, which is 



natural size. 



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