448 ANONACEAE 



b. Flowers terminal, sessile or nearly so : leaf-blades short and broad, obovate or oval. 



4. A. obovata. 



B. Flowers from the axils of the deciduous leaves of the preceding season, appear- 

 ing before the leaves. 



Leaves leathery ; blades reticulated : flowers yellowish white, 1 or 2 in an axil. 

 Young leaves densely tornentose on both surfaces : mature outer petals 4-5 



cm. long. 5. A. speciosa. 



Young leaves sparingly tomentose, the upper surface soon glabrous : mature 



outer petals 2.5-4 cm. long. 6. A. reticulata. 



Leavesmembranous ; blades not reticulated : flowers purple, solitary in the axils. 

 A sh rub mostly less than 1.5 m. tall : mature outer petals 1 cm. long or shorter : 



fruit 3-4 cm. long. 7. A. parviflora. 



A shrub or tree 3-12 m. tall : mature outer petals 2 cm. long or longer : fruit 7- 



16 cm. long. 8. A. triloba. 



1. Asimina angustifolia A. Gray. A shrub, 4-9 dm. tall. Stems branched at the 

 base ; branches, except their twigs, glabrous, the old bark gray, the younger reddish : leaf- 

 blades linear to oblanceolate or narrowly spatulate, 5-20 cm. long, acute or obtuse at the 

 apex, acute at the base, glabrous, reticulated, sessile or short-petioled : flowers solitary in 

 the axils of the leaves, or rarely terminating the branches : pedicels glabrous or sparingly 

 pubescent, 1-2 cm. long: sepals ovate, nearly glabrous, 1-1.5 cm. long : outer petals obi ong- 

 obovate or obovate, accrescent, 6 cm. long, white or yellowish white even at maturity : 

 berries oblong, 3-5 cm. long, acute. [A. pygmaea (Michx.) Dunal, not Anona pygmaea 

 Bartr.] 



In sandy pine lands, Georgia and northern Florida. Spring. Fruit ripening in summer. 



2. Asimina pygmaea ( Bartr. ) A. Gray. A shrub, 2-6 dm. tall. Stems simple, or 

 commonly branched at the base ; branches arcuate, often nearly prostrate, reddish, often 

 tomentose at the ends : leaves tomentose when young, especially beneath, at maturity usu- 

 ally erect, appearing as if secund ; blades oblong-oblanceolate, or spatulate-obovate, 5-15 

 cm. long, rounded, obtuse or acutish at the apex, acute at the base, glabrous, reticulated,, 

 sessile or short-petioled: flowers solitary in the axils, often nodding: pedicels slender, 

 1-1.5 cm. long, glabrous or somewhat tomento-e, often recurved : sepals ovate, 7-10 mm. 

 long, tomentose when young, glabrate when old : petals greenish and slightly pubescent 

 externally when young, becoming dull black-purple and glabrous, the outer narrowly obo- 

 vate, 2-3 cm. long at maturity, the inner smaller : fruit not seen. 



In pine lands, eastern and peninsular Florida. Spring. Fruit ripening in summer. 

 * 3. Asimina Ruge ii Robinson. A low branching shrub. Stems zigzag, red, ferrugi- 

 neous-tomentulose : leaves early glabrate ; blades oblong, 2.5-4 cm. long, rounded at the 

 apex, firm-leathery, reticulated, abruptly contracted at the base, nearly sessile : flowers in- 

 conspicuous, short-pedicelled : petals oblong, 6-8 mm. long, those of both series nearly 

 'similar, obtuse, leathery : carpels pubescent when young. 



In sandy pine woods, peninsular Florida. Spring. 



4. Asimma obovata ( Willd.) Nash. A shrub or small tree, 1-3 m. tall. Stems 

 much branched, clothed with a grayish brown bark ; branchlets, petioles and the lower sur- 

 face of the leaves, especially the midrib and nerves, tomentose with bright red or brown 

 hairs : leaf-blades obovate, or the smaller ones often oval, 4-10 cm. long, glabrous above ; 

 petioles 3-5 mm. long : flowers sessile or nearly so, terminating the branchlets : sepals 

 ovate to oval, 10-12 mm. long, tomentose vhen young, glabrate : petals yellowish white, 

 glabrous, the outer obovate, 5-6 cm. long at maturity, the inner smaller : fruit not seen. 



In pine lands, peninsular Florida. Spring. Fruit ripening in summer. 



5 Asimina speciosa Nash. A shrub, 6-12 dm. tall. Stems clothed with a smooth 

 gray bark ; branchlets, as well as the peduncles and both surfaces of the young leaves 

 densely tomentose with yellowish or tawny hairs : leaf-blades oblong, narrowly obovate or 

 obovate, 7-14 cm. long, leathery, 'reticulated, tomentose on both sides, sparingly so above 

 at maturity ; petioles 3-7 mm. long, densely tomentose : flowers sometimes accompanied 

 by branchlets from the axils of the deciduous leaves of the preceding year : pedicels 7-18 

 mm. long : sepals ovate, 6-8 mm. long, tomentose : outer petals oval or obovate, 4 5 cm. 

 long at maturity, much exceeding the inner ones, about six times as long as the sepals, 

 pubescent, particularly on the outside near the base : berries glabrous. [.4. grand.iflora 

 (Michx. ) A. Gray, not Anona graiidiflora Bartr.] 



In pine lands, eastern Georgia and eastern Florida. Spring. Fruit ripening in summer. 



6. Asimina reticulata Shuttl. A shrub, 5 10 dm. tall. Sterns with a grayish brown 

 or brown bark ; branchlets, lower surface of the young leaves, peduncles and the outer sur- 

 faces of the sepals and young petals denselv tomento-e with reddish brown hairs : leaves 

 somewhat tomentose above when young ; blades leathery, narrowly oblong, or oblanoeolate, 

 sometimes cuneate, 2 5-9 cm. long, glabrous, reticulated, the midrib and nerves prominent 

 beneath ; petioles 1-2 mm. long : flower < on pedicels 5-8 mm. long, arising from the axils 

 of the deciduous leaves of the preceding year, each often accompanied by a branchlet : 



