AN ANNONACEOUS FRUIT PROM THE HIGHLANDS OP BRAZIL. 



On the campos or open plains of the high plateau 

 which extends throughout a large section of central east- 

 ern Brazil there are numerous species of annonaceous 

 fruits, many of them of dwarf growth. The name araticum. 

 sometimes with the addition of a qualifying word such as 

 araticinn. do brejo , araticum do campo , etc., is applied to 

 nearly all of them. The one here shown Aiinona dioica , was 

 found near Lavras at an altitude of about 800 meters. It 

 grows to a height of about four or five feet, with numer- 

 ous thick, woody stems arising from the ground. Its fruit 

 here shown in an immature stage, eventually becomes about 

 three inches in diameter. The flesh is edible, though not 

 considered by the natives as good as that of one or two 

 other species v/hich occur in the same region. To breeders 

 of tropical and subtropical fruits the Annonaceae is an 

 extremely interesting class of plants, and presents at- 

 tractive economic possibilities. Photo No. D-1366 by Dor- 

 sett, Shamel and Popenoe in Bahia, Brazil, March 12, 1914. 



