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the flower* of tame highly fragrant, the leave* of others grateful 

 perfume, and the dried fruits of many no highly aromatic as to vie 

 with the apices of commerce ; among these last is the ^Ethiopian 

 Pepper of the shops, which is yielded by the fruit of I'raria aromalica. 

 Of uthen of this order, the fruit u succulent and abound* in a delicate 

 juice, whk-h rvnilers it a pleasant article of food. Under the name of 

 Sour Sop, Sweet Sop, and Custard-Apple, many kinds are cultivated 

 in the Went Indie* and South America. Finally, the bark of some 

 eparatos readily into fibre* which make excellent cordage : a large 

 tree called in Brazil Pindaiba, and by botanists Xylujiia tericta, is 

 advantageoualy employed for this purpose. 



The natural order AiunuKta is known from all other Dicotyledonous 

 order* by ita flower* having the calyx and sepal* arranged in three*, 

 B number of carpella occupying the centre, as in a ranunculus, and by 

 the curious circumitance or their albumen, which hero constitutes the 

 bulk of the seed, being what is called ruminated, that is. perforated in 

 all directions by twisting and crossing passages, like the nutmeg. 



The Sweet Sop (A nuna tquamota) is often only a small bush, growing 

 in all the West India Islands, where it bears a greenish fruit covered 

 with scales, and having the appearance of a young pine-cone. Its skill 

 is half on inch thick, and contain* an abundance of thick, sweet, 

 ]ii*fii>ii* pulp. In many ports of the Indian Archipelago it is a 

 furuurite fruit 



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Sweet Sop (Anona ijuamota). 



1 , A calyx opened, the petals baring fallen away, showing the arrangement 

 of the stamen* and carpels in the itmdc of the flower ; 2, a stamen ; 3, a seed ; 

 4, the name cut In half, to show the ruminated albumen ; 5, the embryo ; 6, a 

 ripe fruit, much leu than the natural size (the projection* on its surface are 

 the points of the carpella which grow together into one fleshy mass, as in the 

 raspberry) ; 7, a view of the same fruit cut in half. 



The Custard-Apple (Anona reticulata) is an inferior kind, resembling 

 the foregoing, but forming a larger tree, and having a much larger 

 dark-brown fruit, the surface of which is netted all over. The bulb 

 is yellowish or reddish, and of about the consistence of custard. 



The Sour Sop (Anona muricata) form* -in the West Indie* a 

 picturesque small tree, resembling a large bay-tree. The flowers are 

 yellow, and have an unpleasant odour. The fruit is often as heavy a* 

 2 lb., or even 3 Ib. ; it is covered all over with weak prickles ; its skin 

 is yellowish-green, and very thin ; its pulp is more like pith, is as 

 white as milk, and is sweet mixed with a most agreeable acid. 



The Cherimoyer (Anona Cherimolia), is easily known from the 

 preceding by its leave* not being shining and bright green, but hoary, 

 with short down, and very blunt It forms a small tree about 12 or 

 high, and is exceedingly valued in Peru, where it is cultivated 

 >unt of the excellence of its fruit The flowers are very fra- 

 grant. The fruit heart-shaped, grayish-brown or black, when ripe, with 

 a soily riuil ; it i< white, sweet, aud rich. 



A. tylfalica is called Araticu do Halo in Brazil. Ita wood is used 



for light turnery, and in fruit is goml for the dessert 

 .1 . pa/ uitru U used fur nuking corks in Brazil. 



The root of 



Fruit of Sour Sop (Anona muricala}. 



Sour Sop (Ationa murtcata). 



ANOPLOTHE'RIUM (from i privative, $*\oe, and V. that > 9 > 

 beast without offensive arm* or tusk*), in Fossil /oology, a genus of 

 extinct Pachydermatous Quadruped*, discovered and characterised by 

 i 'uvier. The bones of these singular inhabitants of a former 

 world, occur in great quantities, mixed with these of i h /',(/; ,,t; 

 another extinct genu* of the same order, likewise described by M. 

 Cuvicr, in the gypsum-strata or plaster-quarries in the ueighbou rhuod of 



