io Trees with Simple Leaves. [A i 



Found, in Southeastern Pennsylvania and southward along 

 the Alleghany Mountains, and in cultivation. 



A tree twenty to thirty feet high, with irregular 

 branches, and light, soft wood. As in other magnolias 

 the juice is bitter and fragrant. 



Genus ASIMINA, Adans. (Papaw.) 

 Fig. 4. Papaw, Custard Apple. A. trlloba (L.), Dunal. 

 Leaves, SIMPLE ; ALTERNATE ; EDGE ENTIRE. 



Outline, long, reverse egg-shape. Apex, pointed, in small 

 leaves, sometimes rounded. Base, taper-pointed or 

 slightly rounded. 



Leaf, five to ten inches long, thin, rusty downy when 

 young, soon becoming smooth and polished. 



Bark, silvery-gray, smooth and polished ; young shoots 

 downy. 



Flowers, one and a half inches wide ; dark to light, in 

 drooping clusters, appearing with the leaves. March, 

 April. 



Fruit, about three inches long by one and a half inches 

 thick, egg-shape, yellow, about ten-seeded, fragrant, 

 sweet, and edible. October. 



Found, from Western New York to Southern Iowa and 

 southward. 



A small tree of unpleasant odor when bruised, ten to 

 twenty feet high (or often only a bush) and densely 

 clothed with its long leaves. 



