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4. A. palustris L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 757 (1762); leaves oblong- 

 elliptical, shortly acuminate, veins prominent beneath ; inner 

 petals much shorter than the outer ; fruit ovoid-roundish, apex 

 rounded, faintly areolated, smooth. — Dun. Anon. 65 ; Hook. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4226 ; Macf. Jam. i. 18 ; Griseb. op. cit. 5 ; TJrh. loc. cit. 

 A, aquatica kc. Sloane Cat. 205 & Hist. ii. 169, t. 228, /. 1. 

 A. uliginosa kc. Browne Hist. Jam. 256. A. fructu viridi itc. 

 Vateshy torn. cit. 67, t. 67. 



Alligator Apple, Cork Wood. 



Bridge over Black Kiver in St. Dorothy, Sloane (seeds only) ! Wright ! 

 Shakspear ! Wilso7i ; Ferry Biver, Harris 1 — Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, 

 Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Cruz, St. Jan., Antigua, Guadeloupe, Saintes, 

 Martinique, St. Vincent, S. America, W. Africa. 



A smalHree 6-15 ft. high. Lmws 7-15 cm. 1., 3'5-5*5 cm. br. Petals 

 outer roundish-ovate, very shortly acuminate, greenish-yellow, 2 cm. 1., 

 about 1-5 cm.br.; inner externally whitish, internally of a dark blood 

 ■colour, about 1-5 cm. 1. and 1 cm. br. Fruit about 7 cm. 1., 6 cm. br. 

 Seeds brown, about 1*5 cm. 1., 1 cm. br. 



The fruit has a pleasant smell, but the taste is disagreeable, and it is 

 supposed to be poisonous. Alligators are said to be very fond of the fruit, 

 whence one of its common names. The wood is light and soft, and is 

 called Cork Wood from the uses to which it is put ; it is used as cork to 

 stop jugs, bottles and casks, as floats for fishing nets, and is made into 

 rafts for fishing. 



§ 2. Petals 3, the inner series reduced to minute scales, 

 or wanting. 



5. A. squamosa L. Sp. PI. 537 (1753); leaves oblong, 

 oblong-lanceolate or narrowly elliptical ; flowers generally several 

 in a cluster ; petals oblong, keeled on the inner side, inner 

 series wanting ; fruit tuberculate. — Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Ed. pict. 

 t. 162; Tussac Fl. Ant. Hi. t. 4; Dun. Anon. 69; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3095; Macf. Jam. i. 9; Qriseh. loc. cit.; Urh. torn cit. 242. 

 A. cinerea. Dun. Anon. 71, t. 8 (1817). A. foliis odoratis &c. 

 Sloane Cat. 205 & Hist. ii. 168, t. 227. A. foliis oblongo- 

 ovatis undulatis''&c. Browne loc. cit. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 

 <Fig. 80.) 



Sweet Sop. 



Sloane Herb. vii. 96, 97, 98 ! Wright 1 Shakspear \ J.P. 592, Mcmris 

 Hope, Faivcettl near Kingston, McNabl (a pubescent form, A. cinerea 

 Dun.) — West Indies, cultivated in the tropics. 



A small tree or shrub, about 15-20 ft. high. Leaves 7-14(-17) cm. 1., 

 3-4(-5'5) cm. br. (those on the flowering branches much smaller), 

 slightly pubescent on nerves or glabrate. Petals l-6-2{-2"5) cm. 1., 

 hollowed out and coloured purple at the base. Fruit 8-9 cm. br., 

 globular ; pulp white with a tinge of yellow. Seeds dark brownish. 



The fruit is edible, sweet, and when grown in the hills, of excellent 

 flavour, as good as the Cherimoya. 



6. A. reticulata L. Sp. PL 537 (1753); leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate or oblong-elliptical ; petals oblong, keeled on the inner 



