198 FLORA OF JAMAICA Annona 



side ; fruit smooth, reticulate-areolate. — Tussac Fl. Ant. i. t. 29 

 Dun. Anon. 72; Bot. Mag. it. 2911, 2912; Mac/. Jmn. i. 10 

 Griseh. loc. cit. ; Urb. loc. cit. A. maxima foliis oblongis &c, 

 Sloane Cat. 204 & Hist. ii. 167, t. 226, A, foliis lanceolatis »kc 

 Plum. PI. Amer. {Burm.) t. 143 /. 2, A, foliis oblongis &c 

 Browne loc. cit. Type in Herb. Mus, Brit. 



Custard Apple, Coeur de Boeuf. 



Sloane Herb. vii. 94* I Wright 1 Swartz I Blue Mts., Macfadyen. — 

 West Indies, cultivated in the tropics. 



A small tree 15-30 ft. high. Leaves 10-20 cm, 1., 3-5(2) cm. br. 

 Petals 2-3 cm. 1., hollowed out and coloured purple at the base. Frtiit 

 9-10 cm. in diam. ; subglobose, depressed at the stalk end. Seeds brown. 



The fruit is edible, and rather luscious. It is said to be a remedy for 

 diarrhoea and dysentery. 



7, A. chepimola Mill. Diet. ed. 8, no. 5 (1768) ; leaves 

 elliptical, velvety beneath ; petals oblong, keeled on the inner 

 side, inner minute. — Dun. Anon. 72 ; Mac/. Jam. i. 9 ; Griseh. 

 loc. cit. A, tripetala Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. 252 (1789); Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2011. A. foliis ovatis &c, Trexo PI. Select. 16, t. 49. Type in 

 Herb, Mus Brit, 



Cherimoya. 



Cinchona, Fawcett ! Harris I PI. Jam. 7675, 9373.— Andes, 



A small tree usually about 15 ft. high. Leaves 7-14 cm. 1., 4-9 cm. br. 

 Petals, outer 2-2-5 cm. 1. Fruit usually as large as the Sour Sop, 

 especially under cultivation, of a light green colour ; pulp white ; seeds 

 black. 



' ' The fruit is one of the most delicious of the kind, there being a slight 

 agreeable acidity mingled with a luscious sweetness " (Macfadyen). The 

 fruit is brought from Madeira to Great Britain, and sold under the name 

 of "custard apple." 



8, A. prsetermissa Faicc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. Hi. 74 

 (1914); leaves elliptical or ovate-elliptical, downy beneath with 

 minute ad pressed hairs ; buds acuminately conical ; petals oblong ; 

 fruit areolate, tuberculate. Type in Herb. Jam. 



Craig Hill, near Petersfield and Gordon Town, 2400 ft., June (1902), 

 Fawcett 1 also, June (1913), Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 11,648. 



A smaU /ree, about 15-30 ft. high. Leaves 12-18 cm. 1., 4-5-8"5 cm. 

 br. ; petiole 13-16 mm. 1. PeduncU 1-2-fiowered, very short to 1*5 cm. 1. ; 

 pedicels very short to 1-5 cm. 1, SepaZs 2 5-3 mm. 1. Pe/oifs 3, 2-2'5 cm, 

 1., '5 cm. br. Stamens 2 mm. 1. ; anther about 15 mm. 1. Fruit globose, 

 about 6 cm. in diam. ; tubercles usually hooked at the apex. Seeds 17 mm, 

 1,, 10 mm. br. 



9, A. jamaieensis Sprayue in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, v. 701 

 (1905) ; leaves oblong-elliptical, downy beneath with minute 

 adpressed hairs ; buds ovate ; petals 3, ovate ; fruit tuberculate. 

 — Safford in Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. xvi. 274. A. sericea 

 Oriseb. loc. cit. (excl. distribution) non Dunal. Type in 

 Herb. Kew. 



