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. triloba (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. 



