ANONACE^:. I. ANONA. 



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4 EUPOMA'TIA. Fruit solitary, many-celled, many-seeded. 

 Calyx in the form of a calyptra before the flower expands. 

 Stamens numerous, perigynous, inner ones of the form of petals. 

 Petals wanting. 



3. Unbneae. Carpels numerous, distinct (f. 25. c.). 



5 ASIMI'NA. Carpels 3, rarely 4-6, sessile, ovate-oblong, 

 fleshy, many-seeded ; seeds in one row. Calyx 3-parted. Pe- 

 tals 6. 



6 PORCE'LIA. Carpels 3-6, sessile, cylindrical, somewhat 

 fleshy, many-seeded ; seeds in two rows. Sepals 3, connected 

 together a little at the base. Petals 6. 



7 UVA'RIA. Carpels 6-15, baccate, stipitate, ovate-globose, 

 many-seeded ; seeds in two rows. Sepals 3, connected at the 

 base. Petals 6. 



8 UNO'NA. Carpels 8-30, dry, stipitate, oblong-ovate or 

 moniliform, many-seeded. Sepals 3, rarely 4, connected at the 

 base. Petals 6. 



9 XYLO'PIA. Carpels 6-20, dry, stipitate, 2-seeded. Calyx 

 3-5 lobed. Petals 6. 



10 ORO'PHEA. Carpels 3, seldom 4, (sometimes single from 

 abortion) at first connected, but at length diverging, 1-2-seeded, 

 sessile, cylindrical, baccate. Seeds hanging from the top of the 

 cell. Calyx 3-parted. Petals 6. 



11 DUGUE'TIA. Carpels numerous, ovate, 3-5-angled, woody, 

 1 -seeded, seated on thick pedicels. Receptacle large, cylin- 

 drical, globose. 



12 GUATTE'RIA. Carpels 8-40, stipitate (f. 25. c.), ovate or 

 globose, dry, 1 -seeded. Seed almost filling the cell. Sepals 3 

 (f. 25. a.) connected at the base. Petals 6 (f. 25. &.). 



13 BOCAGEA. Ovaries 3, sessile, hardly joined together or 

 completely free, 1-celled, 5-6-seeded. Carpels 1-3, distinct, 

 rather dry, tubercled, on short stipes, 1-celled, 3-seeded from 

 abortion. Calyx 3-parted, or almost entire and cup-shaped. 

 Petals 6. Stamens 6, not as in the rest numerous. 



14 MOLLINE'DIA. Carpels baccate, numerous, 'sessile, com- 

 pletely free, on a flat receptacle, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Calyx 

 turbinate, nearly closed, quadrifid, torn in pieces by the fruit as 

 they grow. Petals none. 



1. Anonece (shrubs agreeing with Anona.) D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 83. Carpels 1-celled, joined into a many-celled single fruit. 



I. ANO'NA (Anona is the name applied to these plants by the 

 natives of St. Domingo ; but Rumphius says it comes from its 

 Malay name Manoa, or from its Banda name Menona, but as 

 the Latin word annona signifies victuals, it is probable that 

 Linnaeus had taken it from this.) Adans. fam. p. 365. Dun. 

 monog. Anon. p. 58. D. C. syst. 1. p. 466. prod. 1. p. 83. Annona 

 species, Lin. gen. no. 693. Juss. gen. 283. Lam. ill. t. 494. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Polygynw. Sepals 3, connected at the 

 base, concave, somewhat cordate, acutish. Petals 6, thickish, 

 inner ones smallest (f. 23. 6.) or wanting. Anthers indefinite, 

 almost sessile, angular, and dilated at the apex, covering the 

 torus. Carpels indefinite, sessile, joined into one fleshy, many- 

 celled fruit (f. 23. d.) with a muricated, scaly, or reticulated 

 skin, pulpy inside; cells 1-seeded. The fruit of nearly all the 

 species are edible, and are highly esteemed in their native coun- 



tries. The genus has derived its English name, custard-apple, 

 from the consistence of the fruit of several species. 



1. Petals concave, thick, cordate, and ovate. 



* Outer petals acute, inner ones blunt, a little smaller than the 

 outer ones. 



1 A. MURICA'TA (Lin. spec. 756.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 smooth, somewhat shining ; peduncles solitary, 1 -flowered; outer 

 petals cordate, acuminated, inner ones blunt ; fruit muricated, 

 with fleshy points. fj . S. Native of the West Indies, and in 

 many other places in South America, and now cultivated almost 

 every where within the tropics. Jacq. obs. 1. p. 10. t. 5. Sloan, 

 jam. hist. 2. p. 166. t. 225. bad. Flowers green on the outside, 

 yellow inside and spotted. Bark, leaves, and flowers sweet- 

 scented. Wood very hard. Fruit fleshy, green, eatable, of an 

 acid taste, and is much used among the negroes in its native 

 country ; it is hardly ever eaten by the better sort of people. 



Var. ft, fruit almost spherical, yellow on the outside. Dun. 

 mon. anon. p. 62. Plum. amer. t. 143. f. 1. gen. 43. t. 10. Mss. 

 6. t. 114. 



Soursoap, or Muricated-fruiied Custard-apple. Fl. year. Clt. 

 1656. Shrub 15 feet. 



2 A. PURPU'REA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. Dun. mon. 

 anon. p. 64. t. 2.) leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, under sur- 

 face somewhat rusty ; flowers axillary, almost sessile ; outer 

 petals cordate, acute, inner ones roundish, tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Corolla large, with the outer petals yellowish-brown, 

 and the inner ones purple. Fruit unknown. 



jPurp/e-petalled Custard-apple. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 



3 A. HUMBO'LDTII (Dun. mon. anon. p. 64. t. 3.) leaves ob- 

 long, acuminated, smooth, full of dots ; peduncles short, soli- 

 tary, axillary nearly sessile, 1-flowered ; outer petals ovate, 

 somewhat heart-shaped, acute, inner ones bluntish. fj . S. 

 Native of the province of Cumana, where it is called Chilimdlia. 

 A. Humboldtiana, Kth. nov. gen. 5. p. 56. The three outer 

 petals are yellowish on the outside, and have each a purple spot 

 on the inside at the base ; the three inner ones are smaller, keeled 

 and yellowish on the outside, sprinkled with red spots, and on 

 the inside purple, with yellow spots. 



Humboldt's Custard-apple. Fl. ? Shrub 8 to 15 feet. 



4 A. LAURIFO V LIA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 65.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, smooth; peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, pendulous; 

 outer petals heart-shaped, acute, inner ones roundish, fruit 

 mammseform, smooth. Tj . S. Native of the West Indies and 

 in the vicinity of the tropic in North America. Cat. carol. 2. p. 

 67. t. 67. A. glabra /3, Lam. diet. 2. p. 125. Branches flexuous. 

 Leaves like those of the Sweet-Bay. The outer petals are green, 

 the inner ones are smaller and white. Fruit green, of the form 

 of an inverted Pear. 



Laurel-leaved Custard-apple. FL? Clt. 1820. Shrub 10 to 

 12 feet. 



* * Outer petals blunt. 



5 A. OBTCSIFLO'RA (Tuss. antil. t. 28.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, waved, acuminated, full of nerves, younger ones tomentose, 

 adult ones smooth ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered ; outer petals 

 blunt. 17 . S. Cultivated in St. Domingo, but perhaps origin- 

 ally from Asia. Dun. mon. anon. p. 65. Leaves distich. Fruit 

 roundish, tubercled, eatable. 



Blunt-flowered Custard-apple. Tree 20 feet. 



6 A. RHOMBIPE'TALA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 489.) leaves 

 long, obovately-oblong, acuminated, almost sessile : -peduncles 

 aggregate, lateral, 1-flowered ; flowers large, hairy ; sepals 

 ovate ; petals 6, inner ones longest, rhomboidal, curved at the 

 base, and with an obtuse mucrone at the apex ; ovary surrounded 

 by numerous scales ; fruit globose, muricated, or reticulated. 



