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ANONACE^:. VI. PORCELIA. VII. UVARIA. 



purplish, and the 3 inner ones smaller, purplish on the outside as 

 well as the inside at the base and apex, with the middle 

 yellow. Berries large, yellow, ovate, oblong, eatable. All parts 

 of the tree have a rank, if not a fetid smell ; and therefore the 

 fruit is relished by few, except negroes. Seeds 8-10, disposed 

 in a double row. 



Three-lobed-calyxed Asimina. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1756. 

 Shrub 10 feet. 



3 A. PYGMB'A (Dun. mon. anon. p. 84. t. 10.) stem suffruti- 

 cose ; leaves oblong-linear, cuneate, blunt, and are as well as 

 branches smooth ; flowers on short peduncles ; outer petals ob- 

 ovate-oblong, much longer than the calyx. ^ H. Native of 

 Georgia, Florida, and Carolina in sandy fields. Annona pygmae'a, 

 Bartr. trav. ed. germ. p. 21. t. 1. Orchidocarpum pygmae um, 

 Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 330. Porcelia pygmae a, Pers. ench. 2. 

 p. 95. A little shrub hardly a foot high, with twiggy branches, 

 and long cuneated narrow leaves. Outer petals much larger than 

 the inner ones, all white. 



Pygmy Asimina. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1812. Shrub 1 ft. 



4 A. GRANDIFLO'RA (Dun. mon. p. 84. t. 11.) leaves cuneate- 

 obovate, obtuse, under surface as well as the branches clothed 

 with brown pubescence ; flowers sessile ; outer petals obovate, 

 much larger than the calyx. ^ . H. Native of Georgia and 

 Florida in sandy woods in shady places. Annona grandiflora, 

 Bartr. trav. ed. germ. 20, t. 2. Annona obovata, Willd. spec. 2. 

 p. 1269. Orchidocarpum grandiflorum, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. 

 p. 330. Porcelia grandiflora, Pers. ench. 2. p. 95. A small, 

 smooth-branched shrub. Flowers white, and very large for the 

 size of the plant, with the outer petals larger than the inner ones. 

 Berries smooth, oblong-obovate. 



Great-flowered Asimina. Fl.May. Clt 1820. Shrub 2 feet. 



5 A. CAMPECHIA'NA (H. B. et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p. 61.) 

 leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, mem- 

 branous, dotted ; upper surface hairy, under surface as well as 

 the branchlets tomentose ; peduncles short, solitary ; petals ob- 

 long, nearly equal, f? . S. Native of Mexico about Campeachy. 



Campeachy Asimina. Shrub ? 



Cult. These shrubs will do well in England in the open air, 

 in a warm situation, in a mixture of sand and peat. A. triloba 

 will grow in common garden soil. They should be increased by 

 layers put down in the autumn, or by seeds procured from their 

 native country. Seedlings should be trained up in pots, and 

 sheltered in winter until they have acquired a sufficient size. 

 The A. Campechiana, which is a native of a warm climate, will 

 require the heat of a stove. It will do well in the same sort of 

 soil recommended for the hardy species, and ripened cuttings will 

 root in sand under a hand-glass, plunged in a moderate heat. 



VI. PORCE'LIA (in honour of Antonio Porcel, a Spanish 

 promoter of botany, who has been highly praised by the authors 

 of the Flora Peruviana). Ruiz, et Pav. syst. fl. per. 1. p. 144. 

 prod. 84. 1. 16. D. C. syst. l.p. 480. prod. 1. p. 88. Dun. mon. 

 anon. p. 85. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Tri-Hexagynia. Sepals 3, somewhat 

 connected at the base. Petals 6, inner ones a little larger than the 

 outer ones. Anthers indefinite, almost sessile. Carpels 3-6, 

 sessile, coriaceous, hardly fleshy, cylindrical, somewhat torulose, 

 many-seeded ; seeds disposed in a twin rank. 



1 P. NITIDIFOLIA (Ruiz, et Pav. syst. 1. p. 144.) leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, smooth, shining ; peduncles axillary, aggregate, 

 1 or few-flowered ; petals ovate. Tj . S. Native of Peru in 

 mountain groves. A beautiful tree with whitish-yellow flowers. 

 Berries marked on the outside by a longitudinal suture, they are 

 pendent as well as the flowers, and are eaten by the inhabitants 

 of Peru. A yellow colouring is obtained from the leaves. 



Shining-leaved Porcelia. Tree 60 feet. 



2 CINNAMO'MEA (Ruiz, et Pav. MSS. in herb. Lamb.) leaves 

 distich, long lanceolate, acuminated ; branches and petioles clothed 

 with brown villi ; peduncles long, rising above the leaves ; 

 sepals 3, small ; petals 6, inner ones large, concave. 



Cinnamon Porcelia. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. A light loamy soil will probably suit these trees well, 

 and ripened cuttings, not deprived of their leaves, will no doubt 

 root in a pot of sand with a hand-glass placed over them, in heat f. 



VII. UVA'RIA (from uva, a cluster of grapes ; resemblance 

 in the clusters of the fruit). Lin. gen. 692. Gaert. fruct. 2. 

 p. 155 and 157. Dun. mon. anon. p. 86. D. C. syst. 1. p. 481. 

 prod. 1. p. 88. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Polygynia. Sepals 3, ovate-cor- 

 date, connected at the base. Petals 6, oval, the 3 outer ones 

 smallest? Anthers indefinite, covering the hemispherical recep- 

 tacle. Ovaries numerous, usually villous. Carpels numerous, 

 baccate, fleshy, ovate-globose, many-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 

 disposed in a double row. Trees or shrubs, with erect or sar- 

 mentose branches. Peduncles axillary, opposite the leaves, or 

 lateral 1 or 4-flowered, solitary, twin, or tern, jointed in the 

 middle, usually furnished with bracteas. 



1 U. ZEYLA'NICA (Lin. spec. 2. p. 756. exclusive of the syno- 

 nyms of Rheed. and Rumph.) sarmentose ; leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, smooth ; berries many, ovate-cylindrical, tapering into 

 the stipe ; inner processes of the integument of the seeds in 

 parallel plates. Tj . w . S. Native of Ceylon. Lam. ill. t. 495. 

 f. 2. Dun. mon. anon. p. 88. Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 155. t. 114. 

 f. 2. Flowers scarlet, starry. Fruit eatable, of a vinous taste, 

 resembling that of an Apricot. 



Ceylon Uvaria. Fl. ? Clt. 1794. Shrub rambling. 



2 U. G^RTNE RI (D. C. syst. 1. p. 482.) berries ovate, taper- 

 ing into the stipe ; inner processes of the integument of the seed 

 awl-shaped, or almost needle-shaped. Tj . S. Perhaps a native 

 of Ceylon. U. trifoliata, Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 167. t. 114. f. 2. 

 Lam. ill. t. 495. f. 3. Dun. mon. anon. p. 89. The berries of 

 this shrub are larger than in U. Zeyldnica. 



Gartner's Uvaria. Clt. 1794. Shrub rambling. 



3 U. CHA'ULE (Beauv. fl. d. ow. et ben. 2. p. 43. t. 83. f. 2.) 

 leaves alternate, entire, small, ovate, shining, acute ; flowers 

 racemose ; sepals coriaceous ; petals ligulate. Jj . S. Native 

 of Guinea on the borders of the river St. Jago. Flowers of a 

 rusty-red colour. 



Dwarf Uvaria. Shrub 4 feet. 



4 U. II/TEA (Roxb. corom. 1. p. 32. t. 36.) tree; leaves 

 oblong, acuminated, smooth, shining ; peduncles solitary, 1-6- 

 flowered ; berries oblong, 6-seeded. tj . S. Native of the coast 

 of Coromandel on the mountains. Dun. mon. anon. p. 89. U. 

 coriacea, Vahl. symb. 3. p. 72. ? Flowers small, greenish-yellow. 

 Berries stellately spreading, smooth, yellow, about the size of a 

 partridge's egg, with 4 or 6 seeds imbedded in the pulp. The 

 Telingas call it Muay. 



Yellow-fruited Uvaria. Fl. ? Clt. 1822. Tree 30 feet. 



5 U. TOMENTO'SA (Roxb. corom. 1. p. 31. t. 35.) tree; leaves 

 oblong, acute, tomentose ; peduncles 1 -flowered, mostly solitary; 

 berries globose, 4-seeded. 1? S. Native of the Circar moun- 

 tains in Hindoostan. Dun. mon. anon. p. 90. A tall tree with 

 numerous horizontal branches forming a large tuft. Branches 

 and leaves bifarious. Flowers brownish-green. Carpels 10-15, 

 baccate, when ripe, of a violet-purple colour, and about the size 

 of a nutmeg. Seeds about the size of a French-bean imbedded 

 in the pulp. 



Tomentose-leaved. Uvaria. Fl. ? Clt. 1822. Tree 60 feet. 



6 U. DU'LCIS (Dun. mon. anon. p. 90. t, 13.) leaves oblong- 

 elliptical, tapering at the base, cordate, under surface velvety as 

 well as branches ; peduncles in pairs, axillary or opposite the 



