Annona triloba, 
THE THREE-LOBED-CALYXED ANONNA. 
Synonymes. 
Annona triloba, 
Anona triloba, 
Asimina triloba, 
JJvaria triloba, 
Anone a trois lobes, Asiminier de Vir- ) p RANrE 
ginie, 
Dreylappiger Flaschenbaum, 
Annona, 
Anona, 
Asiminier, 
Pap aw, 
Linnjeus, Species Plantarura 
De Candolle, Prodromus. 
Michaux, North American Sylva. 
Don, Miller's Dictionary. 
Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. 
Torre y and Gray, Flora of North America. 
Germany. 
Italy. 
Spain. 
French Louisiana. 
Britain and Anglo- America. 
Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 60; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, i., figure 39; and the figure* 
below. 
Specific Characters. Leaves oblong-obovate, acuminate ; petals dark-purple ; the exterior orbicular, 
3 or 4 times the length of the sepals. Torrey and Gray, Flora. 
Description. 
HE Annona triloba is a 
small tree, seldom ex- 
ceeding thirty feet in 
height, densely cloth- 
ed with long leaves, lying over one another, in 
such a manner as to give a peculiarly imbricated 
appearance to the entire plant. The trunk is 
covered with a silver- gray bark, which is smooth 
and finely polished. The leaves are borne on 
short petioles, and are alternate, five or six 
inches in length, and of an elongated form, 
widening from the base to the summit. They 
are of a fine texture, and the upper surface is 
smooth and brilliant. The flowers appear in 
South Carolina and Georgia in March, and a 
month or six Weeks later farther north. They 
are campanulate and drooping, and put forth 
before the leaves ; the outer petals are purple, 
and vary in colour in different plants ; in some they are very dark, and in others 
light, inclining to yellow. The fruit ripens in August, and is about three inches 
long, and one and a half inches thick, yellow, ovate, oblong, irregular, and 
swelling into inequalities. It contains a yellow pulp, of a sweet, luscious taste, 
in the middle of which lie, in two rows, twelve seeds, or triangular stones, 
divided by as many thin membranes. 
Geography and History. Michaux did not observe this tree north of the river 
Schuylkill ; and it appears to be unknown, or extremely rare, in the low and 
maritime parts of the southern states. It is not uncommon in the bottom- 
lands which stretch along the rivers of the middle states, where, at intervals, it 
