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leaves, it does not seem to be much attacked by insects. As tulip trees raised 

 from seed seldom flower before they are twenty or thirty years old> it is much 

 to be wished, that nurserymen would propagate them by grafting or inarching 

 from flowering trees, in consequence of' which the plants would probably 

 flower the second or third year. 



ORDER IV. ANONA^CEM. 



ORD. CHAR. The distinctive characteristics of this order from that of Magno- 

 \iaceae are : Anthers with an enlarged four-cornered connectivum, which is 

 sometimes nectariferous ; albumen pierced by the substance of the seed-coat ; 

 leaves without stipules, conduplicate in the bud ; properties aromatic. 

 Trees or shrubs mostly natives of warm climates 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; distinctly articulated with 

 the stem, entire ; leaves and branches pubescent when young, the leaves 

 commonly minutely punctate, with pellucid dots. Flowers axillary.-- The 

 hardy species, in British gardens, are included in the genus Asimina Adans., 

 formerly Anona L., and are natives of North America. 



GENUS I. 



AST MINA Adans. THE ASIMINA. Lin. Syst. Polyandria Poiygynia. 



Identification. Adans. Fam., 2. p. 365. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 87. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 91. 



Synoni/mes. Annorta L. ; Orchidoc6rpum Mr. ; Porcelw sp. Pers. ; Uvaria Tor. Sf Gray ; Custard 

 Apple; Asiminier, and Anone, Fr.; Flaschenbaum, Get: 



Derivation. Asimina is Latinised from a word of Canadian origin, the meaning of which is not 

 known. Orchidocarpum was, it is probable, intended to express a likeness between the figure of 

 the fruit, and that of some species of O'rchis. Porcfch'a is a name given by Ruiz, in honour of 

 Antonio Pored, a Spanish promoter of botany. Andna is a South American word that signifies a 

 mess, or dish of food, to be eaten with a spoon. Uvaria is from uva, a gr^pe, to which, however, 

 the fruit has little resemblance. The German name, Flaschenbaum, flask tree, is given from 

 the shape of the fruit. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 3-parted. Petals 6, spreading, ovate-oblong, inner ones 

 smallest. Anthers numerous, nearly sessile. Ovaries many, but for the 

 most part only 3, ovate or oblong. Carpels the same number as the ovaries, 

 baccate, sessile. Seeds many, disposed in a single or double row. (Don's 

 MM.) Low trees or shrubs, deciduous, with white or purplish flowers, 

 and fruit about the size of small plums Rather tender, and difficult of 

 culture. Only one species is truly hardy in the climate of London. * 



at 1. A. TRI'LOBA Dun. The three-lobed-ra/j/<m/ Asimina. 



Identification. Dun. Monog.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 87. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 91. 



Synonymes. Anndna triloba L., and MX. in Arb. ; Porcdh'a triloba Pers. ; Orchidocarpum arietl- 

 num MX. Bar. Am. ; UvSria triloba Tor. 8f Gray ; the Papaw, Amer.\ Asiminier de Virginie, 

 and Annone & trois Lobes, Fr. ; dreylappiger (three-lobed) Flaschenbaum, Ger. 



Engravings. Mill. Icon., 1. t. 35. ; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 45. ; MX. Arb., 3. t. 9. ; and our fig. 47. 



Spec. Char., <Sfc. Leaves oblong-cuneated, acuminated, and, as well as the 

 branches, smoothish. Flowers on short peduncles ; outer petals roundish- 

 ovate, four times longer than the calyx. (Don's Mill.) A low deciduous 

 tree. Middle, southern, and western states of North America. Height 

 15 ft. to 20 ft. in North America; 7ft. to 10ft. in England. Introduced 

 in 1736. Flowers dark purple and yellow. Fruit yellowish, esculent ; 

 ripe in August in America, rarely seen in England. Decaying leaves rich 

 yellowish brown. Nuked young wood dark brown. 



A small tree, densely clothed with long leaves, lying over one another in 

 such a manner as to give a peculiarly imbricated appearance to the entire 

 plant. The flowers are campanulate and drooping, and appear before the 



