IV] 



ANONACE^E 



43 



43) the seeds are reduced to one, and the fruits are 

 achenes. 



The fruits of the Anonacese also offer an interesting 

 series of examples. The simplest case is in Anaxagorea, 

 which has an seterio of Follicles ; in others (e.g. Xylopia) 

 there is an aeterio of indehiscent Lomentum-like fruits, 



Fig. 44. 



Ill 1 

 Fig. 45. 



Fig. 44. Unona discolor, fruit (Bai). 



Fig. 45. Sour- Sop, Anona muricata, L, longitudinal section of fruit 

 (E and P). 



with fleshy pericarps, and often (e.g. Uvaria and Unona, 

 Fig. 44) strangulated between the seeds ; while in many 

 the fleshy indehiscent pericarps are stalked, and contain 



