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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^CE^. 



Ord. Char. The distinctive characteristics of this order from that of Magno- 

 hace<E are : Anthers with an enlarged four-cornered connectivum, which is 

 sometimes nectariferous ; albumeii 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 witli 

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

 commonly ininutely 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. 



1 

 I 



ASI'MINA Adans. The Asimina, Lin. Sijst. Polyandria Poiygynia. 



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



Synoni/mes. Aniiona L. ; Orchidoc&rpum Mx. ; Porcel;:? sp. Pers. ; Uvaria Tor. & Gray ; Custard 

 Apple; Asiminler.and Anone, Fr.; Flaschenbaum, Gtrr. 



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

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

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

 Ajitonio Pored, a Spanish promoter of botany. y/wd?rt is a South American word that signifies a 

 mess, or dish of food, to be eaten with a spoon. Uvkria is from uva, a griipe, to which, however 

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

 the shape of the fruit. 



Ge7i. Char. Calyx 3-parted. Petals 6, spreading, ovate-oblong, inner ones 

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

 most |)art only 3, ovate or oblong. Carpels the same number as the ovaries, 

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

 Mill.) 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. 



^ I. A. tri'loba Djin. The three-lohcd-calyJed Asimina. 



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



Synonymcs. Anndna triloba L., and Mx. in Arh. ; Porcdl/n triloba Pcrs. ; Orchidociirpum arieti- 

 num Mx. Bar. Am. ; UvSria triloba Tor. Sj Cray ; the Papaw, Amcr. ; Asiminier de Virginie, 

 and Annono a trois Lobes, Fr. ; dreylappiger (three-lobed) Flaschenbaum, Ger. 



Engravings. Mill. Icon., 1. t. S.'i. ; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 4."). ; Mx. Arb., 3. t. 9. ; and our/g.47. 



Spec. Char., S)-c. 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; 7 ft. to 10 ft. 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. Naked 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. Tlie flowers are campanulate and drooping, and appear before the 



