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ANONACE.E. 



[Hypogynous Exogens. 



Order CLII. ANONACEjE.— Anonads. 



Anon,, Jus,. Gen.W. ^A^^ *** | S^V^JKSPiJg 

 %}\ WBSSW3S M^ 18 ^.'cSiv^ &* &.» 4-Glvptospenn*. Fen, **. 

 3 75 (1799.) 



DiAGNOSis.-iM Ifcgww, «**& ^'^ ™rP^, no stipules,a valvate corolla, and 



ruminate albumen. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, almost always entire, ^thout stipules 

 Flowers usually ^eer Tor brown, axillary, solitary, or 2 or 3 together, shorter than the 



l 

 3 Fig. CCXCII. 



te .e 8 , ft. peduncles .f abo„„e .owe,. gfi^SS^S^^i 



Petals 6, hypogynous, in two rows, coriaceous, 

 with a valvate aestivation, sometimes muted 

 into a monooetalous corolla, very rarely absent 

 Stamens indefinite, covering a large hypogy- 

 nous torus, packed closely together, very rarely 

 definite ; filaments short, more or less angular ; 

 anthers adnate, turned outwards, with an en- 

 larged 4-cornered connective, which is some- 

 times nectariferous. Carpels usually numerous, 

 closely packed, separate or cohering, occa- 

 sionally definite ; styles short ; stigmas sim- 

 ple ; ovules solitary, or a small number, erect 

 or ascending, anatropal. Fruit consisting ot 

 a number of carpels, which are either succu- 

 lent or dry, sessile or stalked, 1- or many- 

 seeded, distinct or concrete into a fleshy mass. 

 Seeds attached to the suture in one or two 

 rows, sometimes furnished with an aril ; tesu 

 brittle ; embryo minute, in the base ot hard, 

 fleshy, ruminate albumen. 



Monodora has a solitary carpel. In Anona 

 palustris the ovaries are not distinct, lne 

 stamens and carpels are definite in Bocagea. 



Fig. CCXCIII. 



The flowers are pentamerous in Hentschelia. 



Fig. CCXCII.-Anona furfuxacea. 1. an expanded flower; 2. avertica, section of g ^ ?j£ g 

 ratus which latter occupies the centre ; 3. a vertical section of a carpel ; 4. ditto of a npe see , 

 ^ffoSSSSSiSlSSU of Anona squamosa.-^"*. 



