Ranai ANON \< I. l. 



'I'll. ntly monopetaloua thai it all 



ng instances that can !"• found ■■! the worthli 

 structure u a fundamental i Ustinction. And i 



tiou of monopetaloua Orders No doubt i 

 i.l' this i >rder to Vlagnoliada, from which, however, it diff( ra in the wai 

 nlvate corolla, and in the form of the anthers : agra ing in the ten 



of fructification, and the indefinite stamens and An afl 



I out with Menispennads ; but ii appears to I" wi ak I 

 Ordi r is ii- ruminated albumen, t<> which tin i iception, and *• i . 



Tli.- parietal insertion of ovules, ascribed i" the Order b) !»•• Candi 



I'll.- ovules are erect in Anona, Guatteria, and Anaxs 

 plant is described bj Brown, in the Appendix to F inder th< 



bupomatia laurina, in which 'h<- stamens are manifii -tl\ p< i md tin- I 



iherent with th<- ovaries. This plant aflbi 

 we know of to habitual structure. It is no doubt analof 

 Poppyworts and Rosa in Roseworts. I have remarked in Anona laurifolia thatthi 

 ten is arranged in two distinct rows in i ach cell of the anther, and that when tint ■ 

 bursts, ili _ I pollen fall out, i a a single row . I i have th< 



lace. A; ■ connected with I 



think there can be ii'> doubt of the alliance of the Order to Nun 

 In I i hi me and full) admitted b) Endlicher. 



tropics of the Old and New World are the natural land of these plants: t! 

 spread, in a few instances, t.i the northward and the southward. Some of them, 

 to man, such :i-- the Custard-appie, the Cherimoyer, and others, have ■ 

 \ colonists far from their native stations. 

 Their general character is, to have a powerful aromatic taste and smell in all 



The bark of Uvaria tripetaloidea yields, being tapped, a viscid matter, which 

 us in the form of a fragrant gum. The flowers of man) 

 of Artabotrys odoratissima and Guatteria virgata, are exceedingly 

 fruits of others are verj aromatic; those of Xylopia aromatica are the Piper sethiopicum 

 of th«- shops, and are commonly used as pepper by the African i Die leai 



Artabotrys are regarded as invaluable in Java against cholera. The Polyalth 

 are employed in Java with advantage as aromatica 



roots. The leaves of Anona squamosa have a heav) .li-a_: I the 



contain a highly acrid principle fatal to insects, on which account the 

 use them powdered and mixed with the flour of Gram, or t icer ari< I ... 

 •nally washing their hair. Xylopia sericea, a large tree found u 

 I ineiro, where it is called Pindaiba, bears a highly aromatic fruit, with tli 

 iper, for which it may be advantageously substituted. It- I 

 ) separated into fibres, from which excellent cordage is man I 



■ .s that the Javanese species require, because of then 

 employed «ith caution ; for if they are administered for 

 ir in too large doses, the} produce vertigo, hsemorrhagi . 

 >ut women. The carpels are chewed after dinner in Java for d 



Xylopia glabra, we are told, i- called Bitter-w 1 in the West Indies, 



ice of well-marked bitterness in ever) part The « I, 



■aid to taste like Orange seeds. The wild s that feed on tin 



re their flavour, and sugar hogsheads made of the « 1 ai 



Iheir contents uneatable, even bj cockroaches 



ible, containing a sugar) mucilage, which predon 

 aromatic flavour thai it -. < >t this kin.l are the deUci 



ist an. I West Indies, the Cherimoyer of Peru, and others. Ii. : » an 



• present of a ven active nature, according t.> Duhamel : 



are used t.i I >i-i n l; hmguid abscesses to a head ; its 

 Vnona sylvatica, called Araticu do mato, in l*i 

 tor the u-o of tunnr-, and f< r the Bame purposes as th<- Lin 



'ribed as _- 1 for the •!■ ssi rt. The \\o...l of thi 



n Brazil for corks. Martin- has remarked that man) 

 «itli greal facility, even though the smallest p 



strong elastic wood called Lancew 1 b) the coachi 



b) Sehomburgk to be uhtniucd from Uu 

 >'iho j;ra\ ii_\ u t the wood of a 



r beiug kept for 20 years in a dr) room, 

 ror many interesting particulars concerning the plants ol tl 



'rinoco, particularly in Atures and Maypura, li:i\ :»lled 



rnitta .!<■ Burro, which i- the fruit of ( varia febi \ 



