48 MOONSEED FAMILY. 



HI. ANONACE^;, CUSTARD APPLE FAMILY. 



Trees or shrubs, with 3 sepals and 6 petals in 2 sets, each 

 set valvate in the bud, and many short stamens on the recep- 

 tacle, surrounding several pistils, which ripen into pulpy fruits 

 containing large and flat bony seeds. Embryo small; the 

 albumen which forms the bulk of the kernel appears as if cut 

 up into small pieces. No stipules. 



1. ASIMINA, PAPAW of U. S. (From the Indian name, assimin.) 

 Petals greenish or yellowish, becoming dark purple as they enlarge ; 

 the 3 inner small. Pistils few in the center of the head of anthers, 

 making one or more large, oblong, pulpy fruits, sweet and edible. 

 Flowers solitary, in early spring. 



A. trlloba, Dunal. COMMON PAPAW. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate ; flower I'-IJ' wide ; fruit yellowish, 3'-6' long. A shrub or small 

 tree ; wild W. and S., and sometimes planted. 



A. parvifl6ra, Dunal. SMALL-FLOWERED P. Leaves cblong-obovate, 

 abruptly pointed ; petals greenish-purple, twice as long as sepals ; flower 

 ' wide ; fruit few-seeded. Shrub 2-5 c high. Fla. to N. C. and W, 



IV. MENISPEEMACE^E, MOONSEED FAMILY. 



Woody twiners, with small dioecious flowers ; their sepals 

 and petals much alike, and one before the other (usually 6 

 petals before as many sepals) ; as many or 2-3 times as many 

 stamens; and 2-6 pistils, ripening into 1-seeded little stone- 

 fniits or drupes ; the stone curved, commonly into a wrinkled 

 or ridged ring. Leaves palmate or peltate ; no stipules. 



1. COCCULUS. Sepals, petals, and stamens each 6. Pistils 3-6. 



2. MENISPERMUM. Sepals and petals 6-8. Pistils 2-4 in fertile flowers. Stamens, in 



sterile flowers, 12 or more. (Lessons, Figs. 231, 232, 296.) 



3. CALYCOCARPUM. PetalsO. Sepals 6, petal-like. PistilsS. Stamens in sterile flowers,12. 



1. COCCULUS. (Latin: a little berry.) Flowers in axillary clusters. 



C. Carolinus, DC. CAROLINA C. Somewhat downy; leaves ovate 

 or heart-shaped, entire or sinuate-lobed ; flowers greenish in summer ; 

 fruits red, as large as peas. From Virginia, S. and W. 



2. MENISPERMUM, MOONSEED. (Greek : moon, seed.) Stamens 

 as long as sepals ; anthers 4-celled ; drupe globular, with a crescent or 

 ring-like wrinkled stone ; flowers in axillary panicles. 



M. Canad^nse, Linn. Almost smooth ; leaves peltate near the edge ; 

 flowers white in late summer ; fruits black, looking like small grapes. 



3. CALYCOCARPUM, CUPSEED. (Greek: cup,- fruit.) Anthers 

 2-celled ; flowers greenish-white in long racemose panicles. 



C. Ly6ni, Nutt. Climbing high ; leaves large, thin, 3-5-lobed, cordate 

 at base ; fruit globular, 1' diameter, black. Ky. and S. 111. to Ivans, and S. 



