AXCECTOCHILUS 



AN(ECTOCHlLTJS (Grppk o/ .-n ! p] OichicUiKV, 

 tril e \ // . \ LPiiiis It t 1 t . tl I eautifully 



II I II iital The 



k I 1 ly Archi- 



I I \l I I lopted for 



flu su sxtul lit I t ] 1 s and varie- 



ties failure his 1 il [ i ile so that at the 



present tune few \ II ntam eren a single 



specimen Fcr i ti t i le two or e^en favo 



\ears — they will t,i w ml teiinin in heilth and then 

 suddenly they go wrong, the plants perii-hing one after 

 the other, in spite of all one can do."— W. Watson. 



Biilleni, Low. Lvs. ahout 2 in. long, bronze-green, 

 with 3 longitudinal bands of copper-red. Borneo. 



regillis, Blume. One of the most attractive species of 

 the group : lvs. oval, large, bronze-green netted, veined 

 with gold, the surface of the lvs. like velvet. Java. 

 B.M. 412:i. P.S. 2: 79 as A. sedJcetts. — Several good va- 



ANOMATHfiCA, %ee Lapc 



ASdHA (aboriginal name 

 Apple. Tropical trees and sh 

 fleshy fruits, and for ormmu 

 terminal or opposite the lvs. : 

 of them sometimes reduced to 



mg: 



ilsi 



hy fruit-like 

 shrubs, over 50 ii 

 few in Africa and 



descrilii-i 

 by Linnii 

 pubescei 

 toba; A 



t thpy arc generally 

 irists and botanists, 

 clow, various other 

 iiithern Florida, but 

 and some of them 

 s. Amongst these 

 s a rataliigue name 

 ■ liavin- been fully 

 inv MH.,.irs founded 



by Reas , i , , - a Kollinia, 



possibly //. Ill -, ,. Dnguetia, 

 anil for .1 .; ' ■ , /; , ■- I' the species 



Anonas ar.' .if .ii-N .ulnir. . M'li'ial treat- 



ment in frostlcss .■oijiitrir- . i!. ,■ i I r.aclilyby 



seeds, and ariMisuallv lliii^ L'l ■ I ■! •• i ri|irni.lViit. 

 tings under uiass. In tlir I .v. ii,r> ■.„:■ s,,iHctimcs 

 grown under glass as ornamental sul,.,ects. Thev should 

 then be kept fairly dry in winter, (or at that time they 

 assume a semi-dormant condition. They thrive best in 

 heavy loam. 



Pet 



■<h,tf-, 



■petals 

 . Frill, 



tree, the size of a peach trei 

 growthscurfy-pulii-i.nl . i. li 

 ing the interior 0111 - ' ' ' 

 ish,the inner ones \ . 

 varnished above an., i . 

 brous: fr. very lart,'i , i.-- m. l..i 

 .), oblong or conical and bill 



, the 



■gri-i'ii, the young 



i^hor green- 

 inil pointed, 



' . ' ling gla- 



\.i i^liiiig from 1-5 

 rk green, the skin 

 ugh and spiny; pulp soft, white and juicy, subacid, with 

 I turpentine-like flavor, West Indies, where it is a popu- 



ANONA 69 



lar fruit. — It is grown with especial excellence in Porto 

 Rico, and is common in the markets of Key West, whither 

 it is shipped from the islands to the southward. A 

 favorite drink is made from the juice. It is one of the 

 tenderest trees of the genus, and thrives only in extreme 

 southern Florida and California. Introduced in the Old 

 World. 



PC. Fruit iicarli/ or quite smooth (or in A. pi/riformis 



uniUacribed). 



glibra, Linn. (A. laitrifilia, Dtmal). Pond-Apple. 



Mamon. Fig. 93. Small nearly evergreen tree, with 



smooth growth: exterior petals somewhat exceeding the 



or long-ovate, 

 ibove : fr. the 

 )X s heart, yel- 

 m pulling out 



elabra Nt irly 



interior ones „i ni I I M 



pointed gret ii n I il 



size and sh ij i I I i [ 



low or bro\Ani h \ M 



of the fruit it m iiniit\ ill v 



pulp cream i 1 i I m I x in li .i ml I ni n, <|inilit>. 



Native in sw nn| I ili If m I li I, in ..lutlnrn 



Florida and on th Inlnuln i il mili W ,st Imllis. 



B.R H38 SS 1 17 Ib-lhe iiuit Uthim„h accejitable 



to many people is not geneiall} puzed 



pyriJ6nni8, Bo]er Climbing glabrous petals of the 

 two series nearly equal oblon^' spatulate or obovate 

 (about 2 in lon„l tiit the ntirnn h i ded or cucuUate 

 at the top SI] I 1 m I li It ili n I luth lvs. nearly 

 oblong (3-6 in I n^ i li i i iiii h tliick and rigid, 

 somewhat slnnin^ ml .,1m n 'M uiiitius.— Said to 

 have been mti In lint nth mil ml i lecently, but 

 it is imperfLCtlj known 



EB ijTteiio) pettdi, obtiihe o> iieaily so. 

 palustns, Linn Allicator Apple Cork -Wood. 



long inner ones a half inch or moi e long and yellow, witti 

 a red spot at the base within the interior red inside : lvs. 

 ovate elliptic or oblong with a short narrow point (or 

 occasionallj bluntish) smooth on both sides, rather 

 thick and more or less evirgieen fr 2 m in diam., yel- 

 low, and somewhat roughened or scaly Cuba to Rio 

 Janeiro ilso m Africa B M 4220 —Introduced in 



southern Florida but imperfectly known m cultivation. 

 Unless improved by cultivation the fruit is probably 

 unworthy of cultivation 



BBB Fxteiio) and interior petals all acute. 

 paluddsa, Aubl Shrub with rusty villous branches ; 

 outer petals acute twice longer than the canescent inner 

 ones : lvs. oblong-acute, rounded at the base, sparsely 

 pubescent above and tomentose beneath : fr. ovate and 

 tuberculate, pubescent when young. Guiana. — Intro- 

 duced into southern Florida, where it is yet very little 

 known. 



