Asiminu. ANONACE^. 



present leaves, strongly protogynous : fruit edible. Ariilus very distinct in ,1, 

 grandiflora and A. jjygvuva. — P\am. ii. 3G5; Dunal. 1. r. 81 ; DC. I. c h7 ; 

 Gray, Gen. 111. i. 67, t. 2G, 27 ; IJeuth. & Ilouk. Gen. i. 2\ (but iielongs Uj il.eir 

 tribe Uvariece) ; Gray, Bot. Gaz. xi. IGl.^ Orchulocai-jtum, Michx. Fl. i. 3'2'J. 

 # Flowers (iu early spring) from the axils of the ilocidiioiis leaves of the prerodinp vi'ur, 

 therefore from woody stems : nasceut slioots aud foliage also calyx pulnjufeut; leaves 

 comparatively broad, short-pctiolcd. 

 -1— Leaves meinl»rauaceous, ample, aeute or acuminate, coj)iously jiinnately-veined, the retir- 

 ulatioii of veinlets iucouspicuous : pubescence of calyx and iiatw-ent leaves sericeous and 

 ferrugineous : petals moderately accrescent, from lurid green becoming brown purpK-, in 

 l)oth series ovate, not very unlike, the inner moderately concave and not rimose-thickcued 

 nor corrugated at base within. 

 A. triloba, Dunal. (Papaw.) Tree 20 to 40 feet high, also flowering as a low shrnl>: 

 leaves at maturity half a foot to a foot long, obovate-obloug with tapering base: tlowera on 

 brown-pubesceut pedicels of about their own length : outer petals half inch, accrescent Ui an 

 inch in length: carpels few: style distinct and with short iutrorse stigma: ovules niiiiu-rous 

 iu two series : fruits sometimes 3 maturing (whence the specilic name), commonly only one or 

 two, the larger about 4 inciies long, filled with sweet somewhat arnm:itic but mawkish pulp: 

 seeds several, oblong, compressed, an inch long. — Monog. Anon. 83 ; DC. 1. c. ; Gnimp. < »tlo 

 & Hayne, Abbild. Holzarten, 66, t. 53 ; Gray, Gen. 111. i. 68, t. 26, 27 ; Hook. f. Hot. M:ig. 

 t. .'3854.2 ^( cumpaniflorn & A. conoiden, Spach, Hist. Veg. vii. 528, 530. Annoua Irilnlni, 

 L. Spec. i. 537 (Catesb. Car. ii. t. 85) ; Marsh. Arbust. 10; Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii. 161, 

 t. 9; .Schk. Handb. t. 149. Aiionu triloba, Nouv. Duham. ii. 83, t. 25. Orchidorarpum arieti- 

 nitm, Michx. Fl. i. 329. Porcelia triloba, Pers. Syn. ii. 95; Pursh, Fl. ii. 383. Uvaria trdulxi, 

 Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 45; Baill. Hi.st. PI. i. 193, f. 220-228.8 — A lluviiil soil along streams, 

 W. New York and adjacent Can;ida to Michigan and Iowa, south to Middle Florida and 

 K. Te.xas.* 

 A. parviflora, Dcxal. Shrub 2 to 5 feet high, branching above: leaves smaller aud 

 rather thicker, from obovato to spatulate : flowers fully hhlf smaller, very short-pedicel led : 

 petals less accrescent and less unequal: stigma sessile: ovules about 10, nearly in a single 

 series: fruit oblong or p^'riform, an inch or so long: seeds few, turgid, half inch long. — 

 Monog. Anon. 82, t. 9 ; YiC. 1. c. ; Ell. Sk. ii. 41 ; Chapm. Fl. 15. Orchidocur/mm parvijhirum, 

 Michx. Fl. i. 329. Porcelia parviflora, Pers. 1. c. ; Pursh, 1. c. Umria juirvijlorn, Torr. & 

 Gray, Fl. i. 45. — Dry sandy soil, N. Carolina to Florida and Alabama. 

 ■*— •»— Leaves furfuraceous-tomentulo.se when young, in age chartaceous and with conspicn- 

 ous reticulation of veinlets, mostly retuse or obtu.sc, comparatively small : flowers often in 

 pairs or with a leafy shoot from ilic same axil : |)etals white ; outer much :»ccrescent. or- 

 bicular and at length oltovate; inner much smaller, with saccate-concave bjise. puride 

 within and rimose-corrugate : ovaries densely pubescent, tipped with a .sessile depres.«ed 

 stigma; fruits an inch or two long, several-seeded; seeds ovate-ov:»l. flattened. 

 A. grandiflora, Dunal. Stems 2 to 5 feet high : leaves tomentulose both sides, only gla 

 brate iu age, sijatuLite-oblong to obovate or oval; the larger 3 or 4 inches long and I or 2 

 wide : outer pet.als when full grown 2 inches or more in length, and 3 or 4 times the length 

 of the inner, these for the upper half with revolute margius. — Monog. Anon. 84. t. 11; DC. 

 Prodr. i. 86; VAl. Sk. ii. 42; Chapm. Fl. 15. Anona ip-andijlorn. Rartr. Trav. (Am. eti.) 

 t. 2. Annona obovata, AVilld. Spec. ii. 1269. Orc/iidocurpum (jrandijlnnim, Michx. Fl. i. .13(1. 

 Porcelia fjraytdi/lora, Pers. 1. c. ; Pursh, 1. c. Uvarin oborala, Torr. & Gniy, Fl. i. 45. — 

 Sandy woods, S. Georgia and Florida; first coll. by Rartram. He desi Til>es the flowers as 

 sweet-scented, " the fruit of the size and form of a small cucumber, containing a yellow 

 pulp of the consistence of a hard custard, aud very delicious whole^iome food." Fl. Man-fi, 

 April. 



1 Add Sar<!;ent, Silv. i. 21, with conspectus of spi-c-ies. 



2 Ad.l Lloyd Bros. Am. Drugs & Med. ii. 49, t. 33, f. 1-20-125; Sargent. Silv. i. 23, t. 1.1. Hi. 



3 .Add Bull. Son. Linn, de Paris, 651. 



4 Pmf. Sarsjent, I. c cxlcii.ls the wiiiL'n to Iv I'omisvlvaiiia .-vuil v\\ the wtst to K. K.iiis.is. 



