ANNONACEAE 31 7 



Pa. Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties. 



Tertiary, common: Cretaceous, scattered in edaphically favorable 

 places: Older Formations, rare north of the moraine. 177 210 

 days. About sea level. 



2. M. tripetala L. In woods: southeastern Pa. to Ga., Mo., 

 Ark. and Miss. 

 Pa. Near Oxford, Chester Co. 



Reported also from southwestern N. J., but not certainly wild 

 there. 



2. Liriodendron L. 



I. L. Tulipifera L. In woods: Vt. and R. I. to Fla., Mich, and 



Ark. 



Conn. Throughout, decreasing northwestward. 



N. Y. Common on the north side of L. I.; on S. I. and south of the 

 Highlands in the Hudson Valley, thence decreasing northward; 

 rare or wanting as a wild tree in Greene Co.; Copake Falls, 

 Columbia Co. 



N. J. Common throughout the state except in the pine-barrens, 

 there wanting. 



Pa. Monroe and Bucks counties, increasing and common south- 

 ward. 

 Tertiary, not uncommon, but wanting on Beacon Hill : Cretaceous 



common: Older Formations, decreasing northward. 145-224 days. 



Sea level-1,000 ft. 



ANNONACEAE 

 1 . Asimina Adans. 

 1. A. triloba (L.) Dunal. Along streams: Ont. to Mich., N. J., 

 Pa. and Fla. ; westward to Tex. 



N.J. Recorded as rare along the drainage of the Delaware River 



in Mercer and Hunterdon counties and from May's Landing, 



Atlantic Co. 



Pa. Uncommon in Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties. 



A rare and local species in our region apparently localized in the 



drainage of the Delaware River. 



RANUNCULACEAE 



Carpels several ovuled, fruit a follicle or berry. 

 Flowers regular. 



Leaves palmately nerved or palmately compound. 

 Petals wanting. 



