14 ANONACEiE. 



The fleshy fruits are edible, and much esteemed in the tropics. (DC.) — 

 Blume remarks, that the Javanese species require, owing to their power- 

 ful properties, to be employed with caution ; for if they are administered 

 for too great a length of time, or in too large doses, they produce vertigo, 

 hcemorrhage, or even abortion. {Lindl.) 

 Anona, L. (DC.pr. l.p. 83; — W. and A. pr. I, p. 7.) 



1. squamosa, L. (DC. o. c.p. 85 ; — W. and A. I. c, — Roxh.fi. ind. 2, p. 

 657;— B. M. 58, t. 3095;—/. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 2.—Rheed. 3. t. 

 29.—Rumph. 1, t. 46.) ^t^l Ata. Custard- Apple. 5. No doubt a 

 native of tropical America, notwithstanding St. Hilaire's reasonings, 

 which would make it of Asiatic origin. No Anona has, on any good 

 authority, been found wild in Asia, and it is, perhaps, questionable, 

 whether A. senegalensis, grandiflora and amplexicaulis, are true natives 

 of Senegal and Madagascar. — Completely domesticated in India. Fl. 

 largish, yellowish green, — H. S. ; fr. July — October. — Fruit delicious. 

 Leaves with a heavy smell. Seeds acrid, fatal to insects, and therefore 

 by the Natives powdered, mixed with gram flour, and thus occasionally 

 used for washing their hair. (Royle.) The fruit has, on some occa- 

 sions of famine, literally proved to the Natives the staff" of life. 

 (Grah. I. c.) 



2. reticulata, L. (DC.pr. \,p. 85; — W. and A. pr. \,p. 7; — Roxb. fi. 

 ind. 2. p. 657;— B. M. 56, t. 2911-12.—/. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 3.— 

 Rheede, 3, t. 30, 31.) d^X^, Nona. Bullock's Heart. 5 W. Indies.-— 

 Domesticated in India. Fl. largish, yellowish -green, of a vinous smell, 

 — H. S. ; fr. July — November. 



3. muricata, L. (DC. pr. l,p.84 •,—Roxb. H. B. p. 43 ;— /. Grah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 3.) Sour Sop. 5 W. Indies. Cultivated in India. Fl. 

 large, yellowish-green, of a vinous smell, — September ; fr, H. S. 



4. Cherimolia, Mill. (DC. I. c.,—B. M. 45, t. 201 1,—/. Grah. Cat. B.pl. 

 p. 3.J 5 Peru, New Granada. Introduced in 1820. Has not fl. 

 here. — Its dark purple fruit is much esteemed in S. America. 



? 5. Surifa, Roxb. (H. B.p. 43.) b. Sylhet.— Introduced into H. C. G. 

 in 1794, where it fl. Feb. — April, (Roxb. J — What this species may 

 be, we cannot determine, never having seen it. It is not mentioned 

 in Wall. Cat., and to Mr, Griffith it is unknown, Royle 111. p. 60, 

 gives Shurifa as the Persian name for Anona squamosa, L., with 

 which, however, Roxb. could not have confounded his A. SurifFa. 



UvAKiA, L. (DC.pr. \,p. 88; — W. and A.pr. I, p. 7.) 



1. odorata, Lam. (W. and A. o. c. p. 8; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 661. — 

 Unona odorata, Dun. — DC. o. c. p. 90 — Rumph. 2, t. 65.) 5 China, 

 Sunda Islands, Martaban, Moluccas. Fl. large, yellowish-green, fra- 

 grant, nearly throughout the year ; fr. C. S. 



2. grand'ijlora, Roxb. (Fl. ind. 2, p. 665; — W. and A.pr. \,p. 9; — 

 Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, /, 121. — U. purpurea, Bl. ; — Wall. rept. 

 — Unona grandiflora, Leschen ; — DC. pr. 1, p. 90.) B Sumatra. Fl. 



