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short or 0. Stig. thick, various. Ov, 1-2-qo. Eipe carpels sessile or 

 stipitate, distinct or united into a oo-celled fr. (Anona), or 1-celled fr- 

 (Monodora) ; fr. various. Perisperm ruminate, copious. Lvs. alt., 

 distichous, simple, entire, penninerved, exstip. Ti-ees, Shrubs, some- 

 times climbing ; generally ev. and aromatic, with bitter, peppery, or 

 acrid juice. Chiefly trop., both worlds. About 40 gen., 400 spec. 5 

 Tribes: Tribe 1. 7 gen., 42 spec, both worlds. 1, Bocagea. Fr. of 

 1-3 carpels, baccate, 'S-seeded ; sds. arillate. Ev. trees, shrubs, 7 or 8 

 spec, Brazil. Tribe 2. 5 gen., 120 spec, both worlds. 1, Xylopia, 

 BiTTEKWooD. Carpels 2-15, baccate, 1-2-seeded ; on a globular torus. 

 Berries spicy or peppery, used as condiments. Wood intensely hitter. 

 30 spec, W. Ind., S. Am., W. Af., Malaysia; most numerous in Am. 

 2. Anona, Custard Apple. Carpels oo, fused into a oo-celled fleshy 

 fr. Ev. shrubs, trees, aromatic, spic}'. 50 spec, ti-op. Am., Asia, Af. 

 A. reticulata, Bullock's Heart ; A. muricdta, Sour Sop, Fig. 80 ; 

 W. Ind. ; A. squamosa. Sweet Sop, Malaysia ; A. Cherimolia, Cheri- 

 MoYBR, ]?eni. All small ev. trees, with fine fr. Tribe 3. 9 gen., 

 42 spec, both worlds. 1. Mitrephora, ev. trees, often tall. Trop. 

 Asia, E. Ind. 2. Monodora. Fl. large, sol., fragrant; fr. large, 

 melon-like, pulpy. 3 spec, ev. shrubs, trees. W. and E. Ind., trop. 

 Af. M. Myristica, Calabash Nutmbq. Sds. used as nutmegs. 

 Tree 30° high in Jamaica; probably brought by negroes from W. Af., 

 where it is 50°-60° high. Tribe 4. 11 gen., 60 spec, both worlds. 

 1. Asimina (Anona, Linnaeus), N. Am. Custard Apple, miscalled 

 Papaw. Pet. 6. Carpels 2-15, 1-celled, few-sev.-ovuled, fleshy in fr. 

 Sds. arillate. Shrubs, small trees ; 7 or 8 spec. ; U. S., Mex., Cent. 

 Am., Cuba; ev. in trop., decid. in U. S. A. [Anona) triloba, fls. 

 brown-purple ; fr. large, yellow, banana-form, few-seeded, edible. 

 15°-30° high, N. Y. to III., S. to Gulf. Sd., Fig. 193, B. A. parvi- 

 ./?dra, fl. and fr. smaller. 2°-5° high. N. C. to Fla , W. A. grandi- 

 fora, A. fygmaea, fls. yellow, fr. small; low shrubs, Fla., Ga. 2. 

 Unona. Pet. 6-3. Carpels long, distinct, sev.-seeded, lomentaceous. 

 Ev. shrubs, sometimes climbing. 18 spec. ; 12 trop. Af. ; 6 trop. 

 Asia. Tribes. 8 gen., 104 spec, both worlds. 1. Uvaria. Carpels 

 00, distinct, cylindric, sometimes grape-like. Fls. often very fragrant, 

 fr. edible. Ev. climbers. 35 spec, W. Af. to Philippines. 2. Guat- 

 teria. Carpels distinct. Ev., handsome trees, shrubs; 50 spec, trop. 

 Am., Asia. G. virgaia, Lancbwood, wood light, used by coach- 

 builders. Jamaica. 



Ord. 160. Myristicacese. — ^st. valv. Fls. apet., J* ?; in 

 racemes, hds. glomerules, panicles ; small, white or yellow. Sep. 3- 

 2-4-fid ; fila. monadelph. into a compact column, cylindric or tur- 

 binate, or dilated into a disk. 9= Carpel sol. (rarely 2, one sterile), 

 free, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Boll fleshy, 2-valved. Sd. with laciniate 

 fleshy aril. Perisperm ruminate, copious. Ev. lofty Trees, Shrubs, 

 aromatic ; juice turning red in air. Lvs. alt., nearly distichous, simple, 

 entire, penninerved, coriaceous, exstip. Malaysia,. trop. Am., Pacific 

 Islands, Madagascar. Only gen. Myristica. Sd. the Nutmeg, its aril 

 the Mace of commerce. Numerous spec. M. moschdta (frdgrans), 

 fine tree; fr. peach-like, but dehisc, yields the finest nutmegs. Fig. 

 196. Malaysia. M. (Virola) sebifera, 60° high. Antilles, Guiana. 

 M.fdtua, M. Otbba, M. bicidba, M. officinalis, S. Am. M. (Pyrrhosa) 

 tingens, Amboyna. 



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