?8 IV. ANONACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Mitrephora. 



pubescent; outer 1 in., obovate-oblong, shortly broadly clawed, undulate; inner much 

 smaller, cordate; claw long-linear. Toms urceolate pilose. Ovaries pildse, 8-10- 

 ovuled, style -clavate. Carpels (unripe) § in., . rusty-tomentose, top rounded ; stalk 

 ^-^4 ™-i stout. 



7. m. grandiflora, Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 101 ; young parts 

 golden-pubescent, leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceolate shining above glabres- 

 cent beneath, peduncles 2-3-flowered leaf-opposed, flowers 2-sexual, carpels 

 globose. 



Ghats nearCoIoor and Gairsoppah, in S. Gakaba, Beddome. 



A handsome tree. Leaves 4-6 by li-2J in., thin, coriaceous, axils of nerves beneath 

 hairy and glandular; petiole 4 in- Flowers 2-3 in. diam., ferruginous, snbsessile; 

 buds globose ; bract close to flower. Sepals smaM. Omier /)etois broadly elliptic, acute, 

 first white, turning yellow ; inner smaller, deciduous, claw broad, back triangular, white 

 streaked with red. Carpels globose, size of a hazel, 1-seeded, tomentose. — We have 

 seen no specimen. 



16.* ANONA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Mowers solitary or fascicled, terminal or leaf-opposed. 

 Sepals 3, small, valvate. Petals 3-6, valvate in 2 series, or the inner series 

 wanting ; outer triquetrous, base concave. Stamens numerous ; anther-cells 

 narrow, dorsal, contiguous, top of connective ovoid. Ovaries many, subcon- 

 nate ; style oblong ; ovule 1, erect. Pipe carpels confluent into a many- 

 ceUed ovoid or globose many-seeded fruit.— Distklb. A large American and 

 African genus, of which various fruiting species or varieties are naturalized 

 in the Old World. 



A. squamosa, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. i. 85 ; leaves oblong obtuse or acu- 

 minate glaucous beneath and pubescent when ynung, fruit tubercled Poxb 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 657; W. & A. Prodr. 7 ; Wall. Cat. 6490 ; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind 

 115 ; Rheede Sort. Mai. iii. 29. 



Naturalized especially in the Western Peninsula. — Disteib. Tropical America. 



(The Custard Apple of India, and Sweet Sop of the W. Indies.) 



A small tree. Leaves 2-3 by f-lj in., membranous, usually obtuse, base acute. 

 Flowers solitary 1 in. long, pubescent. Petals 3, narrow-oblong. Fruit fleshy 

 areolate. ' 



A. reticulata, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 85; leaves' oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, quite glabrous smooth or roughish beneath, fruit smooth lightly 

 areolate. RoA Fl. Ind. iii. 657: Wall. Gat. 6489: W & A Prodr ?• 

 H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 115 ; Rheede Hort. Mai. iii. t. 30, 31. ' , ' 



Naturalized in Bensal and elsewhere — Distkib. Tropical America. (BuUock's- 

 heart or Custard Apple of the W. Indies.) ' 



A small tree. Leaves 5-8 by 1^-2 in., base acute; petiole J in Flowers 2-3 

 together on lateral peduncles. Outer petals as in A. squamosa; inner very small 

 narrow-oblong, -c ««»« subglobose, roughish outside, with pentagonal areoles. 



17. MEIiODORVm, DunaL 



Climbing shrubs. Zeaws with strong parallel nerves. i?7oM;ers terminal 

 axillary and leaf-opposed, solitary fascicled or panicled ; buds triquetrous 

 Sepals 3, small, valvate, connate below. Petals 6, valvate in 2 rows ■ outer 

 plano-convex or trigonous; inner triquetrous above, hollowed below'on the 

 inner face. Stamens many ; anther-cells dorsal, contiguous ; top of connec- 

 tive ovoid or quadrate. 6'aryeZs many, f ree J style oblong; ovules 2 or more 



