68 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
glands near the base; twigs also glandu- 
lar; berries very small (} inch), with many 
seeds. A large tree recently introduced 
from Japan, which may prove hardy from 
Pennsylvania south, but is killed by the 
climate of Massachusetts. 
OrvER III. ANONACEZ. 
(CUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY.) 
I. polycérpa. r 
An order of tropical trees and shrubs except the fol- 
lowing genus: 
Genus 5. ASIMINA, 
Small trees or shrubs with simple, deciduous, alternate, 
entire, pinnately-veined leaves. Flowers large, dull pur- 
plish, solitary in the axils of last year’s leaves. Fruit a 
large, oblong, several-seeded, pulpy berry. 
Asimina triloba, Dunal. (Common 
Papaw.) Leaves large (8 to 12 in. long), 
oblong-obovate, acuminate, thin, lapping 
over each other in such a manner as to 
give the plant a peculiar imbricated ap- 
pearance. Flowers 1 in. broad, appear- 
ing before the leaves. Fruit 3 in. long, 
144 in. thick, yellowish, fragrant, about 
8-seeded, ripe in the autumn. Small (10 
to 20 ft. high), beautiful tree with dark- 
brown twigs. All parts have a rank, fetid 
smell. Wild in New York and southward 
along streams ; cultivated. 
A. triloba, 
OrperR IV. TAMARISCINEZ. 
A small order, consisting mostly of shrubs (from the 
Old World) with minute leaves. 
