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leaves, it does not seem to be much attacked by insects. As tulip trees raised 
from seed seldom flower before they are twenty or thirty years old, it is much 
to be wished, that nurserymen would propagate them by grafting or inarching 
from flowering trees, in consequence of which the plants would probably 
flower the second or third year. 
Orpver IV. ANONACELZ. 
Orv. Cuar. The distinctive characteristics of this order from that of Magno- 
lidcee are: Anthers with an enlarged four-cornered connectivum, which is 
sometimes nectariferous ; albumen pierced by the substance of the seed-coat ; 
leaves without stipules, conduplicate in the bud; properties aromatic. 
— Trees or shrubs mostly natives of warm climates ? 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; distinctly articulated with 
the stem, entire; leaves and branches pubescent when young, the leaves 
commonly minutely punctate, with pellucid dots. F/owers axillary.—- The 
hardy species, in British gardens, are included in the genus Asimina Adans., 
formerly Andna L., and are natives of North America. 
Genus I. 
A 
ASI’MINA Adans. Tue Asimina. Lin. Syst. Polyéndria Polygynia. 
Identification. Adans. Fam., 2. p.365.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 87.3 Don's Mill., 1. p. 91. : 
Synonymes. Annona L.; Orchidocirpum Mz. ; Porcélig sp. Pers.; Uvaria Tor. § Gray; Custard 
Apple; Asiminier,and Anone, F7.; Flaschenbaum, Ger. 
Derivation. Asimina is Latinised from a word of Canadian origin, the meaning of which is not 
known. Orchidocarpum was, it is probable, intended _to express a likeness between the figure of 
the fruit, and that of some species of O’rchis. Porcéléa is a name given by Ruiz, in honour of 
Antonio Porcel, a Spanish promoter of botany. Azdna isa South American word that signifies a 
mess, or dish of food, to be eaten with a spoon. Uvaria is from uva, a grape, to which, however, 
the fruit has little resemblance. The German name, Flaschenbaum, flask tree, is given from 
the shape of the fruit. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 3-parted. Petals 6, spreading, ovate-oblong, inner ores 
smallest. Anthers numerous, nearly sessile. Ovaries many, but for the 
most part only 3, ovate or oblong. Carpels the same number as the ovaries, 
baccate, sessile. Seeds many, disposed ina single or double row. (Don’s 
Mill.) — Low trees or shrubs, deciduous, with white or purplish flowers, 
and fruit about the size of small plums. Mather tender, and difficult of 
culture. Only one species is truly hardy in the climate of London. 
& 1, A. rri’Lopa Dun. The three-lobed-calyxed Asimina. 
Identification. Dun. Monog.; Dec. Prod., ds Piel 3 Don’s Mill., 1. p. 91. 
Synonymes. Annona triloba L., and Mz. in Jrb.; Porcéléa triioba Pers.; Orchidocérpum arieti- 
num Mz. Bor. Am.; Uvaria triloba Tor. &§ Gray; the Papaw, Amer. Asiminier de Virginie, 
and Annone 4 trois Lobes, Fr.; dreylappiger (three-lobed) Flaschenbaum, Ger. 
Engravings. Mill. Icon., 1. t. 35.; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 45.; Mx. Arb., 3. t. 9.; and our fig. 47. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-cuneated, acuminated, and, as well as the 
branches, smoothish. Flowers on short peduncles; outer petals roundish- 
ovate, four times longer than the calyx. (Don’s Mill.) A low deciduous 
tree. Middle, southern, and western states of North America. Height 
15 ft. to 20 ft. in North America; 7 ft. to 10ft.in England. Introduced 
in 1736. Flowers dark purple and yellow. Fruit yellowish, esculent ; 
ripe in August in America, rarely seen in England. Decaying leaves rich 
yellowish brown. Naked young wood dark brown. 
A small tree, densely clothed with long leaves, lying over one another in 
such a manner as to give a peculiarly imbricated appearance to the entire 
plant. The flowers are campanulate and drooping, and appear before the 
