AN NONA. 



Howered. Outer petals obtufe — Cultivated iii Hifpaniola. 

 Fr^'tt roundifh, tuberculated. 



6. A., palujlrls. (See Annona n. 6.) Linn. Sp. PI. 757. 

 (A. aquatica, &c. ; Sloane Jam. v. 2. 169. t. 228. f^ I.) — 

 Leaves ovate-oblong, coriaceous, very fmooth. Flowers 

 folitary, ftalked. AH the petals acute. Fruit reticulated. 

 —Native of the banks of rivers in South America and 

 Jamaica. 



■]. A. longifolla. Aubl. Guian. 615. t.248. Willd. n. 6. 

 — Leaves oblojig, taper-pointed, fmooth. Flowers axillary, 

 ftalked. All the petals acute. Fruit ovate, nearly globu- 

 lar, dotted and reticulated. — Native of the borders of creeks 

 in Guiana. KJhrub, fifteen feet high. Floiuers large, pur- 

 plifli. Fruit pulpy, gelatinous, and eatable. 



%. A. pundata. Aubl. Guian. 614. t. 247. Willd. n. 7. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, fmooth. Flowers axillary, 



folitary, nearly feffile. All the petals acute. Fruit nearly 

 globular, flightly dotted. — Found by Aublet in the forefts 

 of Cayenne and Guiana. KJlirub twenty feet high. Floiuers 

 fmall, yellowifh. Fruit reddifli, eatable. 



9. A. peruviana. Dunal Monogr. 67. — Leaves cUiptic- 

 oblong, acute, rather coriaceous, flightly decurrent. Stalks 

 axillary, brafteated. Petals all acute. Fruit globofe, reti- 

 culated. — Found by Humboldt and Bonpland, in bogs 

 about Guyaquil in Peru. Floiuers yellow ; three outer 

 petals marked with a red fpot, near the bafe on the infidc. 

 Fruit four inches in diameter, not eatable. 



10. A. Ambotay. Aubl. Guian. 616. t. 249. Willd. 

 n. 13. — Leaves eUiptic-oblong, acute; clothed with rufty 

 down beneath. Flowers axillary, folitary, nearly feffile. 

 Petals acute. — Native of woods in Cayenne. AJlorub, eight 

 feet high.' Flo'wers greenilh, minute. Fruit not obferved 

 by Avfiilet, who alone feems to liave feen this fpecies, flower- 

 ing in November. 



1 1. A. paludofa. Aubl, Guian. 61 1, t. 246. Willd. n. 4. 

 — Leaves oblong, acute ; rather downy above ; downy, 

 filky, reddilh, and ribbed iDenealli. Flowers on Ihort ilalks. 

 Petals all acute. Fruit ovate, tuberculated. — Found by 

 Aublet, in boggy meadows in Guiana, flowering in Novem- 

 ber, ripening its thickly tuberculated yellow fruit in April. 

 The Jlem is flirubby, four or five feet high. Petals green, 

 externally filky. 



Seft. 2. Outer petals ovate, concave, acute, coriaceous ; 

 inner wanting. Fruit not well hionvn, Jo that the plants of 

 this JeHlon are referred to the prefent genus by their habit only. 

 Two fpecies. 



12. A. echlnata. "Dunal Monogr. 68. t. 4." — Leaves 

 ovato-lanceolate, rather acute ; very fmooth above ; downy 

 beneath. Branches rugged. Stalks folitary, fmgle-flowered. 

 Petals three. Fruit ovate, prickly .— Gathered by M. Patris, 

 in Cayenne. 



13. A. ftrlcea. " Ibild. 69. t. 5." — Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 pointed ; fmooth above ; filky with ruily down, like the 

 young branches, beneath. Flowers folitary, axillary, rtalked ; 

 externally rufty. Petals three. — Found Hkewife in Cayenne, 

 by M. Patris. 



Seft. 3. Outer petals linear-oblong, narrow; triangular at 

 the point ; concave at the bafe only ; often converging, fo as te 

 conceal the organs of Impregnation ; the Inner ones extremely 

 minute. Six fpecies. 



14. A. fquamofa. (See Annona n. 3.) Linn. Sp. PI. 

 757. Jacq. Obf. fafc. I. 13. t. 6. f, I. (Atamaram; 

 Rheede Hort, Malab. v, 3. 21. t. 29.) — Leaves lanceolate, 

 fmooth, with pellucid dots. Outer petals fomewhat con- 

 verging. Fruit ovate, fcaly. — Native perhaps of South 

 America. De Caiulolle. Cultivated in both Indies, within 

 )lit tropics. A tree, twentv feet high, with a fpongy bark. 



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Flowers green externally, white within, toetid. Fruit eat- 

 able, of a pleafant tatte, and fragrant fcent, as big as a 

 Lirge apple ; externally green, wuth tuberculated, fcale-like 

 protuberances. 



15. A. Foijiahlll. Dc Cand. n. 15. (A. glabra; Forik, 

 ^gypt.-Arab. 102. let. 15. A. afiatica ;• Vahl Symb. 

 ^'- 3- 7.V " var. ; Dunal Monogr. 71. A. fquamofa j 

 Delile yEgypt. 17.") — Leaves elliptic-oblong, fmooth, 

 dotted ; glaucous beneath. Outer petals oblong, fomewhat 

 converging. — Gathered by Forfl<ahl and by Coqucbert in 

 Egypt. Scarcely, in De Candolle's opinion, diitinft from 

 j4. fquamofa, but the leaves are thinner and Icfs pointed, 

 more diflindfly dotted. 



16. A. clnerea. " Dunal Monogr. 71. t. 8." — Leaves 

 elliptic -oblong, almoft lanceolate, dotted ; downy beneath. 

 Outer petals fomewhat converging. Fruit ovate, nearly 

 globular, fcaly. — Gathered by Ledru in the'ifland of St. 

 Thomas, but perhaps not really wild. The young branches, 

 leaves, flalks, and floivers, are clothed with greyifli pubcfcence. 

 Flowers ftalked, two or three together. Fruit not unlike 

 A. fquamofa. 



17. A. Cherlmolta. Mill. Dicft. ed. 8. n. 5. Lamarck Did. 

 V. 2, 124, (A, tripetala ; Ait, n. 2. See Annona n. 2. 

 Guanabanus Perfex foho, flore intils albo, &c. ; Feuill. 

 Peruv. V, 3, 24. t, 17, Trew Ehret, 16. t, 49.) — Leaves 

 ovato-lanceolate, without dots ; very finely downy and iilky 

 beneath. Outer petals flightly converging ; externally 



downy. Fruit nearly globular, fomewhat fcaly Native of 



Peru, or rather perhaps of ibme warmer country ; for 

 Feuillee fpeaks of this tree as cultivated there with great 

 care, for the fake of its fruit, which is very wholefome, and 

 much effeemed, though, lie adds, one of our pears or plums 

 is certainly worth all the Cherimolias of Peru, The tree is 

 twenty to twenty -four feet high, with pendulous branches. 

 Flowers pale green, with a crimfon circle in tlie middle. 

 Fruit heart-fhaped, fcaly and rough, the fize of a fmall 

 apple, being drawn too fmall in Ehret's figure, De Can- 

 doile fays there are three mner petals, tliough very minute. 



18. A. reticulata. (See Annona n. 4.) Linn, Sp. PI. 

 757. Willd. n. 5 ; excluding the fyn. of Rumphius and 

 Plumier. Jacq. Obf. fafc. l. 14. t. 6. f. 2. (Anona-maram ; 

 Rheede Hort. Malab. v. 3. 23. t. 3;o, 31. Guanabanus 

 fruftu purpureo ; Plum. Ic. 134. t. 143. f. i ; not 43. f. 2.) 

 — Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, fmooth, (lightly dotted. 

 Outer petals oblong, rather converging. Fruit ovate, nearly 

 globular, teffellated like net-work. — Native of the Weft 

 Indies, according to Browne and Sloane. Rheede fpeaks 

 of it as only cultivated, not wild, in Malabar. A larger 

 tree l\\an yl. fquamofa, and with a more difagr,eeable fcent. 

 Petals brown underneath ; yellowifh-white above, dotted 

 with purple at the bafe. Fruit the fize of a large orange, 

 but more ovate, of a fliining yellowifli or reddifli brown, 

 eatable. Profeffor De CandoUe fufpefts that feveral fpecies 

 may be here confounded ; and Dunal diftinguifhes the plant 

 of Jacquin, from that of Rheede, by the reticulations of 

 the fruit being fomewhat pentagonal in the former, more 

 rounded in the latter. Plumier's feems ftill more different 

 from both, in having the interftices very convex, each armed 

 with a fpine. Dombey appears to have gathered and pre- 

 ferved under this name, in Peru, a fpecies diftinguifhed by 

 broader leaves, not marked with pellucid dots, but with 

 more regular and prominent pinnate ribs. All thele points 

 can be cleared up by the acquifition of authentic fpecimens 

 only, or by obfervations made on the fpot. The hiftory of 

 the whole genus is as yet but a fl<etch, nor have European 

 botanifts materials to fill up the outline. 



19. A, mucofa. (See Annona n. 19.) Jacq- Obf, 



fafc. 



