Order ANONACE^. 



(Custard Apple Family.) 

 The general character ol tins order is to have strong aromatic taste and smell in all the parts. 



Tribe Uvarie.ze. 

 GUATTERIA, Ruiz et Pav. 



littoralis, Blume ; sh. ; Java B. 



Tribe TT^oNEiE. 

 AETABOTEYS, R. Br. 



odoratissinius, R. Br. ; sli. ; East India. A. 



ASIMINA, Adans. 



triloba, Pursh. (Anona triloba, Linn.) ; sli. ; North America. A. 

 Said to bear a fragrant, flesh}', edible fruit. 



Tribe Xylopie^;. 



ANONA, Linn. 



cheriniolia. Mill. ; Cherimoyer ; tr. ; South America. A. B. 



paltistris, Linn. ; Alligator Apple ; sli. ; West Indies. B. 



Although the fruit ol this species has an agreeable perfume, it is stated to be narcotic and 

 even poisonoiis. The wood is very soft and light, and employed by the negroes as a substitute for 

 cork for stoppers for their calabashes, &c. There is also an old report that alligators subsist at 

 certain seasons on the fruit ; whence the local name. These animals are said to watch for the 

 falling of the ripe fruit into the water. 



reticulata, Linn. ■ Bullock's Heart. A.B. 



The fruit, gathered before they are ripe, and dried, are employed in the "West Indies in chronic 

 diarrhoea. 



squamosa, Linn. ; Sour Sop ; tr. ; West Indies. A.B. 

 Cultivated for its fruit. "Wood soft, close-grained ; 46 lbs. per cubic foot. 



Order MENISPERMACE^. 



(Moonseed Family.) 



The plants of this order often possess active narcotic and bitter properties ; some of them are 

 valuable as tonics, while others are poisonous. 



JATEOEIIIZA, Miers. 



palmata, Miers. (Cocculus palmatus) ; Xalumb or Calumba ; cl. ; Mo- 

 zambique. A.B. 



Root a valuable tonic ; said to be the least likely to disagree with the stomach. It has been 

 found useful in cases of chronic dyspepsia and diseases of the alimentary canal. The Culumba 

 root of commerce consists of the sliced and dried roots. 



STEPHANIA, Lour. 



hernandisefolia, Waljp. ; cl. ; Queensland. A. 



Many of our scrub climbers are of this order. 



Order BERBEHIDE^. 



(Barberry Family.) 



The fruit of some of the species have been used in preserves for eating fresh and in a dried 

 state. The stones of some species also furnish a vellow dve. The stamens of the flowers of this 

 order are often irritable. 



Tribe BerberejE. 

 BERBEEIS, Linn, (including Malionia). 



aquifolium, Pursh ; sli. ; North America. B. 

 asiatica, Roxb. ; sh. ; East India. B. 

 Bealii, Hook. ; sh. ; China. B. 



