15: 
pe cultivated in the open ground. . They have failed also in France and 
n the South of Europe (The Vegetable Garden by MM. Vilmorin- 
Adda, p. 3). Specimens of b ETTE oote, are in the Kew Museum 
from Jamaica, 1884, presented r. D. Morris; from the Pomat 
Department, Jamaica, Colonial on Indian Exhibition, 1886 ; and there 
is a specimen of starch prepared at Jamaica from Arracacha PERE 
by Dr. Macfadyen 

XVI.—CHERIMOYER. 
(Anona Cherimolia, Mill.) 
This is a sub-tropical member of the genus Anona, a native of the 
Andes of Eucuador and Peru. Like the species which aaam a sweet: 
sop, sour-sop, and custard-apple, the Cherimoyer is a tree 
feet. to 20 feet high, with loose spreading branches Ti velvety eaves 
In botanical character it appears to hold a place between the sweet-sop 
(A. squamosa) and the custard-apple (A. retioulata) 5 the leaves hake 
of some of the character of both, and the fruit is n omera t scaly like 
that of the former, and reticulated like that of the la 
ae most plants which have been a long time eae ay Sige 
there are numerous varieties more or less differing as regards the 
and aat of the fruit, but it is generally agreed that the Chara 
is the most delicious e its kind, the flesh being firm, of a flaky character, 
and black seeds. 
De Candolle, discussing the origin of this species, states that “ the 
« Cherimoyer is mentioned by Lamarck and Dunal as growing in Peru ; 
le 
« Granada; Martius in Brazil, where the see en introduced 
“ from Peru. The species is cultivated in the Cape Verde Islands and 
“ on the coast of Guinea. Its American origin is evident. aude Ga 
“ says that the Larne have been cultivated in Chili from time imme- 
“ morial. In conclusion, I consider it most probable that the species 
* indigenous 1 in Ecuador, and perhaps in the neighbouring part o 
Per 
A rou Sigh drawing of the fruit is ae by Feuillée, Journ. des Obs., 
Vol. IL, p: 24, tab. 17; ane leav d flowers are figu red in Bot. Mag., 
iab. 2011, under the name of diana EDAREN The only recent 
figure intended to be Ani is by Rodigas in L Iliustration Horticole, 
63, but in colour and the absence of reticulations and of ae 
fairly rich soil. 
