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Fam. 28. Anonaceae. 



(Plate 62.) 



Trees, shrubs or woody climbers. Flowers (S. A.) 

 bisexual. Sepals 3, free or united at the base. Petals 6, 

 hypogynous, in 2 whorls. Stamens 00 , hypogynous, 

 free, linear, with 2 adnate anther cells, the connective 

 dilated. Carpels 00 , free or connate, inserted on a 

 more or less convex receptacle, 1- or more-ovuled. Seeds 

 with ruminate albumen (S. A.). 



Trees with simple and quite entire leaves, the 

 parenchyma of all parts, including the flowers, with oil- 

 cells. 



About 800 species, mostly in the tropics, very few 

 in South Africa. 



Several species are cultivated in tropical and sub- 

 tropical countries, among them A?i07ta reticulata, the 

 custard apple and An on a squamosa, the sugar apple (sweet sop). 



KEY TO THE GENERA. 



A. Carpels free. 



a. Fruitlets free. 



I. Petals imbricate. Climbers. 



1 species. U. caffra. Na. D. 



Flor. Cap. i, 8. i. Uvaria L. 



II. Petals valvate. 



i. Petals unequal, the outer larger than the inner ones. 

 Peduncles not hooked. 



i species. P. caffra \_Guatteria~\. Na. D. 



Flor. Cap. i, 9. 2. Popowia End/. 



2. Petals subequal. Peduncles hard, hooked. Climbers. 

 1 species. A. Monteiroae. Na. D. 



3. Artabotrys R. Br. 



b. Fruitlets connate. 



1 species. Na. Tr. (Plate 62.) 4. Anona L. 



B. Carpels connate. Petals unequal, the inner ones clawed. 



1 species. D. . 5. Monodora Dun. 



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