cultivating in England. By Mr. John Lindley. 101 



of the Carica microcarpa, figured by Jacquin in the Hortus 

 Schonbrunnensis, Vol. iii. plate 309-310 ; but that species is 

 said to have fruit no bigger than a Cherry. 



The Pinaoa (Anona punctata), forms a middle-sized tree, 

 with large, long, pointed oval leaves, and solitary yellowish 

 flowers. The fruit is about three inches thick, brown, oval, 

 smooth, pointed, with little reticulations on its surface. The 

 flesh is reddish, gritty, and filled with little seeds. It has a 

 good flavour, and is eaten with pleasure.* A figure of it is 

 in Aublet's Plantes de la Gnianc Francaise, plate 247. 



The Pinaioua (Anona longifolia) is, like the preceding, a 

 native of French Guiana, and bears considerable resemblance 

 to it in many respects, but the leaves are narrower, and the 

 flowers smaller. The fruit is nearly round, as big as a Rei- 

 nette Apple ; its surface is divided by reticulated divisions ; 

 the skin is thin, and the red, delicate, viscous flesh is excel- 

 lent, and very agreeable.^ It is represented by Aublet, in 

 his plate 248. 



Besides these, Stedman speaks of some other fruits which 

 are found in Surinam, and which I am unable to refer to any 

 I have previously mentioned. One of them he calls the 

 Marmalade Box ; it is about the size of a large x\pple, rather 

 oval, and all covered with down. In the beginning the fruit 

 is green, but when ripe becomes brown, and opens in halves, 

 like a Walnut. The pulp is like that of a Medlar, being a 

 sweet brown substance adhering to large kernels, and is sucked 

 by the inhabitants with great avidity.! 



A second he calls Monpe, a kind of wild Plum tree. The 



* Aublet, Plantes de la Guiane Francaise, Vol. i. page CI 4. 

 f Ibid, Vol. i. page 615. t Stedman, Vol. ii. page 330. 



