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pale yellow, tinged with dull red, and usually measures about six inches in diameter. 
The flesh is pale yellowy and of about the consistence of custard, whence it has its 
name. The fruit is much esteemed by the natives, and is extensively cultivated in 
both the East and West Indies. The culture is exactly the same as for the Sour- I 
Sop {A muricata). 
The Alligator Apple {Anona palustris of Linnaeus). — This species grows 
naturally in swampy places in South America and Jamaica ; where it forms a low, 
spreading shrub, seldom exceeding fifteen feet in height. The leaves are ovate- 
oblong, coriaceous, and smooth. The peduncles are short and solitary. The flowers 
are yellow. Petals six, acute ; three outer ones veined on the outside, and each having ® 
a deep red blotch at the base inside ; three inner petals small, white on the outside 
and deep blood-red within. P\iQ fruit is rather areolate, large, smooth, heart-shaped, 
and sweet-scented. It is also said to have an agreeable flavour, but being somewhat 
narcotic, is seldom eaten. The natives, however, make a very nice wine from it, | 
which may be drunk without injury. 
The wood is well-known in Jamaica by the name of American Cork, and is 
well adapted, from its extreme lightness and elasticity, to be used for the same 
purposes as true cork [Quercus suber). The culture is in every respect the same as I 
A. muricata. It was introduced to this country in 1731. i 
The Pinauo, or Pinha [Anona punctata of Aublet). — -This plant forms a tree- k. 
like shrub, twenty feet or more high. The leaves are ovate-oblong, acute, and smooth. : 
The flowers are solitary, small, axillary, nearly sessile, and pale yellow. Petals six, 
acute ; three outer ones the largest. Fruit almost globose, about the size of an 
orange, dotted, fleshy, of an obscure brown colour ; pulp red, and pleasant to the 
taste. By cultivation there is little doubt but this fruit might be greatly improved, |, 
and become very good for table. It v/as introduced from Cayenne in 1 822, where 
it grows naturally on the borders of streams and rivers. Its cultivation is the same ii 
as that recommended for the Sour- Sop. | 
The Pinaioua [Anona longifolia of Aublet). — This species is abundant in.. 
Guiana and Trinidad, growing vigorously on the borders of streams, and forming a 
shrub about twenty feet in height. The leaves are oblong-acuminate, mucronate, 
smooth. Peduncles long and axillary. Flowers solitary, large, dingy purple. Petals 
six, acute ; outer ones large, inner ones small. Fruit ovate-globose, dotted and 
reticulated ; flesh gelatinous, pale red, and pleasant to the taste. It was introduced | 
to this country in 1820, and may be treated exactly as recommended for the ' 
Sour-Sop. 
The Senegal Custard Apple [Anona Senegalensis of Pers). — This is a native 
of Guinea, where it grows in thickets, and forms a straggling bush six feet or more 
in height. The leaves are elliptical, leathery, glaucous, somewhat emarginate at the I 
apex, upper surface smooth, under surface as well as the branches and petioles • 
covered with rusty pubescence. Peduncles solitary or twin, axillary, rather pendulous. 
Petals coriaceous, of a greenish yellow colour. Fruit small, scaly, when ripe of a pale 
