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FOLYANDRIA POLYGYMA. 
very pubescent, deciduous. Corolla greenish purple, the 3 exterior petals 
twice as long as the calyx, the 3 interior as long as the calyx, all ovate, 
nearly acute, pubescent. Stamens shorter than the corolla. Fruit about 
ail inch and a half long, irregularly oval, rarely ripening. 
The species of this genus are all remarkable for the strength of their 
bark and for the foetid odour which it diffuses when bruised. 
Grows in sandy pastures along the gea coast of Carolina and Georgia. 
Flowers April — May. 
2. Triloba. 
A. foliis glabrius-culis 
oblonge cuneato-obo- 
vatis; petalis exterio- 
ribus calyce quadrup- 
le longioribus, subro- 
tundo-ovatis. 
De Candolle 1. p. 4 79. 
Anona triloba sp. pi. 2. p. 1267- Walt. 158. Mich. Arb. 3. p> 
l6l. 
Orchidocarpun arietinum Mich. 1. p. 329* 
Porcelia triloba Pursh. 2. p. 383. 
A small tree generally 15 — 20 feet high. Branches alternate, slender, 
nearly glabrous. Leaves alternate on very short petioles, obovate, cune- 
ate, acuminate, entire, glabrous and shining on the upper surface, slightly 
pubescent underneath. Flowers solitary, on short peduncles, shooting 
from the bud of the preceeding year. Corolla much larger than the ca- 
lyx, brownish purple, the exterior petals larger, nearly round. Stamens 
much shorter than the corolla. Germs numerous, rarely more than 1 or 
2 fertile. Fruit 2—3 inches long, pulpy, eatable, though insipidly sweet. 
Seeds 6 — 8. 
Grows in rich soils, along the margin of creeks and rivers in the middle 
and upper country, descending along the large streams to the head of tide 
water; Beck's ferry on Savannah river. 
Flowers March — April. 
JLeaves glabrous, 
long,cuneate-obovate; 
exterior petals four- 
times as long as the 
calyx, nearly round. 
3. Grandiflora. 
A. foliis cuneato- 
obovatis, obtusis, sub- 
tus ramulisque rufo- 
pubescentibus; petalis 
■exterioribus obgvatis, 
Leaves cuneate, 
obovate, obtuse, the 
under surface and 
branches cloathed with 
a rufous pubescence : 
