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Anoiganthus Baker. Amaryllidaceae (1). 1 sp. Natal. 
Anomatheca Ker-Gawl. = Lapeirousia Pourr. (same spec, names). 
Anona Linn. Anonaceae (6). 60 sp. trop. Am., Afr., As. Frt. com- 
pound, often very large, made up of the individual berries derived 
from the separate cpls., sunk in, and united with, the fleshy re- 
ceptacle. That of some cult. sp. is edible, eg. of A. Cherimolia 
Mill, (cherimoyer; trop. Am.), A . squamosa L. (sweet sop or sugar 
apple; E. Ind.), A . muricata L. (sour sop; trop. Am.) and A. 
reticulata L. (custard-apple or bullock’s heart ; trop. Am.). 
A. rhizantha Eichl. (Braz.) gives off, near the ground, shoots 
which creep as rhizomes below the soil, bearing scale leaves only. 
The firs, are borne on branches of these which come above the ground. 
Anonaceae. Dicotyledons (Archichl. Ranales). 46 gen. 620 sp. chiefly 
trop. (esp. Old World). Trees and shrubs (exc. one sp.) with 
usually two-ranked undivided exstip. leaves. The stem is sometimes 
sympodial, at least in the infl. Oil passages are present. 
Firs, regular, g (rarely unisex.), solitary or in infl. of various 
types. The usual formula is P 3 + 3 + 3 (one or two outer whorls 
sepaloid); Aoo (rarely few), spiral, hypogynous; Goo (exc. Monodora). 
Ovules usually 00 , ventral or basal, anatropous. Fruit commonly an 
aggregate of berries ; where these are many-seeded they are frequently 
constricted between the seeds. In Anona, & c. the berries coalesce 
with the receptacle. Seeds with ruminate endosperm (the chief 
character that separates A. from Magnoliaceae). Many sp. yield 
valuable edible fruits, e.g, Anona, Artabotrys. 
Classification and chief genera (after Prantl) : 
A. Perianth present ; fir. hypogynous. 
a. Apocarpous. 
1. Miliuseae (sta. not broadened above anther) : Miliusa. 
2. Uvarieae (sta. broadened above anther; corolla imbricate): 
Uvaria, Asimina, Guatteria. 
3. Unoneae (ditto but valvate ; pets, usually spreading) : 
Unona. 
4. Melodoreae (as 3, but pets, erect, touching at edges) : Oxy- 
mitra, Melodorum. 
5. Mitrephoreae (as 3, but inner pets, stalked) : Mitrephora. 
6. Xylopieae (as 3, but pets, hollow at base, and constricted 
above it) : Xylopia, Artabotrys, Anona. 
b. Syncarpous ; ov. uniloc. with parietal plac. 
7. Mondoreae : Mondora (only genus). 
B. No perianth; fir. perigynous. 
8. Eupomatieae : Eupomatia (only genus). 
[Placed in Ranales by Benth.-Hook., in Polycarpicae by Warming.] 
Anopterus Labill. Saxifragaceae (v). 2 sp. Austr., Tasm. 
Anotis DC. Rubiaceae (1. 2). 20 sp. Indo-Mal., 1 S. Am. 
Anplectrum A. Gray. {Diplectria Rchb.) Melastomaceae (1). 17 sp. 
Malayan. 
