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the face, caducous, the inner like the outer or different. Stamens very 
numerous ; anthers narrow, the connective forming an ovoid knob 
above the cells. Carpels numerous ; ovules solitary, erect ; style 
oblong. Fruit of fleshy carpels, united in a large round or oblong 
mass. — Trees with 1-flowered short axillary peduncles. Distrib. 
Species about 50, mostly American ; three ( A . reticulata , squamosa , and 
Cherimolia) now widely cultivated in the Old World. 
Inner 3 petals suppressed * A. squamosa. 
Inner 3 petals much smaller than outer three. 
Leaves sessile, cordate-amplexicaul 1. A. amplexicaulis. 
Leaves short-petioled, rounded at base 2. A. grandiflora. 
Six petals subequal. 
Climbing shrub 3. A. pyriformis. 
Erect tree * A. muricata. 
1. A. amplexicaulis, Lam. ; DC. Prod. i. 86. A glabrous erect 
shrub. Leaves close, rigidly coriaceous, glaucous, rather shining, oblong, 
obtuse or acute, deeply cordate-amplexicaul, 4-6 in. long. Free part of 
sepals as broad as long. Outer petals oblong, obtuse, in. long ; inner 
much shorter, lanceolate, with a triquetrous beak-like point. Dunal , 
Monog. Anon. 76, t. 7. 
Mountain woods of Mauritius, at Nouvelle Decouverte and La Savanne. Also 
Madagascar. 
2. A. grandiflora, Lam. ; DC. Prod. i. 86. A glabrous climbing 
shrub. Leaves close, nearly sessile, green, rigidly coriaceous, rather 
shining, oblong, acuminate, rounded at the base, £ ft. long. Sepals joined 
halfway up. Outer petals oblong, flat, 1-2 in. long ; inner shorter, lan- 
ceolate, triquetrous. Fruit the size of an egg. Dunal, Monoq. Anon. 
75, tab. 6 et 6 a. 
Mountain woods of Mauritius, at Nouvelle Decouverte and Piton du Milieu de 
l’isle. Also Madagascar. 
3. A. pyriformis, Bojer , Eort. Maur. 5 (name only). A glabrous 
climbing shrub. Leaves nearly oblong, obtuse or subacute, rigidly 
coriaceous, rather shining, glaucous, 3-6 in. long. Sepals joined half- 
way up. Petals subequal, oblong-spathulate, If- 2 in. long, all broad, 
obtuse and flat, the outer cucullate at the top. 
Mountain woods of Mauritius, at Nouvelle Decouverte, Bojer ! Endemic. 
* Besides the three indigenous species, two others are commonly 
planted and have become established ; viz. A. muricata , Linn., a native 
of the West Indies, a low tree with large oblong glossy coriaceous 
leaves, six subequal broad ovate petals, and a yellow-green oblong fruit 
6-8 in. long, with the areoles produced into recurved spines. Corossol. 
A. squamosa , Linn., Bot. Mag. t. 3095 (Custard apple); also Tropical 
American, a low erect tree, with oblong membranous glaucous leaves, 
greenish petals an inch long, the inner three suppressed, and a 
globose fruit 3 inches thick, with roundish tubercles. Attier. 
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