expansion of the receptacle): filaments very short; cells of the anthers with a large connectivum (or point of union) opening outwards. Carpels numerous, crowded, shortly one-styled, sometimes combined, rarely solitary, baccate or capsular, one or many-seeded, sessile or stalked. Seeds in one or two series in the inner angle of the carpels. Testa crustaceous. Embryo minute, at the base of the fleshy, furrowed albumen.-Tropical Trees or Shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, without stipules.

1. ANONA. Adans. Custard-Apple.

Sepals 3, combined at the base, concave, somewhat cordate, rather acute. Petals six, thickish, the interior smaller or wanting. Anthers numerous, nearly sessile, angled and dilated at the apex covering the receptacle. Carpels numerous, combined into a single sessile berry, muricated, scaly or reticulated on the outside, pulpy within, bearing in the circumference many one-seeded cells. D C.-The name is said to be derived from Menona, its name in the island of Banda. (Linn. Syst. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA.)

1. A. CHERIMOLIA (broad-leaved Custard-Apple); leaves ovatolanceolate without dots, very slightly silky beneath, exterior petals somewhat closed downy on the outside, fruit nearly globose and slightly scaly. (TAB. LXXXIV.)-Mill. Dict. n. 5. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 85.—A. tripetala. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 252. Curt. Bot. Mag. ed. 1. t. 2011.

CULTURE. The Custard Apple in this country is a tender greenhouse plant. To keep it alive, if the fruiting of it be attempted, it must be placed in the stove; but the subacid fruits of the tropical climates, when thus artificially ripened in this country, are not much esteemed by English palates. The best mode of propagation, is by cuttings placed in sand, with a tall glass over them in heat, and when they have rooted, they should be potted off into light sandy loam, plunged into heat until they have made firm roots, after which they will bear hardier treatment. The kinds of Anona we have figured in the New Series of this work will bear the same treatment; but if the plants are large, they may be laid in pots until they are well rooted; and separated from the parent plant gradually, by cutting a notch on the laid stem, and increasing the incision, until it is separated at intervals of a week each.

HAB. Peru and New Grenada. Sr. Fl. July, August. Cul

receptacle): filaments very short; cells of the ane connectivum (or point of union) opening outwards. is, crowded, shortly one-styled, sometimes combined, baccate or capsular, one or many-seeded, sessile or in one or two series in the inner angle of the carastaceous. Embryo minute, at the base of the fleshy, hen. Tropical Trees or Shrubs. Leaves alternate, stipules.

ANONA. Adans. Custard-Apple.

ombined at the base, concave, somewhat cordate, rather $ six, thickish, the interior smaller or wanting. Anthers arly sessile, angled and dilated at the apex covering the Carpels numerous, combined into a single sessile berry, caly or reticulated on the outside, pulpy within, bearing mference many one-seeded cells. D C.-The name is derived from Menona, its name in the island of Banda. t. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA.)

CHERIMOLIA (broad-leaved Custard-Apple); leaves ovatowithout dots, very slightly silky beneath, exterior petals closed downy on the outside, fruit nearly globose and caly. (TAB. LXXXIV.)—Mill. Dict. n. 5. De Cand. . 1. p. 85.-A. tripetala. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 252. t. Mag. ed. 1. t. 2011.

JRE. The Custard Apple in this country is a tender greenant. To keep it alive, if the fruiting of it be attempted, be placed in the stove; but the subacid fruits of the tropical , when thus artificially ripened in this country, are not much ed by English palates. The best mode of propagation, is by s placed in sand, with a tall glass over them in heat, and when ave rooted, they should be potted off into light sandy loam, d into heat until they have made firm roots, after which they ear hardier treatment. The kinds of Anona we have figured in ew Series of this work will bear the same treatment; but if the are large, they may be laid in pots until they are well rooted; eparated from the parent plant gradually, by cutting a notch on aid stem, and increasing the incision, until it is separated at vals of a week each.

AB. Peru and New Grenada. ST. Fl. July, August. Cul

tivated in most tropical countries for the sake of its fruit, which is reckoned by some very delicious; though Father Feuillée says, that a pear or a plum is worth all the Cherimolias of Peru.

ORD. V. MENISPERMACEÆ. Juss. Cocculus Family.

Flowers small, often dioecious. Perianth in one or many series; sepals three or four in each series. Petals often none. Stamens monadelphous, or distinct, sometimes equal in number to the petals, and opposite to them; sometimes 3-4 times their number: anthers usually adnate, opening outwards. Ovaries many, one-styled, somewhat combined at the base, or solitary, with several stigmas, manycelled, rarely one-celled. Drupes one-seeded, oblique or lunulate and compressed. Embryo curved. Albumen none, or small and fleshy. Cotyledons plane. Radicle superior.-Climbing, exotic, and mostly tropical Shrubs. Leaves alternate, mostly simple. Flowers small, generally racemose.

Meni

The roots of this family are generally bitter and tonic. spermum palmatum (Bot. Mag., N. Series, t. 2970,) affords the famous Columbo root. Pareira brava, a powerful diuretic, is the Cissampelos Pareira. A poison is extracted from the seeds of Menispermum Cocculus.

I.

MENISPERMUM.

Tourn.

Moon-Seed.

Sepals and petals arranged by fours, in two or three series. Stamens 16-20. Ovaries 2-4. Drupes baccate, roundish-reniform, one-seeded.-Climbing Shrubs.-Named from μy, the moon, and Tεpua, a seed; from the crescent-like form of the seeds. (Linn. Syst. DICCIA POLYANDRIA.)

1. M. CANADENSE (Canadian Moon-seed); leaves peltate nearly glabrous subcordate obtusely-angled, racemes solitary compound, petals eight. (TAB. LXXXV.)—Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1468. Curt. Bot. Mag. ed. 1. t. 1910. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 1102.

CULTURE. Propagated by cuttings and layers, in sandy loam, and when planted out, thrives best in a mixture of bog earth and loam. HAB. Canada and the United States. H. Fl. Summer.

2. SCHIZANDRA. Mich. Schizandra.

Pe

Flowers monacious. Sepals in threes, and in three series. tals none. Anthers five, combined at their apex. Ovaries numer

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