An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . anana. Fig. 1851. Annomi triloba L. Sp. PI. 537. triloba Dunal, Mon. Anon. 83. 1817. A tall shrub or tree io°-45° high, the trunk s-io indiameter. Shoots and young leaves dark-pubescent,becoming glabrous at maturity; leaves obovate, acute,6-i2 long, cuneate or rounded at the base; petioles 4-6 long; flowers axillary, on shoots of the precedingyear, appear
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . anana. Fig. 1851. Annomi triloba L. Sp. PI. 537. triloba Dunal, Mon. Anon. 83. 1817. A tall shrub or tree io°-45° high, the trunk s-io indiameter. Shoots and young leaves dark-pubescent,becoming glabrous at maturity; leaves obovate, acute,6-i2 long, cuneate or rounded at the base; petioles 4-6 long; flowers axillary, on shoots of the precedingyear, appearing with the leaves, I-iJ in diameter,.^\dark purple; sepals ovate, 4-6 long, densely dark-.,|pubesccnt, as are the short peduncles; outer , nearly orbicular, slightly exceeding the ovateinner ones; stamens numerous, short; fruit a fleshyberry, s-f long, i-2 thick, sweet, edible and brownwhen ripe, pendulous, several on a thick peduncle. Along streams, southwestern Ontario and western NewYork. Pennsylvania and western New Jersey to Michigan,Florida, Kansas and Texas. , the fruit maturein October. Wood light, soft. weak, per cubic foot 24 lbs. Custard-apple. Fetid RANUNCULACEAE. Vol, II. Family 31. RANUNCULACEAE Juss. Gen. 231. Family. Annual or perennial herbs, or rarely climbing shrubs, with acrid sap. Leavesalternate (except in Clematis), simple or compound. Stipules none, but the baseof the petiole often clasping or sheathing. Pubescence, when present, composedof simple hairs. Sepals 3-15, generally caducous, often petal-like, imbricate,except in Clematis. Petals about the same number (occasionally more), or want-ing. Flowers regular or irregular. Stamens x, hypogynous. their anthers 00 or rarely solitary, i-celled, i-many-ovuled. Ovules anatropous. Fruitachenes, follicles or berries. Seeds with endosperm. About 35 genera and iioo species, distributed throughout the world: not abundant
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