ANON

n. Of Marsden, the Arenga gomutus. ANONA (Lat.), n. f. {Linnæus nishes a grateful astringent fruit. tay [Aublet]. A French Guiana species. The bark, which has a sharp bitter taste, is jaunes to malignant ulcers. [B, 121.]—A. arenaria [Schum and Thônn.]. See A. senega lens is,—A. asiatica [Linnæus]. A specles with astringent edible fruit, growing in Ceylon. By some it is identified with A. muricata. The A. asiatica of Vabl is a similar species and the A. asiatica, var. B, of Dunal is the A. Forskahlii.. Baillon (B, 46).]—A. cherimolia [Lamarck]. Fr., chérimolier, chérimoyer. Ger., Techirimajabaum. A species growing in Colombia and Peru, the fruit of which, called chirimoya, is of delicious flavor, The medicinal properties of the species are the same as those of A. muricata. [B, 46, fee do dec a petal a [Lamarck]. See TAzavma.—A. Forskahlii [De Candolle|. A species having properties similar to those of A. muricata. [B, 46.]—A. glabra. 1. Of Linnæus, a species with edible fruit (ae ing in the Antilles. The unripe fruit is used as a remedy foraphthæ. 2. Of Forskahl, the A, squamosa [Linnæns] and A. Forskahlti. [H. Baillon (B,46).] 3. Of Dunal, the À. palustris. [B, Sn hex a petal a [Linnæus aah See ARTABOTHRYS.— À, long i folia [Aublet], A. manirote {kunt ]. Species with edible fruit, growing in Guiana. [B, 46, 180. —A. mucosa [Jacquin]. A species growing in the Antilles and in Guiana, The fruit when ve is astringent and is used as a remedy in diarrhœa and dysent ap deh 180.J— A. muricata [Linnæus]. Ger., we ichs tach liger enbaum. Sour-sop, roue à.; a medium-sized tree indigenous to America, but cultivat in all tropical countries. It bears an oblong cordate or rounded fruit, 10 to 12 inches long, having a greenish or Ror, reticulate rind covered with short recurved soft bristles. The ripe fruit has an agreeable aroma and taste and is a favorite article of food, and is also used in the preparation of a cooling drink for fevers.’ When unripe, it is very astringent and is employed as a remedy in intestinal atony and in scorbutic conditions. The bark of the tree is used as an astringent and irritant, the bark of the root as a remedy for the diseased state consequent upon eating poisonous fish, and the leaf as an anthelminthic and externally as a suppurant. [B, 172, 180..—A. muscosa [Aublet]. See A. mucosa.—A. miyristica [Gärtner]. See Monopora myristic a,—A. obtusifolia ae See A. mucosa.—A. palustris [Linnæus]. A species wing in South America and the West Indies. The fruit is edible and is said to be used as a narcotic by the natives. [B, 173, 180.] The A. palustris, var. 8, of Lamarck is the A. punctata, [B.|—A. punctata [Aublet]. ‘ Fr., coro ol pinaou. A species with edible fruit, growing in Guiana. [B, 180.|—A. reticulata [Linnæus]. Fr., cœur de bœuf, coro ol sauvage, petit coro ol. Ger., Rahmapfel. Malay, a. marum. Sweet-sop, bullock's-heart; à tree indigenous to the West Indies, but cultivated everywhere in the tropics. It bears an ovate-rounded fruit, of the size of a man’s fist, having the surface divided into rounded or pentagonal depre ed areas. Unripe and dried, the fruit is used as an astringent in diarrhoea and dysentery. The seeds are also very astringent, containing much tannic acid. and the kernels of the seeds are highly MEAN The leaves are used like those of A. muricata. (a 2, 180.J A. senega lens is [Per so on]. A species with edible fruit growing in western and central Africa. [B, 46, 173.] — A. silvatic a [St.-Hilaire]. A Brazilian species, the araticu do mato of the natives, with edible fruit. The wood is used in the arts. [B, 180, 197.)—A. silvestris [Burmann]. See A, muricata—A. spines cens {Martius}. A Brazilian species, the fruit of which is used to make poultices, and the seeds are employed externally to kill vermin. [B, 180.]—A. squamosa [Linnæus], Fr., attier, marie baise, pommier cannelle, cœur-de-bœuf. Ger., Zuckerapfel, Honigapfel, Zimmtapfel. Malay, att a-marun. Hind., ata. Custard-apple; a tree, 15 to 20 feet in Dean indigenous to tropical America, but cultivated everywhere throughout the tropics. It bears a rounded-ovate fruit, of the size of an apple, covered with imbricate scales, The fruit has an ee aroma and is much used as an article of food, and medicinally has the same applications as that of the A. muricata, The seeds are used for killing insects; the astringent bark is employed as a tonic by the Malays and Chinese; and the leaves, which have a heavy disagreeable odor, are used in making fomentations. [B, 172, 380] The A. squamosa of Delile is the A. asiatica of Vahl. [B, 173.]—A. triloba [Linnæus]. See As sIM IN I A triloba.—A. tripetala [Aiton]. See A. che rim i folia. ZA. tuberosa [Rumphius]. See A. squamosa,—Oleum anonæ. See CANANGA oil. —Rough a. See A. muricata. ANONACEÆ (Lat.),n.f.pl._A*n(an)-0?n-a(a3)'se*(ke?)-e(a3-e?), Fr.,anonacées. Syn.: Anonæ, Glyptospermæ. Anonaceous plants, the anonads; an order of aromatic tropical trees and shrubs having the following characteristics: The buds are naked; the leaves are alternate, exstipulate, and entire; the flowers are axillary; there are 3 sepals and 6 petals, hypogynous and usually valvate in æstivation; there are numerous stamens, with short filament and enlarged connectile, springing from a darks receptacle; the embryo is surrounded iM ruminat albumen. By Lindley and Endlicher they are divided into the suborders Anoneæ, Xylopeæ (Xylopieæ), and Bocageæ; and by Bentham and Hooker into the tribes Uvariew, Unoneæ, Mitrephoree (including the Eumitrophoreæ and Pheanthee), Xylopieæ, and Miliuseæ. [B, 19, 34, 170.)