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Rollinia jimenezii, Safford. Anonilla. Fig. 3424. A small tree of  
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Rollinia orthopetala, A. DC. A shrub or small tree with the habit
Costa Rica resembling R. mucosa but with fls. in clusters of 2 or 3,
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of R. Sieberi, but with the lvs. somewhat longer petioled: lvs.  
having the corolla-wings horizontally spreading and slightly decurved,
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oval-oblong, acute at apex and base, pilose: peduncles in pairs:
and with fr. resembling that of the common sugar-apple (Annona
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calyx-lobes smaller than in R. Sieberi; corolla-wings erect and  
squamosa), with the component carpels rounded at the tips when fresh,
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incurved: fr. not described.—This species was described by De Candolle
but more or less beaked when dry: lvs. ovate to oblong-elliptical,
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from a specimen in the De Candolle Herbarium collected by Parker near
acuminate, those of the vegetative branches 7-8 in. long and 2 3/5-3
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Demarara, British Guiana. The name has been incorrectly applied to
in. broad, obtuse at the base, with 18-22 primary nerves on each side
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several rollinias with edible fr. Of these the principal
of midrib, those of the flowering branches smaller with 12-16 pairs of
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Rollinia orthopetala, A. DC. A shrub or small tree with the habit
primary nerves and usually rounded at the base; point of acumen either
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of R. Sieberi, but with the lvs. somewhat longer petioled: lvs.
acute or more usually obtuse or retuse; young branches, petioles, and
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oval-oblong, acute at apex and base, pilose: peduncles in pairs:
lower surface of young lvs. covered thickly with ferru- gineous hairs,  
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calyx-lobes smaller than in R. Sieberi; corolla-wings erect and  
lvs. at length glabrous or nearly so except along the midrib and  
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incurved: fr. not described.—This species was described by De Candolle
nerves beneath: peduncles lf.- opposed, in clusters of 2 or 3,
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from a specimen in the De Candolle Herbarium collected by Parker near
graduated in length, the longest about 4/5in. long,
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Demarara, British Guiana. The name has been incorrectly applied to
ferrugineous-tomentose like the ovate-acuminate calyx-lobes:
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several rollinias with edible fr. Of these the principal
corolla-wings oblong, rounded at the tip, scarcely at all narrowed at
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speies, from an economic point of view,is R deliciosa describe above,
the base, widely spreading and usually decurved, never curving upward
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which is readely distinguished from R.orthopetala by its widely
and inward, rufous-puberulent: fr. subglobose, about 2 2/5in. diam.,
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spreading decurved corollawings.
closely resembling that of Annona squamosa, the component carpels
 
loosely adhering, very gibbous, rounded or often retuse at the tip
 
when fresh; pulp white, edible, but not so agreeably flavored as that
 
of Annona squamosa.—This species is based upon specimens in the U. S.
 
National Herbarium, received from Oton Jimenez, of San Jose, Costa
 
Rica, the fls. collected by him at Nuestro Amo, March, 1912 (No. 427),
 
and the fr. from the same tree, Oct., 1912. The accompanying figure is  
 
drawn from type material, the fr. from a field photograph sent by Mr.
 
Jimenez, in whose honor the species is named.
 
 
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Read about Annona mucosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Rollinia orthopetala, A. DC. A shrub or small tree with the habit of R. Sieberi, but with the lvs. somewhat longer petioled: lvs. oval-oblong, acute at apex and base, pilose: peduncles in pairs: calyx-lobes smaller than in R. Sieberi; corolla-wings erect and incurved: fr. not described.—This species was described by De Candolle from a specimen in the De Candolle Herbarium collected by Parker near Demarara, British Guiana. The name has been incorrectly applied to several rollinias with edible fr. Of these the principal Rollinia orthopetala, A. DC. A shrub or small tree with the habit of R. Sieberi, but with the lvs. somewhat longer petioled: lvs. oval-oblong, acute at apex and base, pilose: peduncles in pairs: calyx-lobes smaller than in R. Sieberi; corolla-wings erect and incurved: fr. not described.—This species was described by De Candolle from a specimen in the De Candolle Herbarium collected by Parker near Demarara, British Guiana. The name has been incorrectly applied to several rollinias with edible fr. Of these the principal speies, from an economic point of view,is R deliciosa describe above, which is readely distinguished from R.orthopetala by its widely spreading decurved corollawings.


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