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− | Rollinia sieberi, A. DC. Cachiman Montagne. A small tree first | + | Rollinia orthopetala, A. DC. A shrub or small tree with the habit |
− | described and figured from the island of Trinidad and erroneously
| + | of R. Sieberi, but with the lvs. somewhat longer petioled: lvs. |
− | referred by its collector to the common custard-apple, Annona
| + | oval-oblong, acute at apex and base, pilose: peduncles in pairs: |
− | reticulata, to which its fr. and lvs. bear a certain resemblance: lvs.
| + | calyx-lobes smaller than in R. Sieberi; corolla-wings erect and |
− | oval-oblong, acute at apex and base, usually 5-6 in. long and 2-3 in. | + | incurved: fr. not described.—This species was described by De Candolle |
− | broad, thin, above puberulous with the nerves pilose, beneath paler
| + | from a specimen in the De Candolle Herbarium collected by Parker near |
− | and more pilose, narrowed at the base into pilose petioles 1/4in.
| + | Demarara, British Guiana. The name has been incorrectly applied to |
− | long, some of them at the base of the branches broadly ovate and
| + | several rollinias with edible fr. Of these the principal |
− | obtuse, about 1 in. long: peduncles lf .-opposed, 1-fld., 1-1 2/5in.
| + | Rollinia orthopetala, A. DC. A shrub or small tree with the habit |
− | long, bearing 2 small ovate-acute bracteoles, one near the base, the
| + | of R. Sieberi, but with the lvs. somewhat longer petioled: lvs. |
− | other about the middle: corolla-wings laterally compressed,
| + | oval-oblong, acute at apex and base, pilose: peduncles in pairs: |
− | Linear-oblong, rounded at the apex, diverging, straight or curving
| + | calyx-lobes smaller than in R. Sieberi; corolla-wings erect and |
− | slightly upward: fr., according to Pere Duss, usually larger than that
| + | incurved: fr. not described.—This species was described by De Candolle |
− | of Annona squamosa, the surface divided into pronounced raised
| + | from a specimen in the De Candolle Herbarium collected by Parker near |
− | squamose areoles rounded at the tips; pulp fleshy, nearly white, melting in the mouth, slightly viscous, with a sugary agreeable flavor. Type collected by Sieber (No. 96), in the De Candolle Herbarium.
| + | 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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