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