fumery. It is a favorite herb with the Asiatics,
both for medicinal and culinary purposes. Tea from the dried
leaves is a favorite beverage of some persons.

31. ANONA CHERIMOLIA.--The Cherimoyer of Peru, where it is extensively
cultivated for its fruits, which are highly esteemed by the
inhabitants, but not so highly valued by those accustomed to the
fruits of temperate climates. The fruit, when ripe, is of a pale
greenish-yellow color, tinged with purple, weighing from 3 to 4
pounds; the skin thin; the flesh sweet, and about the consistence
of a custard; hence often called custard apple.

32. ANONA MURICATA.--The sour-sop, a native of the West Indies, which
produces a fruit of considerable size, often weighing over 2
pounds. The pulp is white and has an acrid flavor, which is not
disagreeable.

33. ANONA RETICULATA.--The common custard apple of the West Indies. It
has a yellowish pulp and is not so highly esteemed as an article
of food as some others of the species. It bears the name of
Condissa in Brazil. The Anonas are grown to some extent throughout
southern Florida.

34. ANONA SQUAMOSA.--The sweet-sop, a native of the Malay Islands,
where it is grown for its fruits. These are ovate in shape, with a
thick rind, which incloses a luscious pulp. The seeds contain an
acrid principle, and, being reduced to powder, form an ingredient
for the destruction of insects.

35. ANTIARIS INNOXIA.--The upas tree. Most exaggerated statements
respecting this plant have passed into history. Its poisonous
influence was said to be so great as not only to destroy all
animal life but even plants could not live within 10 miles of it.
The plant has no such virulent properties as the above, but, as it
inhabits low valleys in Java where carbonic acid gas escapes from
the crevices in volcanic rocks which frequently proves fatal to
animals, the tree was blamed wrongly. It is, however, possessed of
poisonous juice, which, when dry and mixed with other ingredients,
forms a venomous poison for arrows, and severe effects have been
felt by those who have climbed upon the branches for the purpose
of gathering the flowers.

36. ANTIARIS SACCIDORA.--The sack tree; so called from the fibrous bark
being used as sacks. For this purpose young trees of about a f