Amerimnum
ORD. Leguminosae. Ornamental, evergreen, stove shrubs, with alternate, stalked, ovate, somewhat cordate, simple leaves. For culture, see Anona.
A. Brownei (Browne's).* fl. white, sweet-scented; peduncles axillary, ten-flowered, glabrous or puberulous. May. l. ovate, somewhat cordate, acute, glabrous. h. 6ft. to 10ft. Jamaica, 1793. Requires a trellis or other support. A. strigulosum (strigulose). fl. white; racemes axillary, solitary, three times longer than the petioles. May. l. ovate, rather cordate, obtuse, clothed with adpressed hairs on both surfaces; branches and petioles clothed with light brown, dense, short hairs. h. 6ft. to 10ft. Trinidad, 1817.