'Two Beautiful Species Anona'

$450.00

No. 18
Fig.1 Custard Apple : Asimina obovata (Willd.) Nash
Fig.2 Anona : Asimina pygmaea (Bartr.) Dunal
378 x 240

On his travels Bartram encountered five species of Asimina (pawpaw) that had yet to
be described. He drew and described three of these. Two of these drawings are in this
collection the third is the plate opposite page 20 of Bartram’s Travels.