Catesby, Mark. Vol.II, Tab. 86, Anona maxima

Mark Catesby (1638 - 1749)Etching with hand color, paper dimensions: approximately 14 x 19 inchesFrom Volume II, Part 10 of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama IslandsLondon: 1743 - 1771 Currently known as the cecropia moth (and cocoon), Hya!ophora cecropia and custard-apple or netted pawpaw, Annona reticulata*, Catesby described these subjects as follows: ANONA maxima, foliis oblongis, angustis; fructu maximo luteo conoide; cortice glabro in areolas angulares distincto. This differs from the Custard Apple, Hist. Jam. Vol. II. p. 167. in having the areolae angular, wereas those are round like the Scales of Fish. These Shrubs grow sometimes with a single Trunk, but more commonly they rise with several small Stems to the Height of about ten Feet, the Leaves are shaped like those of the Bay, set alternately on stiff slender Stalks, from which also hang single Flowers, consisting each of three greenish sharp-pointed Petals, the whole Plant has a strong foetid Sm