290 PASSIFLOKE,£. 



Embryo in the axis of albumen. — Milky trees ; stems usually simple ; leaves palmatinerved, 

 exstipulate. 



The milky juice of the Papaw {Carica Papaya) has the property of rendering meat tender. 

 Its eatable fruit contains fibrine. 



1. CARICA, L. 



Calyx minute, 5-dentate. Corolla of $ infundibular, in $ formed of distinct, valvate 

 petals. Stamens biseriate, inserted into the throat of the corolla. Ovary unilocular. — 

 Leaves large ; flowers usually dioecious, in corymbs. 



1. C. Papaya, L. Unarmed, dioecious; stem simple; leaves deeply 7-lobed, glabrous: 

 lobes pinnatifid, pointed ; corymbs axillary, c? in interrupted panicles ; fruit large, obovoid. 

 —Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 10, 11. Desc. Fl. 1. t. 47, 48.— 10'-20' high; leaves often 2' diam. ; $ 

 flowers 1" long ; fruit yellow, 6" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Dist. Al., naturalized and wild 

 (P. Br.) ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; [Venezuela !, cultivated in all tropical countries]. 



2. C. cauliflora, Jacq. " Unarmed, dioecious ; leaves 5-lobed : larger lobes pinnati- 

 fid, pointed ; corymbs simple, proceeding from the bark of the simple stem ; fruit ovate, 

 pointed." — Jacq. Fl. Schcenbr. 3. t. 311. — Hab. Triuidad (Don) ; [Venezuela]. 



3. C. prosoposa, L. (ex syn. P. Br.). "Stem low, branched; leaves palmatiiid : 

 lobes entire ; fruit globose." — Lun. H. Jam. p. 38. — " Stem 4'-5' high ; fruit size of a 

 walnut (SI.), 3'' diam. (Lun.)" — Hab. Jamaica (SI., P. Br.), common in the inland- woods. 



LXXIX. PASSlFLOREiB. 



Petals inserted into the calyx-tube, or wanting. Stamens inserted into the gynophore or 

 outside of a disc, opposite to the calyx-segments, rarely oo . Pistil paracarpous : ovary su- 

 perior, unilocular : placentas mostly many-ovulate : stigmas usually distinct. Embryo in 

 • the axis of albumen. — Leaves mostly stipulate. 



The berry of some Passiflora is eatable, but other species are said to possess narcotic pro- 

 perties, and are employed as medicinal plants. 



1. PASSIFLORA, L. 

 (Murucuja, Juss.) 

 Calyx 5(-4)-partite or deeply lobed . tube furnished with a crown, which is usually com- 

 posed of many filiform rays. Stamens 5 (-4), inserted upon the upper part of the gynophore, 

 (rarely hypogynous, if the gynophore is wanting). Styles and placentas 3. Pericarp bac- 

 cate. Seeds scrobiculate. — The West Indian species are cirrhiferous, herbaceous, or shrubby 

 vines, scandent by axillary tendrils. 



Sect. 1. Cieca. Calyx 5 -partite : crown 3(-2)-seriale, exterior or both exterior ones 

 filamentose. Corolla 0. — Petioles biglandular : stipules linear-setaceous orminute ; pedi- 

 cels single or fascicled : joint distant from the flower : bracteoles at the joint minute or 

 none ; calyx rotate, yellowish-green : crown tinged with blue or red. 



1. P. minima, L. Glabrescent; bark at length corky; leaves roundish or ovate, 3- 

 lobed or subentire i lobes ovate-oblong : petiole biglandular above the middle : glands stipi- 

 tate, ureeolate; pedicels 1-2 ; calyx small, yellowish : segments twice as long as the crown ; 

 berry globose, 4 times as long as the carpophore. — Jacq. II. Find. t. 20. Cav. Diss. 10. 

 t. 266. — Annual ; leaves (as in most species) variable, 2"-l" diam. : peliolar glands either 

 at the top of the petiole or l"'-2"' distant from it ; joint 1 '"-2"' distant from the top of the 

 pedicel ; calyx 6"'-8'", berry 5'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd.,Al. ,- [Cuba !, Haiti, Curacao]. 



2. P. suberosa, L. Glabrescent; bark corky; leaves roundish or ovate, 3-lobed : 

 lobes ovate or oblong (rarely lanceolate) : petiole biglandular above the middle : glands sub- 

 sessile ; pedicels 2—1 ; calyx yellowish : crown short ; berry ovoid, nearly twice as long as 

 the carpophore. — Jacq. H. Find. t. 163. Cav. Diss. 10. t. 265. —Pedicels jointed 2'" be- 

 low their top ; calyx variable in size, usually 12'" diam. (or 6"'-16'") ; berry 5"'-6'" (-10'") 

 long, 3"'-5 " broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., Pd. y common in crevices of rocky banks ; 

 Antigua!, Wullschl.; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Panama !, Venezuela !]. 



