PASSIFLORACEAE | 895 
Staminate flowers in long-peduneled cymes: 
pistillate flowers in short-peduneled cymes. 
B 
The flowers are sometimes polygamous. 
C. Papaya L. Stem 3-6 m. tall, simple, 
leafy at the top: leaf-blades 3-6 dm. broad, 
stout die P dote. eorolla yellow 
or r reddish. hat of the pistillate flower the 
n ds ellipsoid to subglobose, 2—18 
ong.— w p M waste- 
places, BeHe Fla. an e Keys. Nat. 
rop. Am 
W. I., Men wa A., S. A.) —Al 
year. —Frequently "found in wild localities 
human permis but doubtless uds o by birds who greatly 
relish the seeds. In cultivated fo orms the frui ery Jine The milky juice 
of unripe fruit has Robes similar to in of 2m 
Famity 2. PASSIFLORACEAE — PassioN-FLOWER FAMILY 
2 tendril-bearing vines, or oo lants. Leaves with entire or 
s T or rarely compound lades. a mostly rotate. Stamens 
ales usually monadelphous around the gynoecium. Fruit baccate. 
m genera and about 350 speoies, e abundant in South America. 
1. PASSIFLORA L. Perennial vines.  Leaf-blades entire, lobed, or 
parted. Crown filamentous, single, double, or triple. Anthers versatile.— 
About 300 species, mostly of tropical Ameriea.—PASSION-FLOWERS. PASSION- 
VINES.—Some species are used medicinally ; diore in ornamental gardening. 
Peduncle bearing an involucre vs 3 bracts nar the calyx. I. INCARNATAE. 
Peduncle without an ao r this obse 
Petioles without gla II. LUTEAE. 
Petioles with zd m ‘the middle or near the base of the 
eaf-blade. 
Peduncles single. IIT. SUBEROSAE. 
Peduncles clustered. IV. MULTIFLORAE. 
I. INCARNATAE 
Leaf-lobes toothed: stipules minute: petiolar glands sessile. 1. P. incarnata. 
Leaf-lobes entire: stipules foliaceous : petiolar glands stalked. 2. P. pallens 
II. LUuTEAE 
one several-flowered : berry pubescent. 
ME n A 
Cymes 1-flowered : berry glabrous. 
. P. lut 
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III. SUBEROSAE 
Calyx or eorolla 2.5—3 cm. wide: leaf-blades, or lobes, toothed. 5. P. Warmingii, 
Calyx less than 2 cm. wide: leaf-blades, or lobes. not toothed. 6. P. pallida. 
IV. ULTIFLORAE 
Woody tomentose vine, with thick SUM T. P. multiflora. 
carnata L. Twigs finely pubescent or glabrate: leaf-blades 8-12 cm. 
bel ae or sparingly pubescent, the lobes finely serrate: sepals 25-30 
