896 PAPAYACEAE 
long: petals pale-lavender: crown lav- 
Ed and purple: ber rry e ellipsoid or oval, 4— 
10 cm. d endi —6 mm. lon 
(MAY APRICOT-VINE.)—Dry T roadsides, 
n slopes and old fields, various provi 
Fla. to Tex., Mo., and Va.—Spr.-sum. "The 
a. is edible. 
2. P. pallens Poepp. Twigs glabrous, glau- 
age leaf- eases dues Pic incor 3-lobed, 4-8 
long, the lobes , the termi inal one 
peal a larger than ios others: stip- 
oliaceous, ovate eniform: T 
lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 20-30 
: ong, w ES Or Hg i B ‘corolla want: | 
ing: berr ong, yellow.—Ham 
mocks, B Keys and Cape Sable nen Fla.—(F. I.)—A year. 
- P sexflora Juss. Twigs tomentulose: o 6-14 em. broad, pubes- 
1m 
t: eymes several poda ck sepals 9-1 long: corolla greenish-white: 
ende globular, 9—11 mm. in diameter, ved pie pubescent: dn about 
2.5 mm. lo jo nude Everglade Keys, Fla—(W. I.)—A yea 
4. P. lutea L. Twigs finely pubescent 2 glabrous: leaf-blades 3-15 cm. 
broad, mostly obtuse, pare cymes l-flowered: sepa Es 8- a n long: corolla 
greenish-yellow, a about 2 em. broad: berry 10-15 mm. in dia r, r, purple-black. 
—( NI NE Ll woods and thickets, a provinces, Fla. 
to Tex., Kans. , and Pa.—Spr.- 
5. P.W ii Mast. Twigs sparingly fine-hirsute: leaf-blades 5-14 c 
p ue. uc pd iE or ovate, remotely toothed: sepals lanceolate, 18-21 
m. long: corolla pale-yellow, 2.5- -3 em. broad: berry globular, 25-30 mm. 
Eu white-hairy: seed 4.5-5 mm. long, wrinkled.—Thiekets 2 n near 
Clemson College, in the Piedmont of S.C. Nat. of Brazil ——BSpr.-s 
6. P. pallida L. Twigs glabrous or minutely pubescent: -blades entire to 
3 lobed, mostly 2-10 em. long: calyx greenish; sepals linear to lanceolate or 
elliptic, 7-9 mm. long: corolla wanting: berr “To mm. in » diameter, Purple 
black: seeds 2.5-3 mm. long. [Passiflora suberosa L. P. al. P. 
gustifolia Sw.]—(CoRKY-STEMMED PO ne and ~ 
A., 
lands, pen. Fla. and the K eys.—(W. I C. S. 4A.)—The order TR fre. 
quently develop od corky wings. 
7. P. multiflora L. Twigs velvety: leaf- ies elliptie or nearly so, 5-12 e 
long, entire, rugose beneath: sepals 5-6 mm. long, in green: petals linear 
or nearly so, white: berry subglobose, 6—8 mm. in meter, purplish-black.— 
Hammoeks, S pen..Fla. and D. un —(W. I. S he old stems are frequently 
covered with a thick corky bar 
OrperR OPUNTIALES — OPuNTIAL ORDER 
Succulent, typically spine-armed, herbs, shrubs, or trees, mainly leafless 
or essentially so, or leafy rigid herbs, with more or less specialized hairs. 
Flowers perfect. Hypanthium present. Calyx of 4 or 5, or many, sepals. 
Corolla of 4 or 5, or many, stamens, in several series or groups, sometimes 
partially reduced to staminodia. Gynoecium of 4, or 2-several, united 
earpels. Ovary inferior. Fruit baccate or capsular. 
