PASSIFLORACEA. 481 
50. Passiflora vitifolia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 138. 
Tacsonia buchanani, Lem. Tll. Hort. t. 519. 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 169; Seemann, 23); Panama, Cruces, Gorgona, San 
Juan, &c. (Seemann), Chagres (Fendler, 118; Sinclair; Hinds & Cuming)—This has 
a wide range in Tropicau Sours America. Hb. Kew. 
51. Passiflora, sp. (P. capsulari aff.). 
Costa Rica (Endres, 70). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe PAPAYEA. 
As limited by Bentham and Hooker, this tribe consists of two genera and about 
twenty-five species, all restricted to America, 
2. CARICA. 
Carica, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1127; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p- 815. 
Trees or shrubs. About twenty species, widely spread in Tropical America. 
1. Carica boissieri, Hemsl. = Rhee s 
Vasconcellea boissieri, A. DC. Prod. xv. pars 1, p. 415. 
Mexico (Pavon). Hb. Boissier. 
9. Carica nana, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 288. 
Sourn Mexico, near Leon (Hartweg). Hb. Kew. 
3. Carica peltata, Hook. et Arm. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 428, t. 98. 
Vasconcellea peltata, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pars 1, p. 416. 
Nicaracua, Realejo (Sinclair). Hb. Kew. 
4, Carica papaya, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1466. 
Papaya vulgaris, DC. in Lam. Dict. v. p. 2. 
Sour Mexico, Chila, Puebla (Andriewx, 371), in woods about Papantla (Schiede & 
Deppe), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2324); NIcaracua, Realejo (Beechey). Hb. Kew. 
A native of Tropical America, and now widely dispersed, though in many places it 
~ occurs only as a waif of cultivation. It is also cultivated and naturalized in other warm 
— countries. | 
5. Carica, sp. 
Sout Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau). Hb. Kew. 
6, Carica, sp. 
Nicaracva, neighbourhood of Granada (Levy, 1017). Hb. Kew. 
BIOL. CENT.-AMER., Bot. Vol. 1, August 1880. 39g 
