34 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



TILIACEAE. 

 TRIUMFETTA, Linn. 



T. althaeoides, Lam. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnson] 



CORCHORUS, Linn. 



C. siliquosus, Linn. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnson}. 



PASSIFLORACEAE. 

 PASSIFLORA, Linn. 



P. Andersonii, DC. ? 



Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885) ''Vine 30 to 50 feet; very 

 abundant." 



P. foetida, Linn. 



Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885), Island of Mugeres 

 (Gaumer, 1886). 



CARICACEAE. 

 CARICA, Linn. 



C. Papaya, Linn. (Plate III.) Papaya los Tajaros. CHICH PUT. 

 Frequent on the islands of Mugeres, Cankun, and Cozumel, 

 in fruit, very few specimens in flower. Chichen Itza, Jan. 20, 

 1895 (143). Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1886). 



This is the native and natural form, called Papaya los Pajaros 

 or "Bird Papaya" by the Spaniards, and Chich Put or " Little 

 Papaya" by the Mayas. The fruit of this form is small, about 

 one inch in diameter, nearly globular and not edible. 



C. Papaya, Linn. (Cultivated) (Plate IV.) Papaya. PUT. 



Commonly cultivated throughout the Peninsula, and on the 

 Island of Cozumel, producing large pear-shaped fruit from 12 

 to 16 inches long and 6 to 9 inches in diameter at the larger end. 

 The pulp is of an orange-salmon color, rich, juicy and delicious. 

 Izamal, Jan. 13, 1895 (69). 



The flavor of the fruit here, is said to be largely dependent 

 upon the quantity of seed in the individual, those having but 

 few seeds being far finer in every feature than those having 

 many. It is also said that in raising Papayas from the seed in 

 this locality selection plays no part, as the result can not be 

 known until the plant bears its fruit; some of the seeds 

 will revert to the original of the species (Papaya los Pajaros} 

 while others will produce excellent Papayas. 



