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PASSIFLORA MALIFORMIS, Linn. 



Sweet Cup. 



Native of West Indies and tropical America. 



A passion-flower ; leaves ovate, entire ; flowers variegated ; fruit glo- 

 bular, green with yellow tint, very hard shell. (Passifioraceve.) 

 Fruit edible pulp. 



PASSIFLORA MURUCUJA, Linn. 

 Dutchman's Laudanum. 



Native of Jamaica, Cuba, Hayti. 



A passion-flower ; leaves 2-lobed ; flowers crimson, crown entire; 

 fruit size of an olive, of a fleshy colour. {Passifloracece.) 



" The flowers are said to possess narcotic properties, and a syrup 

 made with them, and also a tincture, have been employed as substi- 

 tutes for the syrup of poppies and for laudanum." (Macfadyen.) 



PASSIFLORA QUADRANGULARIS, Linn. 



GRANADILLA. 



Native of West Indies and tropical America. 



A passion-flower with four- winged stem ; leaves ovate-roundish ; 

 flowers large, petals rosy, crown violet ; fruit five inches long, greenish- 

 yellow, with soft thick rind. (Passifloracece.) 



Root, large and fleshy, edible like yam. 



Furit, pulp edible, rind edible when cooked. 



PAULLINIA CURASSAVICA, Jacq. 

 Supple Jack. 



Native of Jamaica and New Granada. 



A climbing shrub, a few feet high ; leaves compound, ternate ; flowers 

 small, white, in clusters ; seed-vessel, \ inc ^ long, red ; seeds, black, 

 half-enclosed in a brownish-white covering. 



Branches used as riding switches. 



Seeds " possess the property of intoxicating fish." (Macfadyen.) 



PEA FLOWER, Sec Clitoria Ternatea. 



PELTOPHORUM LINN^EI, Benth. 



Braziletto. 



Native of Jamaica. 



A low tree ; leaves twice-pinnate ; small, yellow flowers ; pod, flat, 

 i inches long. (Leg-uminosir.) 



Wood. "This wood is much used for spokes of wheels and in car- 

 riage building generally ; being of a bright red colour and taking a 

 high polish. It is also much used for ornamental cabinet work." 

 (Harrison.) 



" In most parts of the Island, notably in the district of Vere, Claren- 

 don. Trees up to 2J feet in diameter; tall, straight growth; gives a 



