trsAXADif.LA EORTIIS JAMAI-CENSIS. SSS 



jployecl in resohitlve pouhicos : ho adds, that, it is bitter and piirtrativp, and ma' ha 

 used instead <f the coiHiiKin cjloqiiiiitidii. I'liis plant is i.-uitivatca, however, chieHy 

 on account of its shells, w-iiicii-tire used by the negrin^-s for many douiestic purpo-cs^ 

 ynd wlicre aloes is Hianksfattiu'ed, it is coiTiUionly pres\'rved in these shells. 8onie oi" 

 xheui are rijund, some crooked, some straight, Kome the shape of glass bottles, and ot" 

 all sizes, holding from one pint to many gallons. Barham speaks of enethat'lield iiitio 

 gallons, which, was perfectly round. I'he jiulp and seed of all these fruits are hitter, 

 Tlie shells are cleared of the pulp and seeds bv the negroes in the following manner ; 

 *iiey make a hole at owe end, iiUo which thej- pour hot water, in order to dissolve tha 

 pulp, which is afterwards extracted with a itick, and the inside frecjuently rinsed wit!* 

 ;;aud ajKl vTate.', iu order to loosen and clear away the fibres that reuiyin, I'hey are 

 then dried unci fit for use, and contain water or other liquiil for any length of time. 



Rarham and SJoane describe a s\veet gourd, which -the fm-mer says grows two or three 

 4V'et long, as big as a niuu's thigh, is full of sweet pulp, that ruakes a pleasant sort of 

 sweetmeat or preserve ; he says the distilled water is good in fevers, and the jnilji aji- 

 plied to the eyes abates their inflainniation, and is gootl in other intlaniinations. Sloano 

 sujs the seeds are diuretic, and, made into emulsions, temper and take off the aeti- 

 iuonjuf urine. He mentions one of these gourds as large as the human bod\ . 



&-f PoMPKIN SC)U.\S1I WaTEH MeLON. 



GRANADILT.A, PASSIFLOHA. 



Ck 20, Oil. 4. Gijnamiria pentandria. Nat. ov..Cucurbitacccc^ 

 Qg^^ cli^K.Scc Bull Hoof, p. I2:J. 



^y. aUABUANQULARIS. rO'JR-.\NGI.ED. 



Foliis anipliorihus cordatis, pttiolis glandulis sex nvtdtis, caule qua- 

 drigouo alato. Biv.cns, p. 327. 



I^eaves oval, sub-cordate, smooth, many nerved ; ipetioles glandular ; stem 

 membranaceous, four-cornered ; stipules oval-oblong. 



Stem almost simple, thick, membranaceous at the four corners. Leaves petioled, 

 fix to nine inches long, and from four to six broad, entire, somewhat rugged, but 

 without any pubescence. Tendrils very long, axillary, halfway spiral. Stipules ia 



flairs, ovate, at the base of the petioks, which are from one to two inches long, hol- 

 ow above, having six glands, three on each side, two of them at the base of tjie leaf. 

 Peduncles opposite to the petioles, thicker. -Flowers very large, encompassed by a 

 threC'leaved involucre, the leaves of which are roundish, concave, entire, smooth, 

 pale. Calyx five-leaved ; leaflets broad-lanceolate, membranaceous at the edge, thick 

 in the middle, somewhat spungy, very white within ; petals of tlie same shape, but 

 thinner, blunter, red within, white on the outside ; crown five-fold ; outer rays m a 

 double row, longer than the petals, filiform, round, white and violet variegated ; twj 

 inner also in a double-row, very short, erect ; inmost tlat near the column of the germ ; 

 -column straight, cylindrical, variegated; germ white; styles purple; stigmas black, 

 %ifid within ; fruit very large, oblong, fleshy ; the pulp purplish. Sw. 



Tiiis is the largest and most beautiful of tlie passion flowers, and frequently ^ulti- 

 \ vated 



