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* Flotrcrs Iracted, the bracts small. Petals present [Decahba, EiulL). 

 f Leaves lotted, velvety beneath. 

 B. CALONEuiiA, Kz. TJi^piT Tenasscrim. 



Ex;ictly as P. Ilorsfieldii, but leaves deeply 3-lobcd and smaller, the lobes blunt. 



The texture, nervature, and indument of the leaves are entirely those of 

 P. Ilorsfieldii. Flowers aud fruits unknown. 



f f Leaves entire, f/labroiis. 

 *"'•' Flowers ajietalous, usualhj irif/wiif bracts {Cieca, Med.). 

 P. SUBEEOSA, L. Chittagong. 



Flowers small. Petiole ^-i inch long, 2-glanded at the apex. Leaves acute. 



Sub-order PA PA YA CEJE. 



Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual. Stamens perigynous. Corona small or none. 



MOBECCIE.E. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite, or, if unisexual, the male and female corollas conform. 

 Corona small or none. Petals included in the calyx-tube. Connective often produced 

 beyond the anther-cells. 



MoDEccA, Linnaus. 



Flowers unisexual. Calyx o-cleft. Corona none or fi'inged. Dish-glands 5. 

 Tendril-bearing herbs or shrubs. 



* Petals inserted at the throat or to the tube of the calyx. Stigmas sessile {Micro - 

 llepharis, Wight). 



M. coBDiFOLiA, Bl. The Andamans. Great Nicobar. 



Leaves entire. Seeds pitted, with crenato borders. 



*•■' Petals inserted on the bottom of the calyx. Style 3-cleft or styles 3, distinct 

 {Blcpharanfhus, TUight). 



M. TKiLonATA, Itoxb. All over Arakan and Burma. 



Leaves 3- rarely 5-lobed. Seeds pitted, with a double-crenate border. 



M. NicoBAEicA, Kz. (K.). EatchaU and Nankowry. 



FAPATJIE.E. 

 Flowers nni.<:exual, the male and fen/ale corollas dissimilar, rarely polygamous. 

 Corona none. Calyx minute. Male corolla tubular, the female one b-petalled. Stamens 

 in two roivs, inserted to the corolla-tube. Erect trees, with milky juice. 



Caeica, Linnrcus. 

 Filaments free. Leaves simple, lobed or cut. 



*C. PAPAYA, L. Cultivated, and ludf wild in the South. Kamorta and Katthall. 

 I'apaya vulgaris, D.C. 



Sir J. D. Hooker remarks, " Tlio Papaw is the insipid berry of Cnrica, the juice 

 of whose fruit is a poweiful vermifuge aud antiseptic, and contains fibrin, a substance 

 otherwise supposed to be peculiar to tlio animal kingdom. The whole tree has the 

 singular property of rendering tough meat tender, by separating the muscular fibres." 



The curious property whicli the juice of the Pnpaw possesses of rendering meat 

 tender, depends on the presence of a peculiar principle,' termed by Dr. Peckolt, its 

 discoverer, ' I'apayotin,' or, as it is also called, Papaine. The properties of this sub- 

 stance are analogous to ' Pepsin.' To apply the juice to cookery, the meat which it 



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