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Order ONAGRACEiE. 



CENOTHERA, L. 

 CE. triloba, Nutt. Perennial, nearly stemless, csespitose ; leaves pin- 

 natifid, smootliisli ; calyx-tube very long (3' -5'), filiform, the lobes longer 

 tlian the somewhat o-lobeJ pale yellow petals; capsule sessile, 3- winged.— 

 Nashville, Tennessee (Dr. Gattinger). 



JQSSI-SIA, L. 



J. repens, L. Smooth, creeping or floating; leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 tapering into a slender petiole ; flowers large ; calyx-lobes 5, shorter than the 

 petals; capsule cj'lindrical, iiiuch shorter than the long (2') peduncle. — 

 Ponds and ditches. New Orleans. August. 



J. Peruviana, L. ? Shrubby, hirsute ; branches terete ; leaves broadly 

 lanceolate, acute at each end ; ovary clavate, as long as the 2-bracted pedicel ; 

 calyx-lobes 4, ovate lanceolate, acuminate, longer than tlie tube, shorter than 

 the roundish petals ; capsule clavate-oblong, obscurely 4-sided, longer than 

 tiie bracts. — Muddy banks of rivers. South Florida. — Shrub 5° - 10° Iiigh. 



LUDWIGIA, L. 



L. Curtissii, Chapm. in Curtiss's Fnsc. III. Smooth ; stem rigidly erect, 

 simple, terete ; upper leaves linear-lanceolate, tapering at tiie base ; flowers 

 single, sessile, apetalous, bibracteolate ; calyx turbinate, terete, the triangular 

 lobes as long as the tube. — Shallow ponds. East Florida [Curtiss). July 

 and August. — Stem 1° - 1^° high. 



Order PASSIFLORACE^. 

 PASSIFLORA, L. 



P. multiflora, L. Stem climbing high ; leaves velvety -pubescent, ovate- 

 oblong, entire, short-petioled ; flowers small, in axillary clusters ; involucre 

 none. — Miami (Garher). Umbrella Key [Cttrtiss], South Florida. — Stem 

 woody, climbing over the tallest trees. Leaves 2' - 3' long. 



CARICA, L. Cust.\rd-Apple. 



Flowers dioecious. Corolla of the staminate flower salver-shaped, 5-lobed. 

 Stamens 10, inserted on the throat of the corolla. Corolla of the pistillate 

 flower 5-petalled. Lobes of the stigma lacerate. Fruit pulpy, many-seeded. 

 — Trees, with simple stems, large long-petioled lobed leaves, and axillary 

 flowers. 



C. Papaya, L. Trunk simple, leafy at the top (10° -20° high) ; leaves 

 mostly 7-lobed, broadly sinuate ; staminate flowers panicled ; pistillate flowers 

 single or 2-3 together, and larger. — South Florida. — Flowers yellow. 



