passiflorace^. 621 



Order ONAGRACE^. 



CENOTHERA, L. 



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

 natifid, siiiootliisii ; calyx-tube very lony; (o'-5'), tilit'orm, the lobes longer 

 tiian the somewhat 3-lobed pale yellow petals; capsule sessile, 3-winged. — 

 Nashville, Tennessee {Dr. Gatlinger). 



JUSSIJEA, L. 



J. repens, L. Smooth, creeping or floatinjr; leaves oblonjr, obtuse, 

 ta{)ering into a slender petiole ; flowers large ; calyx-lobes 5, shorter than the 

 petals; capsule cylindrical, much shorter than the long (2') peduncle. — r 

 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 the tube, shorter than 

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

 the bracts. — Muddy banks of rivers. South Florida. — Shrub 6° - 10° high. 



LUDWIGIA, L. 



Ii. Curtissii, Chapm. in Curtiss's Fasc. III. Smooth ; stem rigidly erect, 

 simple, terete ; upper leaves linear-lanceolate, t^F^*^'"''!? ^^ ^^'^ base ; flowers 

 single, sessile, apetalous, bibracteolate ; calyx turl)inate, terete, the triangular 

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

 and August. — Stem 1°-H° 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 (Garhfr). Umbrella K^y (Curtiss), South Florida. — Stem 

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



CARICA, L. Ccst.vrd-Apple. 



Flowers dicpcious. Corolla of the staminate flower salver-shaped, .5-lobcd. 

 Stamens 10, inserted on the throat of tlie 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. 



