56 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



times 3-partite, narrowly cordate at the base, denticulate, acuminate, 

 scabrous above, wliitisli pubescent beneath. Tendril simple. 9 floAvers 

 glomerate, sessile or subsessile, 8-20 in the glomerule. Calyx urceolate- 

 cyliudrical, small. Petals 5, orange-coloured or red, lanceolate, erect, 5'" 

 long. Style bifid; stigmas thick, globose, obsoletely 2-lobed. Ovary 2- 

 locular; oN'ules 3-8 hi each cell. Berries densely glomerate, sessile or 

 subsessile, oval, glabrous, striate, red, 8'" long. Seeds 3-8, urceolate- 

 globose, verrucose, brownish, 2'" long. S unknown. A high climber. 

 Stem often y diam. at the base, succulent. In forests, not uncom- 

 mon. — St. Croix (Jacob's Peak, Claremont,) ; St. Thomas (Picaru Penhi- 

 sula). 



All Cucurbitacese are protogynous. 



[Cultivated species: Sechium edule, Sw. (v. Choco); Cucumis sativus, L. 

 (v. Mutton-cucumber) ; C. Mclo, L. (v. Muskmelon), and Citrullus vul- 

 garis^ Schrader (v. Watermelon).] 



PAPAYACE.E. 



344. Carica Papaya, L. (v. Papaw). 



Fl. March-Aug. Stem often branched. Fruit used as a vegetable. 

 Common near dwelhngs and in waste places. All islands. 



PASSIFirOKACE^. 



345. Passiflora suberosa, L. (v. Pox^, Iiuligo-berry). 



Fl. Sept.-Dec. Common on rocks and fences. — All islands. 



346. P. pallida, L. 



Fl. Oct.-Dec. In forests, rare.— St. Croix (Wills Bay); St. Jan. 



347. P. hirsuta, L. (P. parvtjlora, Sw.) 



St. Croix (West, p. 30. 



348. P. peltata, Cav. 

 St. Thomas (Schl.). 



349. P. rubra, L. 



Fl. Sept.-Feb. In forests and on rocks. — St. Croix (rare) ; Virgin Isl- 

 ands (common). 



350. P. laurifolia, L. (v. Bell-apple). 



Fl. all the year round. Leaf-margin glanduliferoiis. Berry fragrant, 

 containing an edible piilj). In thickets on high hills (perhaps only nat- 

 uralized) and cultivated. — All islands. 



351. P. incarnata, L. 



St. Croix (West, p. 304). 



