[>G FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



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

 scabrous above, whitish pubescent beneaih. Tendril simple. 9 flowers 

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

 cyliiidrical, small. Petals 5, orange-(;oloured or red, lanceolate, erect, 5'" 

 long. Style bitid; stigmas thick, globose, obsoletely li-lobed. Ovary 1'- 

 locular; o\ides 3-8 in each cell. Berries densely glomerate, sessile or 

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

 globose, verrucose, brownish, 2'" long. 3 unknown. A high clindjcr. 

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

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

 sula). 



All Cucurbitaceaj are protog\^^lous. 



[Cultivated species: Sechium cdule, Sw. (v. Choco); Cucumis .saiivus, L. 

 (v. Mutton-cucumber) ; C. Melo, L. (v. Muskmelon), and Citrulhts vul- 

 garis, Schrader (v. Watermelon).] 



PAPAYACE.E. 



344. Carica Papaya, L. (v. I'apaw). 



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

 Common near dwellings and in waste jdaces. xVll islands. 



PASSIFLORACE.E. 



345. Passiflora suberosa. L. (v. Fop, IikUho-Ikitv). 



FI. Sept.-l)ec. Common on rocks and fences. — All islands. 



346. P. pallida, L. 



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



347. P. hirsuta, L. (/'. parvijUmt, 8w.) 



St. Croix (West, i>. M). 



348. P. peltata, Cav. 

 St. Tliomas (Schl.). 



349. P. rubra, L. 



Fl. Sept. -Feb. In forests ;nid on rocks. — St. Croix (rare); \'irgiii Isl- 

 ands (common). 



350. p. laurifolia, L. (v. n.-ll-appU-)- 



Fl. all the year roun<l. Leaf-margin glandiiliferous. I Seriy fragrant, 

 cont.aining an edible jmlp. In thickets on high hills (j)erhai)s only nat- 

 uralized) and cultivated. — .Ml islands, 



351. P. incarnata, I.. 



St. Croix (West, \^. ;{(»4). 



