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PAPYACEJE. 
Carita. 
| Carica papya, Pl. DLXXXIV. Fig. II. 
PASSIFLOREJE. 
TricHopta. 
. Arbor foliis alternis (habitu Caseariz) oblongis late cre- 
nulatis. Flores axillares glomerate ; ferrugineo-viridescentes. 
Pedicelli basin articulati 3-bracteolati. 
Perianth. duplici serie 10 partitum, sepalis 3 exterioribus 
majoribus, calycinis, squamule indefinite simplice serie ex 
ima basin perianth ortz lineares villose discrete vel in pha- 
langes coalite. 
Cal. 5-sepalus, imbricatus corona e squamular. discret. 
vel coalit. linearium, villosar. simplice serie. 
Stam. 5 basi breviter monadelph. 
Anth. basi cordatz profunde, sinu affix. accumbentes. Pol- 
len round, 3-plicate, 
Ovaria stipulat. Placente bi-ovulat. Styli 3. Stigmata ree 
niform capsula chartacea, 3-valvis, seminib. 2-8 arillatis. 
Capsule pubescentes erectae. 
Aspectus etiam presertim capsular Euphorbiaceum, 
Habit certainly of Vareca, locus naturalis Passiflores. 
Oss. There is scarcely any difference between the petals 
and the inner sepals, 
From the characters as given in Don, this plant, it would 
appear to be an undescribed genus, allied to Paropsia, and in- 
termediate between the two divisions, the ovaria being stalk 
ed, it is also allied by some of its characters to Modecca, t9 
Simethmannia, in the short corona with a tendency to union, 
When it would be urceolate. 
In the water in which some old anthers had been put, in- 
numerable elliptic bodies oceasionally mixed with short - 
niliform ones were observed, yet to the water itself Ido ge 
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