Carica.) FICOIDEAE. 139 
Male fl. in simple or digitately branching racemes, the glabrous common 
peduncle 23/4—3'/4‘, the pedicels faintly pubescent; !/s—1'/2”. Calyx 
campanulate, glabrous. Corolla rotate, white, slightly villous and papilloso- 
em. fl. a 
filiform peduncle of 1/,—1‘. Style sli oie ne curved, the 3 lobes 
of the stigma free ponte refleced. Ripe fruit very small, 2'/4 X L/e”, 
obovoid, obscurely angled, long-beaked, shortly and densely villous. 
Oahu (Remy, no. 540, in herb. Mus. Paris.). 
OrpeR XXXV. PAPAYACEAE. 
Flowers unisexual. Calyx inferior, minute, 5-toothed. Corolla of male 
flowers monopetalous, 5-lobed. Stamens 10, inserted in the corolla. Ovary 
free, l-celled, with 5 many-ovuled parietal placentas. Stigma 5-lobed. 
Fruit Sonvatent, indehiscent. Seeds enveloped in a loose mucous coat, 
with a brittle pitted testa. Embryo in the axis 7 albumen. — Milky 
trees with usually simple soft-wooded stems. Leaves alternate, palmati- 
nerved or lobed. No stipules. Flowers in axillary racemes, or solitary. 
The Order contains only 2 genera of tropical America 
1. CARICA, L. 
Corolla of male flowers funnel-shaped, that of the female formed of 
distinct valvate petals. Stamens in two series, inserted on the throat of . 
the corolla. Stigma sessile, 5-lobed, laciniate. — Flowers usually dioe- 
cious, but often intermixed with hermaphrodite ones. 
genus of about 20 species. 
1. C. Papaya, L. -- Dioecious. Stem simple. Leaves glabrous, deeply 
together. Fruit obovate, large, yellow. — Papaya vulgaris, DC. 
; t haye been introduced in very early times, as it 
is not only cultivated everywhere, but found in erage ici are sulky J had been 
9a i The fruit i h 
ee 
arly related Order Passifloreae a num of species are in cultivation. The 
\ iflo is aueaay escaped into the woods of 
ri 
and others on account of t' owers, also D 
To the allied Order vnc belong T. ulmifotia ‘and 7. tons fora. 
Orper XXXVI. FICOIDEAE. 
Sepals 4—5, discreet or partly united, rarely adnate to the ovary, 
imbricate, persistent. Petals often wanting. Stamens mostly perigynous * 
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