DIOECIA, POLTANDRIA. £43 



la, alternately shorter. Fem. Calix 5-toothc(I. 

 Corolla of 5 petals. Stigmas 5. Bernj groov- 

 ed, (Cucumber form) l-celled, many-seeded. 



Lactescent comose trees, ti-unk mostly undivided, spl- 

 nose or rougli with the vestiges of rejected leaves; leaves 

 termiiialh crowded, alternate and lon^ pedunculate, pal- 

 mate or rarely digitate; flowers axillary, the masculine 

 racemose and pendulous or erect and corymbose, female 

 ones fewer; fruit of C. Papaya sweet and esculent. 



Species. 1. C. Papaya. Hab. In Florida. — A genus ol- 

 J species indigenous to tropical America. 



802. GYMXOCLADUS. Lamark. (CofTee-Beaiv 



Tree.) 



Masc. Calix tubular, 5-cleft. Corolla of 5 

 petals. Fem. Flower as the male. Style, 1. 

 Legume l-celled, internally somewhat pulpy. 

 Seeds roundish, large and indurated. 



A tree witli naked branches; leaves partly terminal, ve-- 

 ry large and bipinnate; flowers racemose, erect; legume al. 

 so large and thick; beans lenticular, extremely hard and* 

 edible. 



Species. 1. G. ca7iacknsis. The only species of the 



Order XL— POLYANDRIA. 



803. DATISCA, Lu (Bastard Hemp.) 



Misc. Calix 5-leaved. Corolla none. An- 

 thers sessile, oblong, about 15. Fem. Calix bi- 

 dentate. Corolla none. Styles 3, bifid. Cap- 

 sule trian.gular, S-horned, l-celled, pervious, 

 many-seeded, inferior. 



Herbaceous; leaves alternate, unequally pinnate; flow- 

 ers axillary, erectly racemose, unibracteate. 



Species. 1. D. hirta.-{- Of this genus there is another 

 species ir/iigenous to Crete. 



