CARICA 



245 



aim 1 ft. 



Pith 



three slender pisfillar<' ^i-il^iv j | in, ioni: i ti-"iii ^ln';iths: 

 perigvnium small and tinii, si.nirwhat cx.-uiviil, 2- 

 toothed, glabrous. Jap. U.C. ill. i:j;17.l. K.B. 2U. p. 9. 

 —A very handsome plant, suited for pots or the border. 

 The stiff, clean, white-edged foliage keeps in condition 

 for months, making the plant useful for decorations 

 in which pot-plants are used. It is perfectly hardy in 

 central New York, holding its foliage all winter. A use- 

 ful florists' plant. 



tenikria, Hort. {C. thiera, Hort.). Slender but stiff : 

 Ivs. narrow, rolling more or less when dry; staminate 

 spikes long-stalked : pistillate spikes 1 or 2, short- 

 stalked, short, with few large-turgid, tapering, shining 



360. Carex lurida. one of the 

 (Natural size.) 

 ri, staminate spike; 6, b, pistillate spikes. 



perigynia and awl-like, rough-pointed scales. Probably 

 Japanese. -Cult, for its stiff foliage. Grows 18-30 in. 

 high. Allied to the N. Amer. C. hullata, Schk. 



Gaudlchaudiina, Kunth (C. vulrjtlris. Fries, var. 

 Oaudichaudidna, Boon). Culms erect, 1-2 ft. : Ivs. long 

 and grass-like : staminate lis. in terminal spikes : pis- 

 tUlate fls. in 2-3 cylindrical, 

 sessile or subsessile spike 

 perigynium lenticular, siii; 

 very short beaked, oti^mn iy 

 toothed, finely nervi.I. l.iiu 

 than f 



Austral., N. Zeal.-l'Mlu 

 bog planting. 



Fraseri, Andre 



no midncrvp, 

 evergreen : «-iil 

 high, beariii:;- ; 

 single whitish 

 staminate at t< 

 ovoid, thin am 

 mountain woods, V: 

 as C. Fraseriana.- 

 very remarkable pi 



CAElCA (a geographical 

 name). Passiflor&cece. Papaw. 

 Small trees, mostly with un- 

 branched trunks, the juice 

 milky. Lvs. near the top of the 

 trunk, alternate, large and vari- 

 ously lobed, soft, long-stalked : 

 plant usually dioecious: fls. in 

 racemes from the leaf -axils, the 

 staminate funnel-shaped and 

 bearing 10 anthers on the throat, 

 the pistillate larger and with 5 

 distinct petals and 1 pistil with 

 5-rayed stigma. There are about 

 20 species, in tropical 

 They have somewhat the aspect 

 of palms. Under glass in frosty 

 countries, the common C. Pa- 

 paya is frequent, and 

 is grown for its foliage 

 and interesting habit 

 (Fig. 363). In frost- 

 less countries, this spe- 

 cies is grown for its 

 fruit (Pig. 364), which 

 is oblong or egg- 

 shaped, a foot or so 

 long, orange - yellow 

 when ripe, thick-skin- 

 ned, with many small 

 black seeds. The young 

 fruit is cooked 

 eaten, and the ripe 

 fniit is eaten by na- 

 tives. 



L. H. B. 



jited 



361. Carex longirostris (X J^). 





as is a rich loam, having perfect drainage. 



jm is succulent and tender, great care is nec- 

 avoid bruising ; hence pot-grown plants are 

 mucn to be prefi-rrcil to spellings from the open 

 ground. Sccils sImmiM h.- sih .tiil from the best and 

 largest fruits and s'lwn in a will worked bed under a 

 slight sha<b'. II sr. ds aiv ,|ndr dry ur old, they should 

 be soaked in waini watir In I'.ur sowing. The seed- 

 ling plants are di-licate, ami rci|uire close watching at 

 first to avoid damping-off. Soon as plants are well 

 up remove the shading, and after the third leaf ap- 

 pears they may be pricked out into a larger bed, or bet- 

 ter, potted off in fairly rich soil. After plants are a 

 few weeks old. and have been shifted once into larger 

 pots, they may be set permanently outdoors in the 

 tropics. Caricas seldom branch, but usually grow up- 

 right like a palm, hence cuttings are not often avail- 

 able. Sometimes small bramdirs form, and these may 

 be cut off and as readily rootid as nii-^t tiopical deco- 

 rative plants, provided the cnitinL' is not too young 

 and tender. In temperate climatis. t'aricas have been 



