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C. MoscHATA, B. G, "• Musk Melon." Hab. W. Indies. 

 Lagenaria ? ''Gourd." Hab. Asia. Varieties cultivated. 



PAPAYACE^. 



Carica papaya, L. " Papaw." Hab. All tropical countries. 

 The fruit is used as a vegetable, and the leaves are said to pos- 

 sess the peculiar property of rendering tender in a few hours the 

 toughest meat wrapped up in them. 



PASSIFLORACE^. 



Tacsonia ? 



Passiplora CtErulea, D, G. Hab. S. America. 

 P. LAURiPOLiA, Z>. G. Hab. West Indies. 



P. QUDRANGULARis, L. '' GreuadiUa Vine." Hab. W. Indies 

 and tropical America. 



CACTACE^. 



Melocactus COMMUNIS, Z). (7. (Cactus Melocactus, i.) "Turk's 



Head." Hab, West Indies. 

 Cereus triangularis, Haw. Hab. W. Indies and central America. 

 C. GRANDiFLORus, Haw, « ' Night-blooming Cereus." Hab. W. 



Indies. 

 Opuntia. tomentosa, D. G. *' Tall Prickly Pear." Hab. South 



America. 

 O. TUNA, Mill. " Small Prickly Pear." Hab. West Indies, 



flowers May. Very common. 

 0. cocciNELLiFERA, ikr27/. " Cochincal-plant." Hab. W.Indies 



and central America. 

 PiERESciA AcuLEATA, Mill. (Cactus Pcreskia, L.) ''Barbados 



Gooseberry." 



CRASSULACE^. 



Bryophyllum CALYCiNUM, /^S'a/^56. "Life Plant." Hab. Tropics 

 of both hemispheres. 



ECHEVERIA SANGUINEA. 

 E. METALLIC A. 



RiBEs GRossuLARiA, RcBm ct Sch. " Gooscbcrry." 

 R. RUBRUM, D. C. " Red Currant." 



