290 PASSIFLORBJ!. 



Emhryo in the axis of albumen. — Milky trees ; stems usually simple ; leaves palmatinerved, 

 exstv/mlate. 



The milky juice of theVa.f&w {Carica. Papaya) has the property of rendering meat tender. 

 Its eatable fruit contains fibrine. 



1. CARICA, L. 



Calyx minute, 5-dentate. Corolla of $ infundibular, in $ formed of distinct, valvate 

 petals. Siamem biseriate, inserted into the throat of the corolla. Ovary unilocular. — 

 Leaves large; ilowers usually dioeciouSyin corymbs. 

 ^ 1. O. Papaya, L. Unarmed, dioecious ; stem simple ; leaves deeply 7-lobed, glabrous : 

 lobes pinnatifid, pointed ; corymbs axillary, $ in interrupted panicles ; fruit large, oiovoid. 

 —Fuss. Fl. 3. t. 10, 11. Sesc. Fl. 1. t. 47, 4S.— 10'-20' high; leaves often 2' diam.; $= 

 flowers 1" long ; fruit yellow, 6" long. — Hae. Jamaica I, Dist. Al., naturalized and wild 

 {P.Br.); Antigua!, Wullschl. ; [Venezuela.!, cultivated in all tropical countries]. 



2. O. cauliflora, Jacq. "Unarmed, dioecious; leaves 5-lobed : larger lobes pinnati. 

 fid, pointed ; corymbs simple, proceeding from the bark of the simple stem ; fruit ovate, 

 pointed." — Jacq. PI. Schoenbr. 3. t. 311. — Hab. Trinidad {Don) ; [Venezuela]. 



3; C. prosoposa, Z. {ex syn. P. Br.). "Stem low, branched; leaves palmatifld: 

 lobes entire ; fruit globose." — lam. M. Jam. p. 38. — " Stem 4'-5' high ;. fruit size of a 

 walnut {St.), 3'' diam. {Imn.)." — Hab. Jamaica {SI., P. Br.), common in the inland-woods. 



LXXIX. PASSIFLOKE^. 



Petals inserted into the calyx-tube, or wanting. Stamens inserted into the gynophore or 

 outside of a disc, opposite to the calyx-segments, rarely co . Pistil paracarpous : ovary su- 

 perior, unilocular: placentas mostly many-ovulate : stigmas usually distinct. Embryo in 

 the axis of albumen. — Leaves mostly stipulate. 



The berry of some Passiflorce is eatable, but other species are said to possess narcotic pro- 

 perties, and ai-e employed as medicinal plants. 



1. PASSIFLOKA, L. 

 (Murucuja, Juss^ 

 Calyx 5 (-4) -partite or deeply lobed . lube furnished with a crown, which is usually com- 

 posed of many filiform rays. Stamens 5 (-4), inserted upon the upper part of the gynophore, 

 (rarely hypogynous, if the gynophore is wanting). Styles and placentas 3. Pericarp bac- 

 cate. Seeds scrobiculate. — The West Indian species are cirrbiferous, herbaceous, or shrubby 

 vines, scandent by axillary tendrils. " 



Sect, 1. CiECA. Calyx 5 -partite : crown S{-2)-seriate, exterior or both exterior ones 

 flamentose. Corolla 0. — Petioles biglandular -. stipules linear-setaceous orminute ; pedi- 

 cels single or fascicled : joint distant from the flower : bracteoles at the joint minute or 

 none ; calyx rotate, yellowish-green : crown tinged with blue or red. 



1. P. minima, L. Glabrescent; bark at length corky; leaves roundish or ovate, 3- 

 lobed or subentire : lobes ovate-oblong : petiole biglandular above the middle : glands stipi- 

 tate, mceolate; pedicels 1-2; calyx small, yellowish : segments twice as long as the crown ■ 

 berry globose, 4 times as long as the carpophore.— /acy. H. Find. t. 20. Cav Diss lo' 

 t. 266.— Annual ; leaves (as in most species) variable, 2"-l" diam. : petiolar glmids either 

 at the top of the^petiole or l"'-2"' distant from it ; joint ]"'-2"' distant from the top of the 

 pedicel; calyx 6"'-8"', berry 5'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica I, P*?.,^;.,- [Cuba I, Haiti, Cura9ao]. 



2. P. suberosa, £. Glabrescent; bark corky; leaves roundish or ovate S-lobed- 

 lobes ovate or oblong (rarely lanceolate) : petiole biglandular above the middle • glands sub- 

 sessile; pedicels 2-1; calyx yellowish : crown short; berry owV^, nearly twice as long as 

 the carpophore.— /acy. JS. Vmd. t. 163. Cav. Diss. lO.if. 265.— Pedicels jointed 2'" be- 

 low their top ; calyx variable in size, usually 12'" diam. (or 6"'-16"0 ; berry 6"'-6"' (-10'") 

 long, 8"'-5™ broad.— Hab. Jamaica!, Dist., Pd., common in crevices of rooky banks- 

 Antigua I, Wullschl.; Dominica !, Jmr. ,■ [Panama !, Venezuela 1]. ' 



