50 COMMON MELON OR PAPAW TREE. 
leaves are the largest as well as their petioles the longest, 
and make a graceful sweep, like the long / or the branches 
of a sconce candlestick. The ripe and green fruit are 
placed round about the stem or trunk, from the lowermost 
leaves, and upwards almost to the top. It is always green, 
ornamented at the same time with flowers and fruit.” 
Plate XCVI. 
The female tree on a reduced scale, a . The female flower of the natural 
size, b . A portion of the male raceme, of the natural size. 
