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CARICA Papaya; fcemina. 
Papaw Tree; fertile flowered plant. 
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DIECIA DECANDRIA, 
Nat. ord. CUCURBITACER. Jussieu gen. 399. Div. V. Genera Cu- 
curbitaceis aflinia, germine supero precipué distincta. ; 
CARICA, Cal. minimus 5-dentatus, Masc. Cor. monopetala tubulosa 
infundibuliformis, limbo 5-lobo. Stam. fauci corollz inserta; alterna jila- 
mentis duplo brevioribus, calycinis laciniis opposita; anth.. erecte oblong. 
Fam. Cor. 5-partita. Germ. superum oblongum; styli_5 breves; stigmata 
dilatata compressa, cristata. Bacca maxima cucumerina aut ovata, 5-sul- 
cata, oblonga, ints pulposa 1-loc. ad parietes 5-placentaris polysperma} 
sem. numerosa, arillata, arillo testam fragilem rugosam 1-spermam obyolvente. 
Embryo planus in albumine compresso carnoso oleoso. Arbores succo lac- 
tescente glutinoso, ligno fungoso levi, trunco indiviso aut rariis ramoso, 
subspinoso aut sepius inermi et pristinorum foliorum vestigtis tantiim scabro; 
fol. terminalia conferta alterna longé petiolata, digitata aut sepiis palmata 
et subtus in nervorum concursi subsquamulosa; flores axillares, MASCULI 
in longis pedunculis racemost penduli aut erectit, FOPMINET pedunculo eras- 
siort breviort et paucifloro insidentes; quidam interdum HERMAPHRO- 
DIT in foemineis arboribus observante Trewio, in masculis memorante Com- 
mersonio; fructus esculentus peponiformis, Juss. 1, c. (sub Papaya). 
C. Papaya, foliis palmatis septemlobis, lobo intermedio sinuato, laciniis 
oblongis acutis, floribus masculis corymbosis. Willd. sp. pl. 4, 814. 
Carjca Papaya. Linn, sp, pl. 2, 2.1466. Mill. dict. ed, 8. n.1. Hughes 
barbad. 181.14, 15, Hort. Kew. ed. 2.5. 399. Smith in Rees’s cyelop. 
in loco. Kunth nov, gen. et spec. 2. 99. 
Papaya vulgaris. Lamarck illustr, tab. 821. 
Papaya Carica, Gertn. sem. 2. 191, t. 122. fig. 2. 
Carica fronde comosa, foliis peltatis:; lobis varié sinuatis. Browne jam. 360. 
Arbor Platani folio, fructu Peponis magnitudine eduli. Merian surinam. 40. 
t. 40. et tabb. 62, 64. 
Papaya-maram, Itheede mal. 1. 23, t. 18. fig. 1. 9. 
( Mas.) Ambapaya. Fheede mal. 1. 21. t. 15. fig. 2. ay 
Papaya mas, Hhret pict. t. 3. fig. 1. Rumph. amb, 1. 145, tt. 60. a1. 
(Fem.) Papaya fructu oblongo melonis effigie. Z'rew ehret. t. 7. 
The separate flower and pistil at the bottom of the na- 
nexed Plate are represented of the natural dimensions, but 
the principal figure is diminished in the proportion which 
these flowers bear to those in their places on the plate, 
that the general appearance of the tree might be shown 
in our page. : 
The drawing was taken from a sample produced in the 
Duke of Northumberland’s garden near Brentford, where 
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