Carica
(erroneously supposed to be a native of Caria). Papaw-tree. Including Papaya. TRIBE Papayaceae. ORD. Passifloreae. A genus of stove evergreen fruit-trees, without branches, yielding an acrid milky juice. Leaves alternate, palmately lobed, standing on long terete petioles. They grow well in a rich, loamy soil. Cuttings of ripe shoots, if not deprived of their leaves, will root readily in a sandy soil, under a bell glass, and in a gentle bottom heat. They are grown in this country more as curiosities than for either ornament or utility.
C. candamarcensis (Candamarcan). Synonymous with C. cun dinamarcensis. C. cauliflora (stem-flowering). fl. yellowish; male peduncles usually five-flowered, rising from tubercles on the trunk. l. palmately five-lobed; intermediate lobes sinuated; segments lanceolate, acuminate. h. 10ft. to 20ft. South America, 1806.
C. cundinamarcensis (Cundinamarcan). fl. green. fr. yellow, edible. h. 6ft. Ecuador, 1874. SYN. C. candamarcensis. (B. M. 6198.) C. Papaya.* Common Papaw. fl. greenish; male ones corymbose. July. l. palmately seven-lobed; segments deeply lobed, oblong, acute. h. 10ft. to 20ft. South America, 1690. (B. M. 2898.)