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PASSIFLORA quadrangularis. 



Square- stemmed Passion-flower or GranadUIa Fine. 



MONADELPIIIA rENTJXDRlA. 



PJSSIFLORJ. Suprafol 13. 



P. quadrangularis, foliis indivisis ovalibus subcordatis glabris, niulli- 

 jierviis, petioiis glandulosis, caule nicinbiaiiaceo-tctragono, sti;>ulis 



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ovali-oblo;^is. llort. Acre. 3. 306. 



'20. 



ora quadrangularis. Lin. sp. pi. 2. 1356. Mill. diet. ed. 8. n. 

 J acq. amer. 23]./. 143. pict. 113. t. '2 IS. Swart Z. obi. :):)2. 

 Sozcerbu in Lin. trans. '2.21. t.S.f.a. Catau. di*s. 10. 453. t. 



283. Wiild. ip. pi. 3. 008. Miss Lazcr. p>cissio)ili. JJort. Kew. td\ 



2. 4. 14S. 

 P. foliis aniplioribus cordatis, peUolis glantlulis sex, caule qiuuiiigono 



alato. Browne, jam. o l ll. 



I Caules 



quetrL J 

 petiolus scepitls utrinque 3-glandulosus : cirri longissimi : stipuhc ovato-lanceo- 



, latcc. Flos maximus, nutans, oblatus, patentissimus. Pedunc triqueter. In- 



volucr. 3-pliyUum ; fol. magna, ovalia, concava, basin versus scrrata. Pcdic. 

 teres, apice subaitenuatus. Cal.fol.e disco subspongioso extrorsum extenuata, 

 lata, lanceolalO'ClUptica, obtusa, mulica % intus albo-rosea. Cor. pet. smitta^ 

 serf, tenuiota angustioraque. Corona 5-plcx ; radii exter. biseriati, subrr 



serti, tereti-subulati, Jl 

 liformesj conici, input) 



eel i y 



mentum (pars speciei Jbrte propria) 

 contra po 



horizontale, introrsum a margine biseriate Sf incequahter denticulatd columruz 

 uecumbens. Nect. in f undo cavo urceoli, a sejrfo incompleto columnce contrario 

 transverse subbicameratunu Bacca magnit ttdinc Jcrma ovi o(orini y oblonga, 

 elliptica, luleo-virens. 



Much cultivated in the West Indies as an ornamental 



climber, especially tor arbours and covered walks, for which 

 it is eminently adapted by a rapid and extensive growth, 

 beautiful and fragrant bloom, and broad deep green foliage. 

 But as well as /tiurijb/tdoi'thc preceding article, it is said to 

 be peculiarly liable to be infested by the most noxious ser- 

 pents, who haunt it for the sake of the mice and squirrels 

 that feed upon the fruit, and are the favourite prey of these 

 reptiles. — Jacquin never saw our plant but in a culti- 

 vated state. Swartz makes it a native of the woods in the 

 HVest Indies. Yet neither he nor any author expressly 

 .states the having seen it, or even heard of its having been 



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