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PASSIFLORA holosericea. 



Velvet -leaved Passion - Hon-e) 





MOX ADELPI 1 1 A PESTASDR I A. 



PJSSiriORJ. Suprdfol. 13. 



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reflexo. 



Passitiora holosericea. Lin. sp. pi. 2. 1339. Mill. diet. cd. 8. n. <). 

 Hart. Kew. 3. 309. ed. % 4. 152. Caiamll. diss. 10. 459. 1. 1291. 



llilld. sp. pi. 3. 618. Miss Lawr. passion fl. 

 Granadilla folio hastato holosericeo, petalis candicantibus ; fi nib nil ex 

 purpureo et luteo variis. Marty n. dec. 5. 51. t. 51. 



Frutex excelsiiis scandens, ramosus, pubescens. Folia quadriuncialia v. 

 circiter, a/terna 9 distantia, ?nol/ia, cordato-triloba lobis hervo setacco-extante 

 arista t is extimis mancis medio ovato*ohfonga ac amine obtuso, tome n to brevi 

 vestita, subtus pallescentia et non longe pone sinus loborum areola parrel 

 dcglubita glandulam fuscam tenente (rariiis aliis pluribus huic const ellatini 

 circumpositisj obsita 9 basi dentibus 4 vet 2 extrorsian respicicntibus incisa ; 

 petiolus subsesquiuncialis glandulis bin is humentibus supra basin instrnctus. 

 n~ u: __*jj & r -flo7'i petiolos vix exsuperantes : pedicelli pedunculo 



f 



nfra ft 



vagis appressis sphacelatis mean tantummodo unica (involucri vice? ) stipati. 

 Flos transverse subbiuncialis, rotatus. Cal. ex! its virens, villosus, intus 



corollce concolo 

 rotundata. Cor 



foliolis 



cum ungue brevi : corona exterior partem brevier, erecto-patens, ex radiis 

 mimerosissimis, ordine densato circumstantibus, lineari-lanceolatis, cultrata- 

 compressis, infra purpureis erectis, supra fiavis refcxis ; interior parcior, 

 taxior, duplo brevior, erecta, ex radiis capillaceis lobo compresso truncato 

 capitatis ; intima memhranacea, plicata, lacero-truncata, nectario incumbens. 

 Reccptaculum concavum, purpureo punctatum, villoswn, opereulo incompleto 

 brevi crasso carnoso extiis striato luteo intils tomentoso albo a margine corona 

 intimce occulto vallatum. Stipes fructificationis maculatus y germine ter Ion- 

 gior : germ, viride, sphtericum, obsolete 3-lobum, lanuginosum : stigmata 

 orbiculata, pulvinata, pallide virentia. Anth. ochroleucce. 



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Although the blossom of the present species does not 

 display the splendid colours which distinguish that of the 

 greater portion of the genus, the delicacy of its form, its 

 abundance and long-continued succession, go far to atone 

 this failure. The stem is climbing, clothed with a dense 

 soft clown, and attains the length of twenty feet or 

 more, extending itself on all sides by slender numerously 

 flowered branches. The foliage is unequally trilobate, 



the side lobes beincr little more than the sites of obliterated 







