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PASSIFLORA perfoliate 

 •Perfoliate Passionflower. 



MONADELPHIA PENTANDR1A. 



PASSIFLORA. SuprHfol. 13. 



P. perforata, foliis cordatis bilobis obtusis mucronatis, siinimis sub- 

 amplexicaulibus, petiolis eglandulosis, calyce campanulato, petalia 

 caljcis Jaciniis dupfo longionbus. Witld. sp. pi. 3. (ill: (exct Sun. 



Mill. Diet.) ' J 



Passiflora perfoliate. Lin. sp. pi. 2. 1356. Aman. aend. 1.222. t. 



JO. /'. 8. Swartz obs. 3:34. Jacgr. Ao;tf. schawl). 2. 28. f. 182. 



#7//tf. sp. pi. S. <5ll. Andrews's reposit. 547. Mm Laur. pas- 



sionjl. llort, Kezo. <:d. 2. 4. 149. 

 P. normalis. IV Hid. phj/tog. 1.9. 

 P. foliis tr'Iobis : cruribus oblongis obtusis : intermedio fer£ obsoltto 



setulii terminate*. Browne jam. 328. 

 Flos pacsionis perfoliate s. periclymcni perfoliati folio. Shane jam. 1. 



230. f. 142./ 3. 4. 



Caules ramosi, suverne angulati, villosi. Folia allerna, svbtriloba, brevier, 

 latissima, transversim oblongata, basi cordata, trinervia, subtiis venosa, 

 glauca, punctis annularibus puncticidum elevatum cingentibus passim notata ; 

 lobi laterales simul rati circa 2 uncias transversi, ovato-oblortgi, divaricati ; 

 Jnterrnedius brevissivms obsolescent, erectus, omnes obtusissimi et setuld mi- 

 nuta terminaii. Lobi ambo sinus postici in summis foliis sic connivent ut 

 hcecce mentiantur perfoliate. Petioli villosi, sinu Jotiacco breviores assur- 

 gentes, sine glandulis. Stipulae parvce, subulatce. Yt dunculi axil/ares, 



solilarii geminive, bractcolis seia- 



Flores subsesquiunciulcs, punicci, 



I -fori, villosi, folio transverso breviores, 

 ceis (3i) nro involucre Cirrhi lon^issimi. 



erecti. Cal. 5fdus> fere pro dimidio cupulatun tubulosus, segmentis stel- 

 lato-patentibus, subulato-linearibus, coloratis. Corollae petala summo tnbo 

 calycis imposita, ejusque segmentis subduplo longiora, oblongo-lanccolata, 

 plana, acuta, erecto-pahda, a nascentia aperta, quod insolitum. Corona 

 duplex ; exterior divisa corolla basi imposita triploque brevior, arctc-con- 

 nivens, virens, margine coccinea, radii non nv.merosi, carnosuli, rigidiusculi, 

 obtusi,sccpe per alterna paria concreti; interior (v. operculum) membranacea, 

 arida, decolor, lacero-partita, dejiexa versus fundum lubi calycini. Septum 

 uectarii parietem tubi parum supra basin cotumnce circinans. Column* ex- 

 serta : stipes teres, gracilis, corollam fere cequans, glaber, genuine plunks 



longior: anth. Iineari-oblongce t verticali-versatiles, virides. Germ. glabruMi 

 stig. oblique capitata, Irilobo-emarginata, virentia. 



The Jlower of this species has several features which dis- 

 tinguish it strongly from that of the others of the genus in 

 this work ; it is open from the time of its appearance in 

 the hud-state ; the disk of the calyx rises into a cupular 

 tube for nearly half the length ; the petals are longer and 



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