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XU. Flos paffionis major pentaphyllus. Cat. p. 104. An Paffiflora foliis lati- 
ovibus citins ficrens. Pluk. Alm, p.r8x 2 Clematis paffiflora pentaphylla, angufti- 
folia. Munt.p.53? Tab.1652 Flos paftionis pentaphyllus mvjor, auguftifolius 
femper virens. D. Kiggalaer. ib? 
‘Chis hasa green, almoft round Stalk, about the bignelS of a Goofe-Quill, 
mounting about any Tree it comes near, to twenty (fometimes more or lefs) 
Feet high, at every two Inches difltance, putting forth Leaves, Clavicles and 
Flowers. The Leaves ftand onan half Inch long, crooked, green Foot-Stalks, 
being divided even almoft to the Foot-Stalks end, into five very long, and 
narrow Sections, that in the middle, which is oppofite to the Foot-Stalk, is 
the longeft and narrowelt, being three Inches long, and about three quarters of 
an Inch broad, every Section having one middle, and fome tran{verfe Ribs 
of a dark green colour,and fmooth. Thofe Sections at Bafe are a little ear’d, 
and the whole Sections are entire and not ferrated. Oppofite to the Leaf is 
the Clavicle two or three Inches long, and taking hold of any thing it comes 
near. The Flower comes out in the middle between both, and ttands on 
an Inch long Foot-Stalk, is very large, and of the fame make with others 
of this Kind. 
It grows in the Woods going from the Town to Guanatoa, 
Pifo commends the Fruit of this in hor Difcafes, to cool and be ufed 
inftead of Currans or Berberis. 
The firft of thefe was eaten in New-Spain, being thought cooling, and 
they have in their Flowers, if one be aided by Picty, the Figures of the Sn- 
ftruments of the Paflion. The Fruit is not Savory to thoie who eat it at 
firft. Zertre. 
The Fruic is good in Fevers for the Spiritsand Appetite, and is pleafant, 
and withour naufcoutnefs in thofe ufing it. Rochef. The Rind and Flowers 
are preferv’d likewifc, and usd asthe Fruic. Rochef. 
XIV. Flos paffionis. folio hedsraceo angulofo, fatido. Cat. p. 104. Flos paffte- 
nis alius reticulatus Herm. par. Bat. p. 27}. 
This has a round woolly Stalk at every Inches interval, fending forth 
pretty {trong Clavicles, and reaching many paces in length. The ‘Leaf has 
two Kars, or is three-pointed like Ivy Leaves, downy and foft, like thofe 
of Althea, and of a very rank and offenfive {mell. ‘The Flower is like o- 
thers of this Kind, of the fame colour with the ordinary. After thefe fuc- 
ceeds a round, hollow, reddifh Fruit, in the Cavity of which are Seeds, 
{ticking to the infide in rows, each Sced being inclofed in a white Skin, and 
the Fruit having a Fringe, Filament, or Leaves under it, like the Seed-Vel- 
fel of Nigella Romana. a | 
It grows in Gullies near Mr. Ellet{on’s in Liguanece, Colonel Crem’'s in 
St. Dorothies, the Banks of the Rio Cobre below the Town, and in feveral 
other places of this Ifland very plencifully. 
It flowers in May. 
XV. Flos paffionis, folii media lacinia quaft abfcifsd, flore minove, carneo. Cat. 
p. 104. Granadilla flore fusverubente, folio bicorni. Tournef. El. p. x06. Inft. 
p.241. Paffflora Americana flore fuaverubente folio bicorni. Pluken. Mantifl: 
. 146. 
f The Stalk of this Plant is ftriated, redifh green coloured, and mounts 
very high by its Clavicles about any Tree near it, or creeps along the 
Ground, covering it for fome confiderable breadth, putting forth alterna- 
tively Leaves, Clavicles, and Flowers. The Leaves are large, of a whitifh 
green colour, having two points, and as it were a want or defect in room 
