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PASSIFLORA ‘maliformis, ^ 
Apple-fruited Passionflower. 
MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA, 
PASSIFLORA. | Suprà vol. 1. fol. 13. 
Div. foliis indivisis. uu 
P. maliformis, foliis oblongo-ovatis cordatis triplinerviis venosis inte- 
gerrimis, petiolis biglandulosis, involucro triphyllo flore majore. 
Willd. sp. pl. 8. 608. 
Passiflora maliformis. Amen. acad. 1. 220. fig. 5. Linn. sp. pl. 9. 
1355. Hort. Kew. 3. 306. ed. 9. 4. 148. Jacq. hort. schanb. 2.27. 
t. 180. Andrews's reposit. 217 (in textú 207 sed malè.) Miss Lawr. 
` passionfl. 
Passiflora 4. foliis cordatis productis, petiolis biglandulis, fructu spharico, 
pericarpio duriore. Browne jam. 398. 
Clematitis indica latifolia, flore clavato, fructu maliformi. Plum. amer. 
67. t. 89. . 
Tota bra. Caulis teres, icosus, 12-20-pedalis, icem erassus, 
ME oe ramosts, eo ang pallido-fuscus. Folia ovato-oblonga, 
bast subcordata, acuta, integerrima, 9-nervia, irmula, suprà nitida, a 
reticelato-venosa, 4-6 uncias longa: petioli bsglandulosi (Jacq.), unciales : 
stipulee Janceolate, parabolice. Pedunculi petiolo duplo longiores, axillares, 
uniflori, solitarii, deflexi. Flores pendulo-cernui, potentissimi, indè reflect, 
Jfragrantes. Involucrum .3-phyllum, positum prozim® pon? calycem et sub- 
longius, herbaceum, rubro-nervosum, foliolis lato-ovatis, acutis, -sesquiuncia- 
yh eglandulosis, integerrimis. Cal. herbaceus, diametro fermê triunciali, 
$ parte urceolato-arctatus, intús supernà sanguineo-punctatus, seg- 
nedi ci D mceolatis, dorso medio carinatis, extern. setd mero principis 
continu apice prafizis. Cor. imposita calycis : similis calycs forma 
colore atque direciona sed brevior 2-8-plo angustior tenerior insignida punca 
tata et mutica, Corona S-plez, rubro violaceo et albo punctata aique annulata; 
exteriores radii duplo breviores proximis interioribus, subulato-filyformes reflexi 
et retorti in cincinnos ; interiores a'guamtes calycem, lineariesubulati, i- 
dali, compressi, numerosi, a parte compressa collaterales, erecti, patuli ; in- 
timi parvi, tuberculiformes, conici, parietem colli cavitatis calycine sine ordine 
obvestientes.. Operculum horizontale, accumbens annulo prominulo inferiori 
incrassate baseos columna. Septum album, parüm elevatum, cavum j- 
mum circinans.. Columna duplo v. ultra brevior calyce, teres, glabra, rul 
punctata, supra basin incrassata cinctague annulis duobus carnosis parùm dis- 
dantibus, inferiore marginato-ertenuato, superiore obtuso. Anth. luteæ. 
Stigmata viridia, anticè reniformi-obtusata, Germ. elliptico-oblongum, gla- 
brum. Bacca (Pepo) oblongo-v. oblato-rotunda, viridi-favescens, tectus core 
tice crasso solido subputamineo-indurato : pulpå seminum flavicante subacidâ, 
A climbing shrub, natural to many parts of the West 
Indies. In Jamaica it is frequent in the woods, where the 
