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im ^ > -PASSIFLORA rubra. 
von. Redffujted. Passionflower. . 
"n MONADELPHÍA. PENTANDRYA. 
U PASSIFLORA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 18. 
. ' Div. Foliis bilobis. * 
"P. nibra, foliis cordatis bilobis acutis mucronatis subtìs pubescentibus, 
či petiolis eglandulosis, fructi obovato. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 611. : 
Passiflora rubra. Amen. acad. t. 222. fig.9. Linn. sp. pl. 2. 1356. 
. Swartz. obs. 336, Jacq. ic. rar. 1. t. 186. * Coll. 1. 136. Cavan. 
. diss, 10. 445. t. 268. .. Hort. Kew. 3. 307. ed. 2. 4. 149. Miis 
Lawr. pasionf . 
P. folis tenuioribus trinerviis bicornibus lunatis: sinu anteriore obtuso. 
'U Browne jam. 398. ' ‘ . 
Clematitis mdica, flore clavato suaverubente, fructu hexagono coccineo, 
- "folio bicomi. Plum. amer. 68. t. 83. 
Flos: passionis folii media lacinia quasi abscissa, flore minore carneo. 
+, Sloane jam. 1. 999. 
Herbacea, perennis, altitudinem biorgyalem v. ultra attingens, villosa. 
"Caulis ramosus; rami flexuosi, hirsutis villosi, angulati, rubentes. Folia 
denta, mollius villosa, subcordata, semitruncato-biloba lobis bicorni-distantibus 
antrorsim flexis acuminatis mucronulatis sinu lato lunato distinctis et interdüm 
án medio sinüs altero tertio brevi aique obsoleto interceptis, rubro-trinervia : 
tioli Tereles, lazati, patentes, rubentes, eglandulosi, pilosi, folió plwriês 
Eines + stipule bine laterifolie, subulato-lineares, parom, rubre. Pe- 
dlunculi solitarii (modo. trini aggregati? ) 1:ffori, axillares, folio: breviores. 
Flores nutanies, subrubentes, sesquiunciam circa transversi, subodori, fupacis- 
sini. Cal. rotatus, €xternê villosus, herbaceo-pallescens, rubro-striatus, disco 
subierceolato-arctabís, subtus. gibboso-prominens et o centrali inirusus, 
segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis.: Cor. tenuior, pallidowordescens, lacinia seg- 
mentis .calycinis 2-8-plo angustiores, lineares. Corona subroseo-rubescens ; 
radii exteriores param. breviores, calyci, numerosi, serie simplici densati, 
erecto-patentes, filiformi-attenuati, obtusi ; interiores minuti sic ut non nisi 
accurate perscrutanti obvii, pede exteriorum altern® positi : operculum nudum 
plicatum membranosum incumbens nectario profundè depresso, Recept. co- 
umnæ glabrum, zonatum dissepimento crasso albo;` stipes ruber, glaber, 
maculatus, germine viz alterá vice ior. Germ. ellipticum, sericeo-hirsu- 
fum, canescens. Anth. oblonge, virides. Stigmata subpileato-capitata, or 
biculata, depressa, fulva. Pepo oblongo-rotundus v. ovato-oblongus, sepits 
sulcis senis prominulis subhexagonus, ruber, pubescens, parenchymate corticis 
coriacei albicante ; mod in segmentis senis sponte dehiscens? Sem. migra, 
A West Indian species, found abundantly in the island 
of Jamaica, where it is popularly called “* The Bull-hoof,” 
also “ Dutchman's Laudanum.” The first name has been 
most probably suggested by the form of the leaf; the other 
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