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PASSIFLORA minima. 
Curassoa Passionflower. 
MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Passirtoregx. Jussieu in Anuales du Muséum. 6. 102. 
PASSIFLORA. Supra vol, 1. fol, 13. 
P. minima, foliis trilobis glabris, lobis lanceolatis intermedio longiore, 
petiolis biglandulosis, pedunculis geminis longitudine petioli, floribus 
apetalis, caule basi suberoso, Willd. sp. pl. 3. 616. . 
Passitlora minima, Linn. sp. pl. 9. 1359. Aman. acad. 1. 299. t. 10. 
Jig. 19. Swartz obs. 338. Jacq. hort. t.20. Cavan. diss. 10. 144. 
t. 966. Hort. Kew. 3. 30y. ed. 2. 4. 151. Miss Lawr. passionfl, 
Passiflora hederafolia. p. Lamarck encyc. 3. 38. 1. 92; (sub Grena- 
dille}. 
P. fo) nitidis trilobis, medio angusto longiori, lateralibus quandoque 
auritis, fructu minore nitido baccato. Browne jam. 328. 
Caulis teres, glaber, 10-pedalis v. ultra, suffruticosus, deorsúm suberoso- 
corlicatus, Folia alterne distantia, saturatà viridia, subcordato-triloba, 
S-nervia, maximum 2 uncias cum dimidio longa, lobis integris acutis medio 
oblongo-lanceolato majore, lateralibus divaricatis, basi petiolo et margine vila 
losula ; petiolus semuncialis v. ultrà paulo infra laminam purpureo-biglandu- 
losus. Stipule parve, subulatee. Cirri intrapetiolares. Pe licelli axillares, 
Sepiàs gemini, uniflori, «quales petiolo at plurimüm graciliores, subpubes- 
centes, lazi, suprà medium crassiores et articulati. Involucrum O. Flores 
parvuli, luteo-virentes, Jragrantes, nutantes. Cal. viridis, Jirmilus, 5-fidus, 
patens, extús atro-purpurascens subdecemradiatus, tuberculo prominulo acutulo 
ad pedem singula divisure posito, fundus externe converus brevis et non in- 
trusus, lacinice ovato-oblonge, oblusulee. Cor. 0. Corona duplez, bis brevior 
calyce; radii extimi filiformes, obtusi, plurimi, proximi sed non contigui, 
infra erectiusculi indè recurwi, virides apice flavi, intimi. iisdem subalterni, 
duplo breviores et graciliores capitato-dilatati vel clavati, virides : operculum 
violaceum planum plicatum, Columna calycem subescedens, Fil. subulata ; 
anth. breves, oblongo-rotunde, polline flavo. Germ. globosum, glabrum, 
viride: styli cum stigmatibus capitato-clavati, diyaricati, Bacca spherica, 
violacea, glabra parva, viz piso major, 
The present species is among the oldest which inbabit 
our hothouses; having been introduced by Mr. Bentinck 
(afterwards Lord Portland) in 1690. Native of the dutch 
West India Island, Curacao, and according to Swartz of 
Jamaica. Very nearly akin to suberosa, but has a foliage 
more distinctly lobed, with the two narrower lobes. divari- 
cately elongated; a suffrutescent stem, which is corky and 
cracked in stripes at the base only, and a smaller blossom; 
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