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PASSIFLORA fcetida. 



Stinking Passionflower. 



ArONADELPHIA PEXTANDRI^. 



Y ^^i^i* ord. Passiplore^. Jussieu hi Annales du Museum. G, 102. 



PASSIFLORA. Supri voL l/foL 13. 



P./cetida, foliis trilobis cordatis pilosis, involucris multifido-capillaributt 



Lin. amcen, acacL 1, 228. L lO.Jl 17- 

 Passiflora foetida. Lin. sp. pL 2. 1359- MUL diet. ed. 8. n. 7. Giescch ic. 

 Jasc. 1, L 20. Cavan. diss. 10- 458. ^289. Miss Laivr. passionk, Uort^ 



Kew. 3- \0.€d.2.4-. 153. 

 Passiflora hirsuta, Loddiges's botan. cabinet, (nee aliorum). 

 Passiflora vesjcaria, florum involucris .^tnphyllis multifido-capillarlbw* 



Browne jam, 327. 

 Flos passioiiis albus reticulatus, Herm.par. 173. U 173- 

 Clematis indica hirsuta foetida. Plum. amer. 71- 1* 86. 



Perennisy herbacea, sahorgyalis^ tola pilis ereciis hirsuta. Fol- dtstantia^ 

 longiora iniervaUis, molUa, fiavo-virentia^ triloba^ cordato^iastata^ subtri" 

 uncialia repando-subdentataj dcntibus setula v. mucronulo herbaceo pr^rjixis^ 

 lobis acumiitatiSf S-nervta, subtus pulescentiam translucentia : petioli egian* 

 didosi, crassiusculi, subtereteSf ytervosiy duplojere breviores lamina: stipulee 

 lato-'SeniisagitfatiBy herbacetSy breves, ciliato-multifidie. Flores axUlarcs^ sub* 

 solitarii, graveolenies^ tenerrimiy Jkgacissimiy diametro 2 unciarum: pedunculi 

 eglandulosiy JUiformeSy strictif triplo graciliores at tongiores peiiolo, brevioret 

 Jblio, patentes. lv\\ oluQiMm Jlore majus^ ^-pkjfUum^ kerbaceumf Jiavo'virent^ 

 cali/ci subcontiguum, patentissimum, linean-multijidum. Cal. tencnutculust 

 basi intrusus, brevissime urceolatus^ extern^ viresccns, intern^ albus^ srg* 

 tnentis oblongis^ obtusis, subtus 3'nervibuSy nervo medio cartnato-prominente 

 piloso cornutO'fnucronato. Pet, alba, tenerrimoj ore iubi calycis imposiia^ 

 ietfualia etconformia segmentis calycis. Corona radiato^patentissima^ albo^et 

 violaceo variegata; radii exteriores biseriati^ lon^oreSf ^liformes, Jlexuosi ; 

 interiores ad eorum pede positiy brevissimi, plunseriatif subulati, compacti., 

 Nect. subbicameratum : septum exterius pede columns enatum^ subcoloratum^ 

 profundiusculvmy inlegemmum cum operculo brevi alba denticulato opposito 

 inclinatO'Connivens. CQ\\ivaf\a Jlavo-virens^ purpureo-punctata. Slyli otti- 

 cantesj patentissimi^ clavati: stig- subglobosa, viridta^ nutantta. Germ. 

 ovatumy viride, glaberrimum^ pauTo majus stigmaiibus* 



Native of the West Indies, cultivated by Miller at the 

 Chelsea Physic garden in 1731. Generally accounted 

 annual ; but we are assured by Messrs. Whitley and Co, 

 at vrhose nursery the drawing was taken in July last, that it 

 is perennial. Requires to be kept in the stove. The whole 

 plantj when touched, emits a rank herbaceous scent, resem- 

 bling that of the Common Dead Nettle. Miller describes 



