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PASSIFLORA tuberosa. 



Forked-leaved Passionfloiver. 



MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Passiflore«. Jussieu in ann. mus. 6. 102. 

 PASSIFLORA. SuprA vol. l.fol. 1& 



Div. Foliis bilolis. 

 P. tuberosa 9 foliis bilobis eubtils glandulosis, lobfe oblong* erectis ; ptedim- 



culis geminis. Jac?. Aort* schcenb. 4. 49. *. 496. 

 PassiSora tuberosa. JF#W. ewtrn, 2. 697. 

 PassiHora punctata. Miss Laxvr. passionjl. Loddigcis hot. cabin, n. 101; 



(non altorumj. 



Frutex glabriusculu$ 9 radicibus tuberosum Rami compressi % anguioso^ 



striati. FoU oblonga, triloba cum lacinutd in im& jhrc& aristatd saputi* 



que rninutA lobhque t cuneato+acuminatis pterumque parallelis raruis di- 



varicatis tumque hbbreviatis. ^nervta^ bad rotundata. mftjdra sexundalia 



laiitudine 4-unciali t omnhtb viridia vel nunc disco paUentta^ junior a nunc 



hepatico-fuscescentia, subtus intra neroos 2 laterales bilineari'OceUata ocelli* 



remotis glandulosis concavis albts cavitate madentibus fusco+ntarginatis f 



2 ad bastnJbUi positis majoribus tympkH crystalling splenaentibus: petiolus 



eglandulosus brexris (semuncialis v. circji): Btipulae parva. lineari'Subulat& 9 



sape circum ramum falcato*reflex& : cirrhi simpUces. Pedunc, gemini.jili~ 



Ji>rmes u ehtstico~rigente*, l-fiori. subduplo longiores petiolo. bracteolis 3 



spar sis approximate inernbranaceis appressis lineari-snoutatis paulo infra ar* 



ticulum muniti. Flores dtametro biunciali v. drc& 9 cfdoroleuci extus obsoleto 



'purpura nimbati. Cal. urceolato~steUaius. coriaceus, urceolo brevissinto 



intus vividissinui virente fundo externe plano> segmentis cuneaio-ohlongis 



angusth obtusis \ uncitf longis, qudm petal* conformia concolora tenemma 



iripto majoribus: corona duplex^ bis brevior petalis, exterior numerosa simplex 



radiis coMiguh crassimcuhs cylindricis oMusulis introrsiim oblique truncatis 



iriferne vividS virentibus suprb albo et purpuro varie&atis, Interior plurimum 



brevior simplex radiis exterioris concolortbus pluries gracilioribus j&iformi- 



davatis erectis apice capitalis glandufoso~pruinatis. Operculum tnettmben* 



densi plicatum pruinosum viridt-jiaUescens puncticulh minutissimis densi con* 



spersums nectar* breoe 9 dissepimento brevi carnoso crasso obsolete dentato 



subduplicato introrstitn pruinoso* Column* parum brevior calyce; stipes 



glaber, pauRi brevior petalis; fiJ. ustulatorfuscescentes divaricato*recurva ; 



anth. ltneari-oblong& 9 ustulato-nigricantes f polline Jlavo. Germ, subrotun* 



dum f opaco'virescens* obsolete trigonum; styli horizontales, atro~purpuras+ 



centeSj duplo longiores genuine, fliformi-ciavati, intus sulcati: stigmata 



orhiculaia, puIvinato-pilea4a f cemua $ intensissimi vireniia. 



We find by a manuscript note of Mt. Dmnder's, that 

 relying upon a figure in Mis» Lawrance s desi^bs of this 

 :enus, he had been of opinion that our plant might be the 



Ussifloba capsularis, a species taken up by Linnaeus from 



