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PASSIFLORA Murucuja. 



Tubular- crowned Passian/iower. Muruci^a, 



MONADELPHIA PEiVTA^fDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Passiflore^- Jnssieu in ann, du mns^e. 6- 102. 



PASSIFLORA, Suprd voL 1- foL 13. m6i conjungi potest character 

 sequem MuRucuj^ ^ Jussieuio separatus, '^ Corolla PassifloRjE colorata, 

 urceolo prsetere^ subtiis sulcato. Corona interior oon multipartita et triplex, 

 sed simplex indivisa erecta tubuloso-conica truncata circa germinis sti- 

 pitem connivens. Ctetera oraniad ut iu Passiflora/' Jussieu gen. 398. 



P. Murucnja, foliis bilobis obtusis, petiotis eglaadulosis corona campanulata 



truncata integerriroa. Willd. sp^ pL 3. 612, 

 Passiflora Murucuja. Lin. sp, pL ed, 2. 2, 1357- Amc^n, acad, 1. 223. tab* 



Vi.Jig. 10. Cavan. diss. 10. 456. f. 282- ^artz obs, 336, JSorL Ketv. 



ed. 2. 4- 150, 

 Murucuja ocellata- Persoon syn. 2, 222, 

 Murucuja. Jussieu gen. 398. 

 Passiflora foliis tenuioribus trinerviis bicomibus lunatis, sinu anteriori obtuse. 



Browne jam. 328. 12. 

 Murucuja folio lunato. Toumef. inst. 241. tab. 125 (optima). 

 Clematis indica, flore punieeo : folio luuato. Plum. amer. 72, t. 87- 



Fruticosa, rajnis ^cato-angulosis ghtbris, Fol. transversa ohlongatUf 

 divaricato-biloba, obsolete lunatay venosa, sesquiunciam latitudine semunciam 

 profunditate parum excedentia, apice emarginata setdque minutd prceji^ta^ 

 basi curve lent rotundata, ^nervia, scrobiculis paucis glandulosis vagis ma- 

 dentibus subtiis punctata^ lobis apice rotundatis: pet. eglandulosus brevior 

 pedunculis; stii^ui^ parvce, subulat(e. Tlores punicei, sub-unicolores^ recuivo- 

 stellati, uncid profundiores cum columna Q-unciali, soUtarii, axillarcs: ped. 

 snbloyigior robustiorquepetiolis semunciam vix excedenSf medio v. circa artictda- 

 tuSf bracteolis 3-3 minutis subulatis vagis appressis infra ariiculum. Cal- 

 frmixyr ; urceolus brev'i-cupulatviSt cxtus decits toroso-sulcatuSf iimbus recMiuo- 

 divaricatus segmentis ligulaio-attenuatis concavis acntulisy apice virenlibus. 

 Petala istis ^ parte fere breviora^ pauld angustiora, teneriora, unicohra, 

 lineari'oblonga^ obtusa^ explanato-patattia, summo urceolo inserta. Corona 

 simplex, concoloTt tubuloso'Conica, duplo fert calyce brevior erecta, plicis 

 5 obsoletiiis impressa, ore explicato eroso abrupto. Operculum pallid^ rubenSj 

 membranosumy totum secundum parietem urceoli dejicxum^ margine dentato- 

 ^sili Tcc7irvo- Nect. albicans, urceolo calycino conformed per septa 10 car- 

 nosa parallcla langitudinaliter in cellulas totidem divisum. Columna ^xscr/a, 

 glabra ; stipes longitudine calydSy gracilis, strictus, mbescens, germinc plurih 

 longior: ^L stipitis concolora, glabra, divaricato-recurvay subulata; anth; ^ 

 medio dorso appensas, cemius^ versatiles, UneaH-oblongiB, viridiuscultje, polline 

 luteo. Germ, viridissimum, glabrum, ovali-oblongum obsolete subtrigonum: 

 styli germine tongiores, pnnicei, compresso-filifovmes, graciliores; stigmata 

 suh-capitato-ovata, atro-rubcntia, oblique truncata cum disco depresso. 



It is the fii-st time that we meet this handsome species 

 in flower, though it is stated in the Hortus Kewensis to 



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