577 



PASSIFLORA lunata. 



Crescent- leaved Passionfiower, 



MONADELPHIA PENTANBRIA. 



Nat. ard. Passiflore^. Jnsiieu in atm, du mns6e. 6. 102. 

 PASSIFLORA. SuprA voi 1. fol. 13. et foL 574 hujw voL 



Div* Foliis bilobis. 

 P. lunata, foliis cordatis divaricato-bilobis obtusis glabris punctatis, petiolis 



eglandulosis, pedunculis axillaribus geminis^ filis coronx clavatis. Willd, 



sp. pL 3. 612. 

 Passiflora lunata. Smith ic. pict, 1. Hort, Kew. ed. 2. 4* 149. 

 Passiflora respertilio. Mi$s Lawr, ptusumfi. (non aiiarum), 

 PassiflonL biflora. Lamarck enctfc. 3. 36. Cavan, diss. 10. 457. t, 283. 

 Passiflora foliis bilobis glabris rigidis basi indivisis. Mill, diet, ed* 7. n. 13. 

 Granadilla folio lunato^ flore parvo albo» fnictA succulento ovato Houstoni* 



Martyn dec. 5. 52. t. 52. 



Frutex sempenirenSf excehiHa scandens. Ranus stAherbacei$ anguloto- 

 striatit^ suhgUArit, 'FoliaS^eniaf fflabriuscuhi, magnitudine varia^ floraUa 

 pvtnctis 9t^uniseriatis glandulosis madentUnu notata^ setA parvk nenmni 

 medium terminante : pet, brevis : stipulse parv^e, subukU^f integrnBf gkArts, 

 Pedunculi gemini, recurm, axiUares, hngiorei petiolo (^ uncue hngij, Jiti- 

 formes, rigMuscuHp bmuginoH, bracteolis 3 appresM vagis v. name $ub 

 ariiculo approzimattSp subulatis* Flores cemui, ckhroieutd, inodari, dia- 

 metro sesquirtncuB v* circd. Cat. crassiusculuM^ paUidi virescens, opacus^ 

 rotatus, uTceolo bremmmo piano basi extus tamlosOf segmentis siAcuneato- 

 obbn^is acumine brerd obtuso. Cor* pet. teneraj candicanHa, pellucentia, 

 eUiptica, cahfce bredara, vix angustiorat apice Mubdentata; nngue brew- 

 Mimo. Corona duplex, hitea; exterior \ bremor carolld, radOs numerosis 

 deTisis patentibus conipresso^lavatis apice cuneato obtuso intrarmm attenuatO' 

 truncate: interior 3-p&i bremor, mteo-virens, radiis capiHaceis erectis: 

 operculum nectario incumbens, membranaceum, plids densis proJundU. 

 Nectarium urceoh conforme, septo vallatum camo$o ereeto^ncurtescetite 

 toroso-plicato margine in aciem attenuato eroso; dor$o hUescens, Columna 

 coroWe <£quali8 ; stipes albicans, glaber, robustus, duplo gertnine hmgiar: 

 fi\> recarvo-patentia, aBncantia, linearia, planiuscula, obtusa, niHda ; anth. 

 oblong^y paulo supra basin darsi appensiE, ckloroleucm, potliue Jlavo. Germ* 

 paladh bUescens, pube tnmutd opacatum, ovali-oblongum, nbsoleth angulosum ; 

 styli paUidi virentes; compresso-clavati, stigmatibus pikato-capitatis prut- 

 nom viridtorihus. 



Native of Jamaica and Mexico. Introduced before 

 1733 by Dr- William Houston, by whom the seed was 

 gathered at Vera Cruz, and sent to the Chelsea Garden. 

 Pretty common in the hothouses of our collections, where 

 it flowers freely nearly the year round. Limala had been 



