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PASSIFLORA Vcspertillo. 



Night-blowing Passionjloiver. 



MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIJ. 



Nat ord PassiflorE-S:, Jussieu in ann. du mm. 0. 102. 

 PASSIFLORA. Suprd vol. l.fol 13; etfoL 574 vol imesa 



Dii9. Foliis bilobis. 

 P. Vespcrtilio, foliis cuneiformibus bilobis acuminatis divaricatis basi biglan- 



dulosis, petiolis eglandulosis, involucro niillo- Willd. sp, pL 3. 013- 

 Passiflora Vespertilio. Linn, am- acad. 1. 223. n^ 11, L 10. fiy. 11; itahm 



8. 262. n. 119. Ejusd. sp. pL ed. 2. 2. 1357. Milt. diet. ed. 0. n. 11. 



Cavan. diss. 10. 437. /. 271. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 150. Smith in Rees's 



cyclop, in loco. 

 Passiflora discolor. Link ahbild^ ausci'L geic. kdn. hot. g'orf. zu herl. 13. t. 5. 

 Granadilla bicornis, flore caudido: filamentis intortis. DHL elth. 1G4. 



Frutex alte scandenSy ramis compresso-ancipitihus qlahris foliisqne oh- 

 scure vircntibus. Fol. Iatissi7na, divaricato-bilobaf cum jormd fert arciis tcnsi 

 in transversum elmigata^ nncias 2-6w lata, altitndine bis sexicsve breviora, 

 infrd, cordata convexiusada , snprh subrectilineari-repanda vcl concaviuscula, 

 nervosa nervis principibus 3, subtiis lanuginc minutd vix senmbilithr pubes-- 

 centia ibidemque punctis ustulato-fuscis glandulam scccrncntem continentibus 

 (geminis consjncuioribns intra nenos 2 laterales ad nmrginem baseos po- 

 sitis, ca^teris vagis paucis) ocellata: lobi latemles oblongi acuininati obtnsi 

 mucronatiy medius oninino obliteratus mucronuh tantilm svperstite vcl 

 rudimentum breve rotnndatum: petiolus scmi-scsquiuncialis, JiUformis^ 

 suprd obsolete canaliculatus, Jlcxilis: folia juniora subiiis stepe pliis minus 

 rubedine tincta: stipulai subutatce parvulce: cxxxXn jiincttm cum Jlore axil- 

 lares. Pedunc. solitarii, l-JlOri, breviores folio, rnbicmndi, plnrimmi 

 graciliores petiolo, Jtlifoi-mes, elastico-rigcntes, ebracteati. Involucr. 0. 

 Flos noctumvsj unciam diametro paulo excedens, extus virescens, intils al- 

 bicans, invohito-emarcescens : cal, urceolato-rotatus, urceolo oblato ventri- 

 coso cxsulco 3-plo breviore scftmeniis oblong o-attenuaiis obtusis muticis 

 plants ecarinatis: cor. tenera, alba, limbo calycino co\ 



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interioribus conformibus erectiusctdis duplo brevimibns et ultrd rectisque apicc 

 glochidiformi: operculum albtiin profunde densique plicatum, septo brcvi car- 



diformi: operculum albxini profitndt denstqucj 

 noso parictali nectarii d margine interiori fornicato-iiicumhens. Nectar. 

 albicans septo simplici. Coluinna paulo calycc brevior, stipite subrubente 

 tereti glabra longiore gcrmine: germ, ovale, viride, glnhrum, opacum: siyli 

 pallidi, stigmate satitratiiis viridi pileato-capitati : fil. ligulata, virentia, 

 stipiti cequalia : anth. obtongce, pallidas. 



Perhaps the only plant of the species in the coiintiy, for 

 though cultivated near a century ago by Dr. Sherard, in 



