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PASSIFLORA picturata. 
Newmann’s Passionflower. 
A 
MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. PASSIFLOREÆ. Jussieu in ann. du musée. 6. 102. 
PASSIFLORA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 13; et vol. 7. fol. 574. 
Div. Foliis trilobis. - 
P. picturata, foliis discoloribus peltatis rotundato-trilobis, sinubus petiolis- 
que sub4glandulosis : stipulis involucrisque obtusè foliaceis : floribus so- 
litariis; calyce -eorollä coronáque reflexis, urceolo pluriès longioribus: 
columnä inclusà; operculo carnoso conico radiato-partito. 
Frutex volubilis. Fol. membranacea, discolora, peltata, subcordato-ro- 
tunda, 5-nervia, semitriloba lobis ovatis acutulis mucronulatis medio lon- 
giore erecto, callis exiguis subquaternis sub margine sinúum verruculata 
supra lurido-virentia, subtüs purpurascentia, diametro subtriuncialia: petioli 
subduplo breviores, filiformes, callis stipitatis subquaternis vagis u. per paria 
approximatis obsiti. Flores solitarii, diametro biuncialem excedente, ex- 
planato-reflexi; pedunculo rigente declinato-assurgente tereti viridi glabro. 
Involucr. 3-phyllum, flori approximatum et subæquale ; foliola herbacea, dis- 
colora, tenera, venosa, verticillata, elliptica, subinequalia, ambitu deflexa, 
apice rotundata, basi sape subcordata, obsolete petiolata. Cal. extüs glauco- 
virescens, intüs erubescens; urceolus limbo pluries brevior, 10-lineatus absque 
omni sulco vel protuberantiá, subtüs intrusus; limbus reflexus, segmentis li- 
neari-oblongis, supernè carinatis, rostro viridi compresse subulato carine 
continuo prefixis, intüs concaviusculis. Cor, roseo-pallescens, inflexione men- 
suráque calycis, tenerior, summo urceolo inserta, petala oblonga, plana, obtu- 
sissima, mutica. Corona violaceo et albo pulchré maculosa, reflexa, calyce 
duplo feré brevior, biseriato-radiata, radiis numerosis contiguis filiformibus 
obtusis; interioribus gracilioribus triploque fer brevioribus. Operculum ru- 
bro et melino varium, radiato-partitum, coroná duplo brevius, in conum erec- 
tum circa columne stipitem connivens, radiis corone crassioribus firmioribus 
sub4gone pressis, antice posticèque sulco levi exaratis, obtusis, basi concretis 
et ex margine interiore glandulosá salebrosá albicante septulo annulari stipitis 
incumbentibus. Nect. urceoli conformis sublutescens, septo carnoso crasso 
deflexo brevi concolori parietem infra operculum ambiente incomplete 
clausa. Columna inclusa glabra; stipes breviusculus, crassus pyramidatus 
infernè virens, supernè purpureo-punctatus, septulo prominulo operculi basi 
opposito annulatus: germ. ovatum glaucum opacum, stipite fer? duplo brevius: 
styli purpureo-maculati, ligulato-clavati, divaricati, germine duplo longiores, 
extús sulco exarati, disco stigmatoso pulvinato orbiculato prafixi. Fil. viren- 
tia, membranacea, lineari-ligulata: anth. luteo-virentes, oblongae, polline 
flavo granuloso. 
The drawing of this curious and ornamental plant was 
taken in the hothouse of Mr. Lee, of the Hammersmith 
Nursery, where it first flowered in September last. 
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