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PASSIFLQRA gracilis. 
Slender Pctssion-Jlower. 
, ' MONAD^LPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Passitlore^. Juss in ann. mus. 6. 102. 
PASSIFLORA. Supidvol.1, fol.l3. 
P. gracilis, foliis subcordatis trilobis, lobis rotundatis biglandulosis, p^itn^ 
culis axillaribus solitariis, floribus apetalis. Link cnum. 2. 182. 
Annua. Caules graciles, teretes, glahcrrimi. Folia longl pedtmculataf 
cor data, triloba, lobis rotundatis, biglandulosis, intermedia scepius retuso. 
Flores solitarii, pallid^ virides, foliis breviores. Calyx planus, rotatus, 
quinqu^artitus, laciniis patentibus, a laid basi lanccolatisp eanaHcKlatiif 
radio longioribus. Petala nulla. Kadius serie timplici pobfphylbUf 4JBqwilis, 
patens : johidi* fi lifmrmibm. Membrana mroxima fare a bast cahfcis inte- 
rioref '4lieSlFBSr'J^U!ata, margine eroso. Inter basin membranm et $tipiti$ 
imdio adest annulus camosns cyathiformis, lined elevatd mimore extns ctr- 
okmdattu. Stipes cylindraceus, erectus, nudus. Stamina brema, recurva: 
antheris ovato-oblongis cordatis. Ovarium subsessile, ovale. ^ty\\ refracti, 
ovarii lonpitudine. Semina ovata^ vtrinque acuta, compressa, facie utrdque 
a centro foveaio sex radiatd. 
A curious species of Passion-flower, described, we be- 
lieve, only in the very useful work above quoted, where it is 
erroneously marked as a shrub. It was raised, from seeds 
sent to this country by Professor Treviranus, at Mr. Colviil's 
nursery, where our drawing was made last August. • 
A little annual plant, producing its flowers in two 
months after being sown, and ripening its seeds readily. Its 
native country is uncertain. 
With P. hirsuta, gracilis, augustifolia, suberosa, minima, 
peltata, and some others, it forms a very natural assemblage; 
remarkable for the absence of petals,' and for the genial 
minuteness of the parts of fructification. 
«S^m* slender, round, quite smooth, as is eveiy part of 
the plant. Leaves on long stalks, cordate, three-lobed ; the 
lohes rounded, and having two glands; the middle lobe 
generally blunted. Flowers solitaiy, pale green, shorter 
than the leaves. Cali/x flat, rotate, S-parted ; the segments 
spreading, from a broad base lanceolate, channelled, longer 
than the ray. Petals O. Rai/ many leaved, in a single row. 
