m 



overlooked at the time the name 



.ychina was given the 



species, m allusion to its beautiful blue colour, and 

 too late to remedy the oversight. I however trust there will 

 be plenty of opportunities of recognizing the merits of Mr. 

 Sulivan— to whose zeal, intelligence, and activity in the pro- 

 motion of science, no one can be more ready to bear testimony 

 than myself. "^ 



" For this pretty addition to our collection of Passifloras, 

 we are indebted to Bartholomew James Sulivan, Esq., 

 of H. M.S. the Beagle, who procured the seeds, with others 



now 



from the Bot 



Garden at Rio de Jl 



1827. and 



presented them, on his return, to Sir Charles Lemon, Bart 



M.P., in whose gard 

 plant originated. 



Carclew, Cornwall, the present 



It 



It appears to be different from any of the 



speci 



hitherto introduced, and is distinguished principally by 



long, round, slend 



branches 



flowers ; thin leaves ; and peculiar od 



succeed in the green-house or conservatory, 

 ascertained : as ' " 



small purplish coloured 



Whether it will 



be 



remains 



figure and description were mad 



the plant from which the accompanying 



the 



been 



tantly tept 



It has spread over a considerable part of the 



house, intermixed with Qukqualis Indica and 



Passifli 



racemosa, and it is worthy of remark that where it was 

 pruned and trained with 



flower 



be 



while the shoots which were allowed to ramble are profusely 

 studded with delicate blossoms. 



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nl^ "J^^ '^^ 'V"/'^ ^^^ ^f a glaucous green colour, wher 

 Th. ^ T^' ""^ ^ ^''^^* ^'^^°' ^^^ ^s sightly channeled 



The branches are long and slender 



The stipules are mostly 



deciduoiis, being only to be met with towar<fs the extremity 



sLllt', .V*^y-"^ ™^"' "•'"l"* and angular, with 1 



small ansta at the point ; their colour is a pale glaucous green. 

 The haves are three-lobed, not very strong ; on the upper- 



m,..h 5i "* '?'~,"' ^°*' "^ ^ -J^^P g'^™ r the nnder-side is 

 much paler and glaucous ; the hbes flat, oblong, and blunt 



Its \ *': "l<l<lle lobe the largest, with a conspicuous 



Cp" l""!? "'"^"''- /'^^^' '""^^ i° *e margin of the 



an JSJ?" * ''^7'°? '^°'" ^° «'='' to two inches in length, 

 and having usually tlree pair of elevated top-shaped glands 



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