56 PASSIFLORE. 
the heat must be reduced to about 50°, so as to check and stop 
the growth. This being effected, the shoots must be well cut 
in. As little old wood as possible, besides the main stem, which 
rises from the pit to the glass, and a few pieces (about 2 or 3 
feet of each) of the old branches should be retained; for all 
that is to be trained under the glass to bear in each year, ought 
to be the growth of the same season. It is found that the shoots 
break better and in greater quantity from the older wood than 
from that of two years’ standing. In this dormant and reduced 
state it is to be kept during January and February, after which 
the necessary heat may be applied to cause it to resume its 
functions for the ensuing season. 
IV. DISE’MMA (from éce, dis, two, and oreppa, stemma, a 
crown; in reference to the crown of the flower being double, or 
in two). Lab. sert. caled. p. 78. D.C. prod. 3. p. 332. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Pentandria. Tube of calyx short, 
furrowed below. Crown of throat double ; outer one composed 
of distinct filamentous threads ; inner one tubular, with an entire 
or toothed border. The rest as in Passiflora. All the species 
are either natives of New Holland or New Caledonia. 
* Petioles biglandular at the apex. 
1 D. avra’nt1a (Labill. caled. t. 79.) leaves glabrous, ovate 
at the base, broadly 3-lobed; lobes obtuse, middle lobe the 
longest : lateral ones furnished with a kind of appendage each 
on the outside ; bracteas bristle-formed, glandular at the apex, 
rather remote from the flower; petioles biglandular at the apex ; 
threads of outer crown about equal in length to the inner lobes 
of the calyx or petals. h., G. Native of New Caledonia. 
Passiflora aurantia. Forst. prod. p. 326. Cav. diss. 10. p. 
457. Muructja aurantia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 222. Flowers orange- 
coloured, with the tube of the inner crown green, longer than the 
simple upright rays that surround it. 
Orange-flowered Disemma. Shrub cl. 
2 D. Herszertia'na (D. C. prod. 3. p. 332.) leaves pubes- 
cent, cordate at the base, broadly 3-lobed ; lobes ovate, acutish ; 
petioles biglandular at the apex; pedicels twin, 1-flowered ; 
bracteas bristle-formed, very remote from the flower; threads 
of outer crown 3 or 4-times shorter than the inner calycine lobes 
or petals. h. G. Native of New Holland, in the interior. 
Passiflora Herbertiana, Ker. bot. reg. 737. Murucdja Her- 
bertiana, Sweet. Flowers white and greenish, with the crown 
yellow. 
Var. B, Caleyana (D. C. prod. 3. p. 333.) leaves semiorbi- 
cular at the base, hardly subcordate; bracteoles situated in the 
middle of the pedicel. kh. VY. G. Native of New Holland. 
Passiflora biglanduldsa, Caley. in herb. Lamb. Perhaps a pro- 
per species. 
Herbert's Disemma. FI. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1821. Shrub cl. 
3 D. Bave'‘r1; leaves 3-lobed, sparingly glandular beneath ; 
lobes oblong, retuse, middle one more prolonged ; bracteas and 
stipulas setaceous ; rays filiform, longer than the corolla, which 
is plicate; disk 5-lobed. h. „G. Native of Norfolk Island. 
Fruit oval, blood-coloured. Flowers at first pale yellow, but at 
length orange-coloured, with the segments keeled and rather 
undulated, green on the outside. Muructja Bauéri, Lindl. 
coll. t. 36. 
Bauer’s Disemma. Shrub cl. 
4 D. coccinea (D.C. prod. 3. p. 333.) leaves glabrous, glan- 
dular beneath, cuneated at the base, 3-nerved, bluntly 3-lobed ; 
petioles biglandular at the apex, longer than the pedicels ; brac- 
teas subulate, scattered, remote from the flower. h.. S. 
Native of New Holland. Passiflora coccinea, Banks, but not of 
Aubl. Flowers scarlet. Crown short, double. Fruit globose. 
Scarlet-flowered Disemma. Shrub cl. 
IV. DisemMa. 
V. Murvcvasa. 
** Petioles glandless. 
5 D. aprantiroxt1a (D. C. 1. c.) leaves glabrous, glandular 
beneath, truncate at the base, 3-5-lobed ; lobes obtuse, some- 
what 3-lobed ; petioles glandless, a little longer than the pedicels; 
bracteas subulate, scattered. h. VU. G. Native of Norfolk | 
Island. Passifldra adiantifdlia, Ker. bot. reg. 233. Passi- | 
flòra aurantia, Andr. bot. rep. t. 295. but not of Forst. Passi- 
flòra glabra, Wendl. coll. 1. t. 17. Passiflòra Adiantum, Willd. 
enum. 698. Murucija adiantif dlia, Sweet. Flowers yellow at 
first, fading to an orange-colour, with the inner crown green, 
longer than the purple rays that surround it. 
Adiantum-leaved Disemma. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1792. Sh.cl. 
Cult. See Passiflora, p. 55. for culture and propagation. 
Splendid and curious climbing shrubs. 
V. MURUCU‘A (a name given to many species of Passion- 
flower, especially those with edible fruit, by the natives of Brazil). 
Tourn. inst. t. 215. Juss. gen. p. 398. D.C. prod. 3. p. 333, 
Liv. syst. Monadélphia, Pentdndria. Tube of calyx fur- 
rowed below. Crown of throat simple, erect, tubularly-conical, 
truncate (f. 5. b. f. 6.c.); threads of crown not free, but joined 
together into a tube.—Habit of Passiflora. Petioles glandless. 
—Species all natives of the West Indies. 
Secr. I. Penra‘rra (from zevre, pente, five ; calyx 5-lobed). | 
D. C. prod. 3. p. 333. Calyx 5-lobed (f. 5. a.). 
1 M. oxsicuta‘ra (Pers. ench. FI 
2. p. 222.) leaves glabrous, glan- 
dular beneath, 3-nerved, orbicu- 
lar, somewhat 3-lobed ; petioles 
glandless, twisted ; tendrils few ; 
bracteoles narrow, very acute. 
h. U.S. Native of St. Do- 
mingo. Passiflòra orbiculàta, 
Cav. diss. 10. t. 286. Flowers 
crimson. : 
Orbicular-leaved Murucuja. 
Shrub cl. 
Sect. II. Deca‘rra (from 
Oexa, deka, ten; in reference to 
the calyx being 10-lobed). D.C. 
prod. 3. p. 333. Calyx 10-lobed 
(f.6.a.); the 5 inner lobes probably petals. 
2 M. oceLLAa ra (Pers. l. c.) leaves glabrous, glandular be- 
neath, emarginate at the base, truncately 2-lobed at the apex; 
lobes obtuse, divaricate ; petioles FIG. 6 i 
glandless, shorter than the pedi- ous 
cels ; bracteas narrow, very acute. 
h. J. S. Native of the Antilles, 
in woods. Passiflora Murucija, 
Lin. ameen. 1. t. 10. f. 10. Cav. 
diss. 10. t. 287. Ker. bot. reg. 
t. 574. —Plum. amer. t. 87. 
Flowers deep red. Berry size of 
a pigeons egg, flesh-coloured 
when ripe. Both the syrup and 
decoction of the plant is much 
used in the leeward parts of Ja- 
maica, where it is frequent; and 
it is said to answer effectually all 
the purposes for which syrup of 
poppies and liquid laudanum are : 
generally administered. The flowers are most in use ; they are | 
commonly infused in, or powdered and mixed immediately with | 
