PASSIFLOREiE. 293 



2"-3", flowers ] 6'", berry 3'" diam. ; carpophore 5'" long. — Hab. Dominical, Imr. ; S. 

 Vincent !, Guild. ; [Venezuela !, New Granada !]. 



17- P. biflora, Lam. Glabrescent ; stem angular ; leaves half-roundish, obsoletely , 

 3(-2)-lobed or repand at the broadly truncate top, ocellated with scattered glands beneath -. 

 lateral lobes or angles spreading; pedicels simple, 2-1 , jointed above the middle ; calyx 

 exceeding the whitish corolla : exterior filaments of the 3-seriate crown nearly as long as the 

 petals; berry (immature) globose, glabrous, shorter than the carpophore. — Cat: Diss. 10. 

 t. 288.— P. hemicycla, Mey. /—Leaves 2"-lV' long, 4"-2" broad; flowers 10'"-12"' diam. 

 —Hab. Dominica!, Imr.; Trinidad!, Or.; [Guadeloupe !, Panama !, New Granada, Gui- 

 ana!]. 



18. P. triflora, 3Iacf. "Stem pubescent; leaves glabrescent, 3-lobed, subcordate, 

 ocellated beneath : lateral lobes diverging, acute, middle indistinct ; peduncles geminate, 

 ^-flowered; calyx exceeding the white corolla: exterior filaments of the 3-seriate crowu 

 purple, tipped with white." — From Macfadyen's description it seems to approach P. holo- 

 sericea, L. (of Mexico, Veraguas !, and Cuba !), which, however, has a biglandular petiole 

 and different leaves. — Hab. Jamaica (Mac/.), in the district of Portland. 



Sect. 4. Granadilla. — Calyx ^-partite, supported by a large, 3-leaved or 3-fld, persistent 

 involucel, Ike divisions of which are entire. Petals 5. Crown 3-5 -seriate : exterior 

 rows Jilamentose. — Petioles glanduliferous -. stipules elongated, often foliaceous ; pedicels 

 single, axillary. 



* Leaves entire, pinnatinerved. 



19. P. laurifolia, L. Glabrous ; stem cylindrical ; leaves oval, quite entire : petiole 

 biglandular at the top, as long as the spathulate-linear stipules ; involucel 3-leaved, equal- 

 ling the variegated flower : leaflets ovate, blunt, repand with large, marginal glands towards 

 the summit ; crown 3-seriate, as long as the flower ; berry large, ovoid. — Plum. Desc. t. 80. 

 Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 219. Desc. Fl. 1. t. 56.— Leaves 4"-2" long ; flower 2£"diam., white 

 with red blotches, and crown violet with white streaks ; petals equalling the calyx, a little 

 exceeded by the thickish filaments of the middle crown-row ; berry 3" long. — Hab. Antigua!, 

 Finl., Wullschl.; cultivated in Jamaica ; [Guadeloupe !, New Granada !, Guiana !, Brazil!]. 



20. P. maliformis, L. Glabrous ; stem cylindrical ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 pointed, quite entire : petiole biglandular above the middle, exceeding the lanceolate-linear 

 stipules ; involucel 3-leaved, half as long again or twice as long as the variegated flower : 

 leaflets ovate, cuspidate, quite entire, membranaceous, puberulous within ; crown 3-seriate, 

 as long as the flower; berry "large, globose, impressed at the top." — Plum. Descr. t. 82. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 94.— P. ornata, Kth.— Leaves 6"-3" long ; flowers 2", involucre 3"-5" diam. ; 

 middle crown-row as long as the flower; berry " size of a small apple." — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Waters; Antigua!, Wullschl.; [Haiti ! to New Granada !]. 



21. P. quadrangularis, Z. Glabrous ; stem 4-winged ; leaves ovate-roundish, sub- 

 cordate at the base, mucronate, quite entire, arch-veined : petiole bearing 2-3 gland-pairs 

 at and below the summit, exceeding the large, ovate or ovate-oblong stipules ; invohicel 

 3-leaved, exceeded by the variegated flower: leaflets ovate, pointed, quite entire, membra- 

 naceous ; crown 5-seriate : two exterior rows exceeding the flower ; berry large, ovoid. — 

 Cav. Diss. 10. t. 283. Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 218. — Variable in the size of flower and fruit. 

 Leaves 6"-3", stipules 1" long ; flowers 3"-5" (-2") diam. ; petals rosy : crown violet ; berry 

 5" long, or smaller. — Hab. Jamaica !, Waters, in woods and cultivated; [Cuba, Panama !, 

 Peru !, .Brazil !]. 



** Leaves palmatifid, pal matinerved. 



22. P. s errata, L. Glabrous ; leaves deeply 7-5-lobed, long-petioled : lobes oblong 

 or obovate-oblong, pointed, serrulate : petiole bearing 2 alternate, stipitate glands about the 

 middle, and another pair near the summit, much exceeding the elongated-filiform, deciduous 

 stipules ; involucel 3-fld, as long as the flower : lobes ovate, mucronate, quite entire ; crown 

 3-seriate, as long as the flower ; berry " large, globose." — Plum. Desc. t. 79. Cav. Diss. 

 10. t. 296. Desc. Fl. 5. t. 349.— Leaves 6"-4' r diam. : petiole 3"-2", stipules 8"'-10'" 

 long ; flowers 4" diam. ; petals rosy : crown blue, with transverse, white bands ; berry " 2" 

 diam."— Hab. Dominica!, Imr.; Trinidad !, Sch. ; [French islands!]. 



