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Passtrtora TucuMANENSI!Is. LARGE- 
STIPULED PasstonN-F LOWER. 
KKK KKK KKK KEKE KEK EEE EK 
Class and Order. 
Monape.poiA PENTANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Passirtorez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 10-partitus, laciniis interioribus corollinis. Corona 
radiata perigyna. Nectarium in fundo calycis. Tubus 
staminifer stylum cingens. Stigmata 3, clavata. Pepo 1- 
locularis, placentatio parietalis. Spr. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Passirtora Tucumanensis ; glaberrima scandens cirrhifera, 
foliis lato-cordatis petiolatis alte trilobis, lobis ob- 
longis inferne glanduloso-serratis subtus glaucis, sti- 
pulis magnis semicordatis grosse serratis, pedun- 
culis unifloris 3-bracteatis, bracteis calycem fere 
equantibus laxis cordatis serratis, corona filamentosa 
duplici, int. brevissima, ext. petalorum longitudine. 
This new species of Passion-flower was discovered by 
Mr. Tweepie, at St. Jago and Tucuman, at the eastern 
foot of the Cordillera of Chili, inhabiting, though rarely, — 
the woods. It isa free grower, and flowered copiously the 
second year in the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 
in the month of July. It is 2. 1173 of Mr. Tweepie’s col- 
lections sent in 1836. 
Descr. Plant everywhere glabrous, Stems long and — 
twining. Leaves copious, dark-green above, pale and 
glaucous beneath, broadly cordate, deeply three-lobed, the — 
lobes spreading, oblong, sometimes approaching to ovate Be 
or lanceolate, entire except at the base, where they are 
glanduloso-serrate. Petioles shorter than the leaf, rounded, — ae 
