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PASSIFLORA ONYCHINA. lLiareutT. SULIVAN’S 
PASsION-FLOWER. 
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- Class and Order. 
MonapetrHiA PENTANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—PassiFtorez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus brevissimus, faux corona filamentosa multi- 
plici ornata. Bacca sepius pulposa, rarius submembra- 
nacea. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
PassiFLora onychina ; ebracteata, foliis trilobis cordatis gla- 
bris, laciniis oblongis obtusis subequalibus obscure 
serrulatis, petiolis 4—6-glandulosis, pedunculis folio- 
rum longitudine, corona margine inflexa, serie intima 
radiorum erecta conica intus supra basin dentifera, 
extima duplici filiformi patentissima, intermedia sub- 
triplici brevissima capitata, ovario tomentoso. Lindl. 
Passirtora onychina. Lindl. in Misc. of Bot. Reg. 1838, n. 
1. and Bot. Reg. 1838, t. 21. 
It appears that this pretty species of Passion-flower was 
first introduced to this country by B. J. Suzrvan, Esq., of 
H. M. S. Beagle, who brought seeds from the Botanic 
Garden of Rio de Janeiro to that of Sir Cuartes Lemon, 
Bart., at Carclew, Cornwall, in the year 1827. Our Glas- a 
gow Botanic Garden is indebted to Mr. Lowe of Clapton 
for the plant, and it is now not uncommon in our stoves, 
flowering in September and diffusing a very agreeable — 
fragrance. ee 
Descr. Climbing. Stems slender. Leaves deeply three- 
lobed, cordate at the base, the lobes oblong-obtuse, entire 
