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Tacsonia pinnatistipula. Mrs. Marry- 

 att's Tacsonia; or Passion-Flower. 



Class and Order. 



MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Passiflore^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis tubus longus, limbus 10-lobus, faux membraua 

 squamulosa instructa.— Habitus Passiflora;. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Tacsonia pinnatistipula ; foliis cordatis ultra medium trifidis 



subtus tomentosis lobis lauceolatis serratis, stipulis 



pinnatifidis. 

 Tacsonia pinnatistipula. Juss. Ann. Mus. 6. 393. Lindl. 



Bot. Reg. t. 1536. Sweet, BriL FL Gard. t. 156. 

 Passiflora pinnatistipula. Cav. Ic. 5. t. 428. Spreng. 



Syst. Veget.v.3.p.39. 

 Passiflora pennipes. Smith, in Rees' Cycl. n. 48. 



This truly handsome plant is not cultivated so much as 

 it deserves to be in the greenhouses and conservatories of 

 this country, considering how long it has existed in our 

 Collections, and how readily it may be increased by 

 cuttings. It is a native of Chili, and was introduced by 

 Mrs. Marryatt of Wimbledon House, about the year 1830. 

 Nor do we think the trial has fairly been made in the open 

 air, to ascertain whether it could not at least be made to 

 flourish during the summer months, by protecting the roots 

 in winter. The native climate of this Passion- Flower is not 

 so warm as that of our Passiflora ccerulea. With us, in 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens, it is trained to the back wall 



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