Descr. A twining shrub, with the habit of our common 

 Passiflora ccerulea, everywhere glabrous. Leaves alternate, 

 petiolate, broad, deeply trifid ; the segments oblong-ovate, 

 rather obtuse, middle segment the longest, at the base beneath, 

 at the apex of the petiole are two rounded glands. Stipules 

 none, or soon deciduous. Tendrils axillary, simple. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, much shorter than the leaf, bracteated ; bracteas 

 small, setaceous, deciduous, distant from the flower. Flowers 

 large, handsome, at first almost white, gradually becoming 

 orange-red, and finally brick-red. Sepals colored, oblong, 

 acute, concave, with a singularly broad carina or wing at the 

 back. Petals scarcely half their length, oblong-obtuse, spread- 

 ing. Outer ray of the corona deep red, consisting of numer- 

 ous subulate, erect, or slightly inclined filaments, dark at 

 their tips, united at the base : inner one a conical, red, plicate 

 membrane, open at the mouth, a little longer than the outer 

 ray. Ovary oval, supported, as it were, on the united portion 

 of the filaments, which thus form a cylindrical column, 

 nearly thrice as long as the corona. Styles clavate, spreading. 

 Stigmas capitate. Anthers linear, rather shorter than the free, 

 spreading portion of the filaments, green. 





