Tas. 4406. 
PASSIFLORA amasi is. 
White-crowned Passion-flower. 
Nat. Ord. PasstrLornE®.—MonaDELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Calycis tubus brevissimus, fauz corona filamentosa multiplici ornata. 
Bacca sepius pulposa, rarius membranacea. De Cand. 
PassIrtora amabilis; caule gracili terete, foliis membranaceis ovatis acutis 
integerrimis, stipulis ovatis acuminatis integerrimis petiolo glanduloso bre- 
vioribus, pedunculo solitario unifloro sub flore involucrato, involucri 3-phylli 
foliolis ovato-rotundatis majusculis, sepalis petalisque conformibus (intus 
rubris), corona filamentis subquadriseriatis (albis) perianthio brevioribus. 
Passirtora amabilis. Hortulan. 
All that we can state with certainty of the history of this 
Passion-flower is, that it was received at the Royal Gardens 
from Mr. M‘Koy of Liege, under the name here given. It is 
very unlike any species yet figured or described as far as we can 
learn ; and it may possibly be a hybrid, one of whose parents 
may be Passifora alata, jadging from the peculiar’ colour of the 
sepals and petals ; while the involucre more resembles that of 
P. quadrangularis: but the slender terete stem is at variance 
with both. It flowers in the stove in May. 
Duscr. A climber of not luxuriant growth, having a terete 
stem. Leaves alternate, petiolate, ovate, very acute, entire, 
rather membranous and wavy; petiole glandular. Stipules 
shorter than the petiole, ovate, acuminate, entire. Tendril axil- 
lary, simple. Peduncle longer than the petiole, solitary, single- 
flowered, bearing below the calyx three large, broad, membranous, 
roundish-ovate, reticulated involucral leaves. Calyz and petals 
alike, oblong, obtuse, bright brick red within, greenish externally. 
lamentous crown white, in four series, shorter than the peri- 
anth: two outer series the longest; the filaments subulate, 
NOVEMBER Isr, 1848. M2 
