and to the value of these, when perfectly ripe, as a sub- 
stitute for the Tomato, for making preserves, and even for 
dessert. In the latter case it is the sub-acid pulp alone 
which is eaten. This resembles that of Passiflora edulis, 
Sims (t. 1989), but whereas the rind of the fruit of the 
Pass ‘flora is tasteless, that of Cyphomandra is very dis- 
agreeable, Other differences between the fruits of these 
plants are that the pulp of that of Cyphomandra is less 
watery, more acid, and has an aromatic flavour. 
According to Aiton, Cyphomandia betacea was introduced 
into England in 1803, by Sir James Edward Smith. It 
has been long (perhaps ever since that date) in cultivation 
at Kew, where it flowers and ripens its fruit abundantly 
in the Temperate House. 
Descr.—A small, erect tree, with pale bark, soft wood, 
and stout branches. Leaves four to eight inches 
long, ovate-cordate, acuminate, softly puberulous, lurid 
geeen above, paler beneath, with five to nine pairs of 
spreading nerves ; petiole four to twelve inches long, stout, 
terete, pubescent. Cymes up to five inches broad, sub- 
corymbiform, di- tri-chotomously divided ; peduncle shorter 
than the petiole, green; pedicels an inch long, flexuous, 
fruiting thickened upwards. Flowers an inch in diameter. 
Calye cupular, obtusely 5-lobed. Corolla campanulate- 
rotate; segments recurved, lanceolate, white with a pink 
tinge. Filaments much shorter than the oblong anthers, 
which are about half as long as the corolla, Style short, 
columnar, stigma small. Berry two to three inches long, 
ovoid, fleshy, orange-yellow, often suffused with red, two- 
celled, many-seeded. Seeds orbicular, compressed, nar- 
rowly winged all round.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Calyx, stamens, and style; 2 
4, seed of nat. » Stamen; 3, pistil: all enlarged; 
size; 5, the same, enlarged. 
