Tas. 5571. 
TACSONIA Van-VoLxemit. 
Van Volxem’s Passion-flower. 
Nat. Ord. PasstrrorE®.—PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calycis tubus elongatus, cylindricus ; lobi 5, lineari-oblongi 
v. lanceolati, colorati. Petala 5 v. 0, ealycis lobis concolora et uniformia. 
Corona faucis duplex vy. simplex, brevis v. elongatus. Stamina 5, filamentis 
eum gynophoro longe connatis, apice liberis; anthere versatiles, lineari- 
oblonge. Ovarium longe stipitatum, 1-loculare; styli 3, stigmatibus 
capitatis ; ovula placentis 3 affixa, puplurima. Bacca intus pulposa, poly- 
sperma. Semina compressa, arillata, testa scrobiculata.—Frutices scan- 
dentes, cirrhiferi. Folia alterna,lobata. Pedunculi sepius solitarii, 1-flori, 
_ 8-bracteati. Flores sepissime speciosi. 
Tacsonta Van-Volxemii; ramis gracilibus foliisque subtus puberulis, 
foliis breviter petiolatis cordatis profunde 3-lobis, lobis anguste lan- 
ceolatis, petiolis glandulosis, acuminatis serrulatis, cirrhis elongatis, 
pedunculis solitariis longissimis capillaribus infra florem 3-bracteatis, 
bracteis parvis oblongis serrulatis, floribus amplis specicsis pendulis, 
calycis tubo basi globoso, lobis anguste lineari-oblongis dorso intra 
apicem apiculatis intus kermesinis, petalis consimilibus obtusis ima 
basi plaga pallida notatis, corona brevissima simplici denticulata vio- 
lacea, 
Tacsonta (§ ? Pstnantnus) Van-Volxemii. Funk, in Journ. of Hort. v. 5. 
Feb.1861. Lemaitre, Jard. Fleuriste. t. 381. 
One of the most striking and beautiful plants hitherto in- 
troduced into Europe, easy of cultivation, and continuing a 
considerable time in flower. It promises to rival the Lapa- 
geria, and even to eclipse it. The genus to which it belongs 
inhabits South America, principally the valleys of the Andes ; 
and it is stated in Lemaire’s ‘ Jardin Fleuriste ’ that this spe- 
cies is a native of the temperate region of the province of 
Antioquia, in New Granada, where it is cultivated by the 
natives. It was introduced into Belgium, in 1858, by a zea- 
lous amateur, M. Van Volxem, who found it in a garden at 
Bogota; and I have native specimens collected by Goudot in 
APRIL Ist, 1866. 
