Tab. 5864. 

 PASSIFLORA ARBOREA. 



Tree Passion-flower. 



Nat. Ord. Passiflore^j;. — Pentandria Trigynia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5737.) 



Passiflora (Astrophea) arborea ; caule erecto, ramis patentibus teretibug, 

 cirrhis nullis, foliis amplis membranaceis obovatis oblongis ellipticisve 

 acutis integerrimis subtus glaucis, costa subtus sparse glandulosa, petiolo 

 crasso, stipulis linearibus deciduis, pedunculis pendulis axillaribus pauci- 

 floris, pedicellis curvis, perianthio erecto tubo brevi, sepalis petalisque 

 consimilibus albis oblongis obtusis, corona triplici, seriei externi filamentis 

 magnis erectis crassiusculis subclavatis 3-gonis undulatis v. subcrispatis, 

 intermedii filamentis parvis subcylindricis, interni filamentis tubum medio 

 claudentibus apice fimbriatis, bacca 1-2-unciali coriacea. 



Passiflora arborea, Spreng. Syst. Veg., vol. iii. p. 42. 



Passiflora glauca, Humb. and Bonpl. Plant. jEquinoct. t. 22 ; DC. Prodr., 

 vol. iii. p. 322. Masters in Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 1070. 



Though displaying none of the beauty of the commoner 

 cultivated Passion-flowers, and wanting their scandent habit, 

 copious festoons of leaves, and elegant tendrils, the subject of 

 the present plate is still a very interesting one, from its erect 

 habit and large foliage ; in which respect it stands almost 

 alone amongst its 120 congeners. L)r. Masters, who has 

 given a careful detailed description of it in the Gardeners 

 Chronicle, and who quotes the observations of its introducer, 

 Mr. Cross, made in its native woods, describes it as growing 

 from one to twelve feet high, bearing few beautifully smooth 

 dark green pendulous leaves, one to three feet long, and 

 looking like a green umbrella stuck in the ground. 



P. arborea is a native of the damp shady forests of the moun- 

 tainous districts of New Grenada, Equador, and Venezuela, 

 extending to an altitude of 6000 feet above the sea, where it 



OCTOBER 1st, 1870. 



