Abe oe, : 
PASSIFLORA Mrersr. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. Passtrtornacea#.—Tribe PasstrLorE”. 
Genus Passirtora, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen, Pl, vol. i. p. 810.)- 
PassirLora (Grenadilla) Miersii; glaberrima, gracilis, foliis breviter petiolatis 
integris oblongo-lanceolatis ovatisve subpeltatis obtusis apiculatisve, subtus 
subsanguineis nervis viridibus reticulatis marginibus cartilagineis, petiolo 
glanduloso, stipulis foliaceis petiolum subeequantibus oblongis basi acutis 
mucronatisve paucidentatis convexis, bracteis minutis rarius foliaceis, 
floribus solitariis axillaribus, pedunculo petiolo duplo longiore apicem 
versus articulato, bracteis parvis v. majusculis linearibus, floribus stellato- 
campanulatis, calycis tubo brevi ventricoso lobis oblongis obtusis, petalis 
lineari-oblongis acutis undulatis albis, corona 4-5-seriata, filis albis 
purpureo-fasciatis, externis petalis 2 brevioribus, interioribus brevibus 
erectis apicibus capitellatis 2-3-fidisve, intimis in tubum basi connatis, 
columna petalis multo breviore ovarioque glabris, filamentis antheris 
paullo brevioribus. 
P. Miersii, Masters in Mart. Fl. Bras. vol. xiii. pars 1, p. 599, t. 117, fig. 1; 
in Gard. Chron. 1888, vol. ii. p. 352, fig. 46. 
A very graceful species of Passion-flower, discovered by 
Burchell in the Minas Geraes province of Brazil, but found 
also in that of Rio de Janeiro, where the late Mr. Miers, 
whose name it bears, collected it in the Organ Mountains. 
It belongs to the section Grenadilla, and its nearest ally 
that is figured in this work is probably P. amabilis (Tab. 
4406). The Royal Gardens are indebted to Dr. Masters, 
F.R.S., for the plant from which the drawing was taken. 
It was received in 1888, and grew with great rapidity in the 
Water-lily House, flowering in profusion in the month of 
July. ; : 
2 Dion: A very slender graceful glabrous climber ; 
branches as thick as a sparrow’s quill, terete, smooth. 
Leaves two to three inches, long-petioled, from ovate or 
elliptic-ovate to oblong-lanceolate obtuse or apiculate, 
the broad subpeltate base rounded, quite entire, bright 
green above, beneath purplish red and reticulated with 
green veins ; petiole one-third to half an inch long, slender, 
May Ist, 1890. 
