Tasicie 75h. 
PASSIFLORA CAPSULARIS. 
Native of Brasil. 
| Nat. Ord. PasstrLorace#.—Tribe PassIFLOREx. 
Genus Passirtora, Linn. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 810.) 
Passirtora (Decaloba) capsularis; cirrifera, ramis gracilibus angulatis pube- 
scentibus, foliis cordatis antice lunato-bilobis sinu mucronatis lobis 
divaricatis ovatis v. ovato-oblongis apice rotundatis trinerviis supra 
pilosis subtus tomentosis, petiolo pollicari, stipulis parvis subulatis falcatis 
deciduis, pedicellis 2-3 poll. longis, alabastris oblongis obtasis, perianthii 
rosei tubo cylindraceo piloso basi intruso lobulato, sepalis lineari-oblongis 
obtusis 3-nerviis, petalis sepalis conformibus sed pallidioribus et paullo 
angustioribus, corona exteriore erecta e filis subclavatis erectis petalis 
multo brevioribus, interiore brevissima incurva alba plicata crenata, ovario 
hirsuto, fructu  siliqueformi elongato-ellipsoidea hexagona, seminibus 
ovoideis profunde sulcatis flavescentibus. 
P. capsularis, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 957 (non Bot. Mag. t. 2868), DC. Prodr. vol. iii. 
p. 325. Masters in Mart. Fl. Bras. vol. xii. pars i. pp. 552 et 589, 
P. rubra, Lamk. Dict. vol. iii. p. 35 (non Linn.). Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 
p- 292 (in part). 
P. pubescens, H. B. & K., Nov. Gen. & Sp. vol. ii. p. 132. 
P. bilobata, Vell. Fl. Flum. vol. ix. t. 78 (non Juss.). 
P. lunata, Vell. l.c. vol. ix. t. 80. 
P. piligera, Gardn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. i. (1842) p. 178. 
P. foliis bilobis, &c., Plum. Plant. Am. p. 129, t. 138, f. 2. 
The accompanying figure is that of the true Passijlora 
capsularis, distinguished by its dehiscent, elongate, ellipsoid, 
hairy fruit; the plant figured under that name at tab. 2868 
of this work being P. rubra, L., a widely spread native of 
tropical America. P. capsularis appears to be a common 
plant in Brasil, and has been collected in other parts of 
the continent of §. America and in the West Indies, but 
whether in a wild or cultivated state may be doubted. It 
was introduced into this country by the late Mr. Isaac 
Anderson Henry, of Trinity, Edinburgh, who sent specimens 
to Kew in 1880. 
The figure is taken from a plant presented to the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, in 1896, by the late Professor Allman, 
F.R.S., of Parkstone, Dorset. It flowers freely all the 
summer in a stove. 
DecemBer Ist, 1990. 
