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PAssIFLORA KERMESINA. CrIMSON Passion- 
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Class and Order. | 
MonapetreuiA PEentraNnpRiA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Passirtore#. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 10-partitus, laciniis interioribus corollinis. Corona 
radiata perigyna. Nectarium in fundo calycis. Tubus 
staminifer stylum cingens. Stigmata 3 clavata. Pepo 1-lo- 
cularis, placentatio parietalis. . 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
PassiFLora kermesina ; scandens glaberrima cirrhata, foliis 
cordato-trilobis obtusis integerrimis subtus discolori- 
bus, petiolo bi-triglanduloso, stipulis semicordatis 
magnis, pedunculo unifloro nudo, calycis segmentis 
uniformibus lineari-oblongis demum reflexis, corona 
erectiuscula, columna elongata. 
Passirtora kermesina. Hort. Berol. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 
1633. 
I regret to know nothing of the history of this ex- 
tremely beautiful Passion-flower, further than that it was 
received at the Glasgow Botanic Garden from that of ~~ 
Berlin, by favour of Mr. Orro, and under the name here 
adopted. It is, probably, a native of Brazil. It requires 
the heat of the stove, and bears numerous flowers during 
the summer and autumnal months, which open towards 
evening and close in the morning of the following day, not 
again to expand. ‘ ee 
Descr. Stems slender, branched, climbing to a consi- 
derable height. Leaves petiolate, cordate, three-lobed, 
glabrous (as is every part of the plant) : lobes nearly equals 
. oval, 
