TAB. 6069. 
PASSIFLORA (TACSONIA) INSIGNIS, 
Native of Peru ? 
Nat, Ord. PasstrLoracea,—Tribe PasstrLoree. 
Genus Passtriora, Linn. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant., vol. i. p- 810.) 
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Passtriora (Tacsonia) insignis; ramulis petiolis pedunculis foliisque subtus 
lanatis, foliis ovato-oblongis lanceolatisve acuminatis dentatis basi 
subcordatis supra rugosis nitidis, petiolo brevi glanduloso, stipulis 
fimbriatis, flore maximo longe pedunculato, bracteis ovato-oblongis 
laciniato-serratis concavis, sepalis tubo ter longioribus lineari-oblongis 
obtusis dorso carinatis et infra apicem longe calcaratis, petalis paulo bre- 
vioribus ecalcaratis, corona externa e filis brevibus 1-seriatis, interna 
bulbo basi tubi inclusa membranacea deflexa margine lacera, gynandrio 
gracili exannulato, ovario villoso. 
Tacsonta insignis, Masters in Gard. Chron., 1878, p. 1112, fig. 239. 
I cannot do better than introduce this plant in the words 
of Dr. Masters, who when first describing it says, “In so 
beautiful a genus as Zacsonia, and mindful especially of the 
very beautiful 7! Van-volvemii, it is difficult to find adjectives 
at once distinctive and expressive wherewith to describe the 
several forms.” Of its history unfortunately too little is 
satisfactorily known. A specimen was sent to Dr. Masters by 
Mr. Anderson, gardener at Sowerby House, Hull, with the 
information that it was raised by him from seed sent, some 
years previously, from South America, probably Peru, by 
Mr. Yarborough Greame. The ‘specimen figured here was 
sent by Mr. Anderson, at the request of Mr. Backhouse 
of York, in September last. 
7. insignis is without question the finest species of the genus, 
whether in foliage or flower, owing to the bright glossy deep 
green of the rugose upper surface of the leaf, and the gigantic 
size of the flower, the sepals of which are violet crimson, 
and the petals of a deeper and redder hue. Dr. Masters 
observes that it belongs to the section Poggendorfia of 
_ DECEMBER Ist, 1873. 
