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Passiflora ccerulea. Common Passion- 
Flower. 
Clajs and Order . 
Gynandria Hexandria. 
Generic Character. 
Trigyna. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Neftaritim corona, 
Bacca pedicellata. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
PASSIFLORA c<endea foliis palmatis integerrimis. Linn , 
Syjl. Vegetab. p. 823. Sp. PL p. 1360. 
GRANADILLA polyphyllos, fruCtu ovato. Pourn.Infi. 241, 
TLOS PASSIONIS major pentaphyllus. Sloan. Jam. 104. 
hiji. 1. p. 229. 
The Paflion-Flower firft introduced into this country, was 
t]ie incarnata of Linn as us, a native of Virginia, and figured by 
Parkinson, in his Paradifus Perrejlris , who there ftyles it the 
furpaffing delight of all flowers : the prefent fpecies, which, 
from its great beauty and fuperior hardinefs, is now by far 
the mod common, is of more modern introduction ; and, 
though a native of the Brazils, feldom fuffers from the feverity 
of our climate; flowering plentifully during moft of the fum- 
mer months, if trained to a wall with a fouthern afpeCt, and, 
in fuch fituations, frequently producing ripe fruit, of the fize 
and form of a large olive, of a pale orange colour. 
This molt elegant plant may be propagated by feeds, layers* 
or cuttings 5 foreign feeds are moft to be depended on ; they 
are to be fown in the fpring, on a moderate hot-bed, and 
when the plants are grown to the height of two or three 
inches, they are to be carefully taken -up, and each planted in 
a feparate finall pot, filled with good loam, then plunged into 
a moderate hot-bed, to forward their taking new root; after 
which they fhould be gradually inured to the common air: 
the younger the plants the more fhelter they require, and if 
ever lo old or ftrong, they are in danger from fevere frofts. 
The layers and cuttings are to be treated in the common way, 
but feedling plants, if they can be obtained, are on many 
accounts to be preferred. 
