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PassirLORA CILIATA. FRINGED-LEAVED 
: PASSION-FLOWER. | 
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Clafs and Order, 
GyNnanprRia HEXANDRIA. 
Generic Charaéer.. ee 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Stamina germini vicina. Nefarium — 
multi-radiatum. Antrum pedicellatum duplicatum 1-loculare. 
Eee Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. — 3 
PASSIFLORA ciliata foliis trilobis glabris ciliato fertatis 
Coe intermedio longiffimo, petiolis eglandulofis. 
Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 310. | eg 
This Paffion-Flower is defertbed in the Hort. Kew. as anew — 
one, under the name of ciliata, introduced by Mrs. NorMaN, 
from the Weft-Indies, in 1783: we faw it during the latter 
_ part of the Jaft Summer, with great profufion of flowers, in 
feveral colleGtions, more particularly in that of Mr. Verg, 
Kenfington-Gore, from whence our figure and defcription 
were taken. ioe ; a= 
‘Its ftalks are round, perfeétly fmooth, and run to a very. 
‘great height ; leaves dark green, glofly, perfe@tly {mooth, ex- 
cept on the edges, where they are befet with ftrong glandular. 
hairs, divided into three large and two fmall lobes, she middle a 
lobe running out to a confiderable length, the footftalks of — 
~ .the leaves are befet with a few hairs thinly fcattered, at the | 
bafe of each leaf is a tendril, and two finely-divided ftipule, — 
edged alfo with glandular hairs. The Involucrum is compofed — 
of three leaves, dividing into capillary fegments, each of which | 
terminates in a vifcid globule, fetid when bruifed; betwixt 
the involucrum and the bloffom is a {hort peduncle; the — 
pillar which fupports the germen is of a bright purple colour, — 
. With {pots of a darker hue, the germen is fmooth and greens 
Styles green; Stigmata of a dark green; Filaments fix in ~ 
~tTumber; Anthere pale yellow green, the former dotted © 
with purple; of Radii, there may. be faid to be four rows, — 
Variegated with white and purple, petals ten, externa 
greenifh, internally red, deeper or paler according to Cl 
— cumftancess 7 . Pe 
The leaves of this plant vary greatly in form, according t 
the health and luxuriance of the plant; on comparing it-with 
the felida, we ftrongly fufpe& it to be a variety merely of thi 
 {pecies: time will fhew. . ee 
_ Itis increafed by cuttings, or feeds. oe 
