most part situate at the junction of the lateral with the central 
nerves, and therefore rather on the base of the lamina of the 
leaf, than on its footstalk, as in edulis; in which they are 
quite distinct from the lamina. There seem, however, to be 
some slight deviations from this character. The above dis- — 
tinguishing marks were first pointed out to us by Mr. Rosert 
Brown, and the same obseryations are made by Mr. Sasine 
in the volume of the transactions of the Horticultural society - 
now in the press. : : ) 
. These characters added to the difference in the colour of 
the fruit, which, when ripe, is a greenish yellow in zncarnata, 
and a lurid purple in edulis, together with the herbaceous 
annual stem of the former, which in the latter is woody 
and permanent, may be thought sufficent to establish a spe- 
cific distinction between them, But, as far as the figures of 
incarnata can be trusted to, there appears also a considerable 
difference in the leaves of the involucrum, which are not, as 
- int edulis, uniformly serrated, with a gland at the point of 
each tooth ; but have only a very few large globular glands 
along their margin. 
The corona m incarnata js described and represented as 
somewhat longer than the calyx, which in edulis is shorter. . 
The Purple-fruited Passion-flower; as we are informed by 
Mr. Sapine, was raised about eight years since from seeds 
receiyed from Portugal, by Epwunn Bornm, Esq. by whom. 
it was very generously distributed, and being easily propaga- 
ted both by seeds and cuttings, is already not uncommon. 
The fruit of several other species of Passion-flower is 
eatable, but as this seems far to exceed in flavour any of the 
others, and is esteemed worth cultivating as a delicacy, we 
have thought it might merit the name of edulis by preference. 
BS our palate, however, it is too mawkish to be pleasant, 
though after it has been gathered it acquires a very grateful 
scent. 
Communicated by the Comtesse pz Vanprs, from her 
collection at Bayes- Water. Soi: 
