PassiFLORA RACEMOSA. Princess CHARLOTTE’S 
Passion-FLower. ) 
Monapetputa Penranpeia. 
: Generic Character. 3 
. Cal. 5-partitus, coloratus. Cor. 5-petala, calyci inserta. 
Nectar. corona filamentosa. Pepo pedicellata. 
"Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Passirtora racemosa ; foliis trilobatis, involucro triphyllo 
caduco, stipulis cordato-obliquis integerrimis, peduncu- 
lis geminatis, calycibus alato-carinatis. 
Passirtora racemosa. Brotero in Lin. Soc. Trans. v. 12. 
; Pp. 71. Bot. Regist. 285. oe 
PassiFiora Princeps. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 84. 
a a ee ae = 
*. The Passtrxona racemosa was first described by BroTERo 
in the 12th volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Socié 
ety, from plants brought from Brazil by Mr. Wooprorp, and 
cultivated in his garden at Lisbon. The specific name of 
racemosa was given to it from its frequently bearing its flower, 
at the pendulous extremities of the branches, in naked racemes | 
without leaves, and sometimes even without stipules; but 
this is by no means a constant feature. In Messrs: Loppiers 
stove, where it thrives in the greatest luxuriance, the more 
‘usual state, and in which the flowers shewed to the greatest ad- 
vantage was when two flowers were produced, one on each side 
the footstalk of the leaf, and the tendril in the middle between 
them. The form of the calyx is very remarkable, being 
deeply keeled on the lower side: the keel separating from the 
upper side towards the point, and extending beyond it into 
an incurved spur-like process. Before the flower is expatided 
these keels give the buds a five-winged appearance. The 
bractes are three-leaved, close to the tube of the calyx, and 
fall off some time: before the flowers open. The glands on 
the petiole seem to be far less constant in this than in some 
other species. It grows naturally in shady woods in a gravelly 
soil, and is said often to produce two stems from the same 
roots, one of which rapidly climbs very high, and produces 
- flowers altogether without leaves, while the other, bearing 
leaves, 
