( 2868 ) 
PASSIFLORA CAPSULARIS. ANGULAR-FRUITED 
PASSION-FLOWER. 
KEKE EE EEE EERE KEK EEEK 
Class and Order. 
‘Monape.pnia PEnrAnpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord. — Passirtorez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 10-partitus, laciniis interioribus corollinis. Corona 
radiata perigyna. Nectarium in fundo calycis. Tubus 
staminifer stylum ringens. Stigmata 3, clayata. Pepo 
1-locularis, placentatio parietalis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Passirtora * capsularis, foliis sulvelutinis basi cordatis 
- bilobis in sinu aristatis subtus petiolisque eglandulosis, 
pedicellis solitariis, ovario elliptico-oblongo fructi- 
busque acute hexagonis glabris. D C. 
“Passirtora capsularis. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1357. Willd. Sp. 
Pl. v. 3. p.614. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v.3.p. 88. De 
Cand. Prodr. 2. 3..p. 328. -— 7 = 
Passirtora foliis bilobis. Plum. Pl. Am. ed. Burm. t. 138. 
(8.) foliis vix pubescentibus profunde bilobis, lobis oblongo- 
lanceolatis. Ic. nostr.¢. 2868. 
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Descr. Stem climbing, glabrous, triangular, purplish 
green. Leaves alternate, remote, cordate— at the base, 
dividing from below the middle, and spreading into two, 
oblongo-lanceolate, acute, entire lobes, glabrous and dark 
green above, paler and slightly downy beneath, ee 
a - from 
«  * Flos Passionis: from a fancied resemblance in the different parts of the 
flower to the instruments of our Sayiour'’s Passion. ' 
