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Passi flora filamentosa. Palmate 

 Passion-Flo wer. 



Class and Order. 



MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-partitus, coloratus. Cor. 5-petaIa, calyci inscrta. 

 Nectar. Corona filamentosa. Pepo pedicellata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Passiflora filamentosa ; foliis palmatis quinque-partitis ser- 

 ratis, petiolis biglandulosis, involucro triphyllo, foliolis 

 suborbiculatis serrulatis. 



Passiflora filamentosa ; foliis palmatis quinque-partitis ser- 

 ratis, petiolis glandulosis, involucro triphyllo serrato, filis 

 coronae corolla longioribus. Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 623. 



Passiflora filamentosa ; foliis quinque-lobis serratis, lobis 

 inferioribus brevioribus, coronis quinque. Cavan. Diss. 

 10. p. 461. t. 294. 



We received this Passion-flower at the end of August 

 last, from Messrs. Loddiges and Sons, under the name of 

 palmata. It appears evidently to be the filamentosa of C\~ 

 vanilles and Willdenow, though the character added by 

 the latter of having the threads of the corona longer than 

 the corolla* does not hold good in our plant. 



It approaches very near to cozrulea, from which it differs 

 chiefly in having the lobes of the leaves and the involucrum 

 serrated, in the greater brightness of the colours of the coro- 

 na, and in the corolla exceeding considerably the calyx. 



Native of South America, and probably of Jamaica. Is 

 at present cultivated as a stove plant, and appears not to have 

 "been before introduced into this country. 



The flowers open in the night, and close about noon the 

 next day. 



