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LORA FOETIDA, StinkinG. Passion- 
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Class and Order. iwies 
- Monapetpuia’ Penranpria, 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus, coloratus. Cor. 5-petala, calyci inserta. 
Nectarium corona filamentosa. Pepo pedicellata. 
Specific Character and Synonyms, : 
Passirtora fetida ; foliis trilobis folagrieqte) cordatis pi- 
losis, involucris multifido-capillaribus. Spe. Ple. 1359. 
ed. Willd. 3. p.619. Persoon . 2. p. 222. n. 43. 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 153. ; . 321. Miss 
Laurence’s Passion-flower. Gisek. Ic. Fasc. 1. t. 20. 
ex Willd. Cav. Diss. t. 289. en 
Passirtora vesicaria, florum involucris triphyllis multifido- 
capillaribus. Brown Jam. 327. pe ee. 
Granapitta feetida. Gaertn. Sem. 1. p. 289. t. ae Bee. 
Fos Passronis albus reticulatus. Herm. Parad. Vi3. _ 
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Descr. Stem herbaceous, climbing, rounded, very hairy, 
with straight, spreading hairs. Leaves alternate, petiolinede 
cordate, 3-lobed, sometimes quite entire, soft-pubescent on 
both sides ; scent, when rubbed, appeared to us to resemble 
that of Ballota nigra, with something aromatic conjoined : 
petioles nearly the length of the lamina, hairy, without ob- 
servable glands. Stipules many-cleft. Peduncles two, 
below the petiole, opposite, one fertile bearing a single 
flower, the other generally degen: ting into a tendril. 
Involucrum three-leaved, multipartite, moss-like. Calyx 
streaked with pale green. olla white, with a very slight 
purple tinge. Nectarium filiform, shorter than the — 
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