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‘PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS. AMPLE-LEAVED 
PASSION-FLOWER. 
KEKE EKER EEE EE EEEEE 
Class and Order. | 
MonapeLpnia PENTANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—PassirLoreEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 10-partitus, laciniis interioribus corollinis. Corona 
radiata perigyna, Nectarium in fundo calycis. Tubus, 
staminifer stylum cingens. Stigmata 3, clavata. Pepo 
1-locularis, placentatio parietalis. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Passtriora ligularis; involucro subflore triphyllo, foliolis 
ovatis serratis, foliis glabris cordatis integerrimis, peti- 
olis glandulas subsex filiformi-clavatas gerentibus, sti- 
pulis ovato-acuminatis, pedunculis solitariis unifloris. 
P. ligularis. Juss. Ann. du Mus. d’Hist. Nat. v. 6. t. 40. 
Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. 2. p. 128. Prodr. 
»v. 2. p. 433. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 329. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 36. 
Descr. Stem climbing, of great length and much branch- 
ed, woody below, and somewhat corky, the youns shoots 
herbaceous, somewhat flattened, glabrous. eaves, many 
of them a span long, perfectly elabrous, cordate, more or 
less acuminate, with a deep and narrow sinus at the base, 
with many nerves and numerous minute connecting vels, 
entire at the margin, bright green above, pale and glaucous 
beneath. Petioles three to four inches long, grooved above, 
having on each side the groove, generally, three filiform, 
clavate, green glands, two to three lines long. Stipules 
large, herbaceous, ovate, acuminate, entire, or minutely 
Serrated at the margin, especially towards the cera 
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