Tad. 7822. 

 PASSIFLORA AMBiGUA. 



Native of Nicaragua. 



Nat. Ord. Passiflore,1£. — Tribe Pa8SIFL0[ie.k. 

 Genus Passiflora., Linn. ; {Benth. & IlouJc.f. Gen. Plaut. vol. i. p. 810.) 



Passifi.ora (Oranadilla) amhigua ; glaberrima, ramis ramulisque subteretibni?, 

 foliis petiolatis oblongo- v. ovato-lanceolatis cuapidcitj-acuminatia auperi- 

 oribus 3-5 inferioribus 8-10 poll. loni,as coriaceis basi rotandatia iitrinque 

 6-l()-nevvus, petiolo |-1 poll, longo medio v. infra medium 2-gIanduloso, 

 stipulis tiliformibus caducis, cirrhis simplioibus, peduuculis solitariia v. 

 2-nis axIUaribua l-J-2 poll, lontjis, bracteolis 3 infra apicera pedunculi 

 sitis poUicaribns fere orbiculatis concavis erosis eglandulosis, iloribus 5 

 poll, diam., perianthii carnosi tubo oblato basi intrusosub 10-lobo, sepalig 

 5 anguste lineari-oblongis dorso costatia et infra apicem obtusum 

 caudicalatis extua albis intus rubro-purpureo creberritne i>anctatiH, 

 petalis Bepalis angustioribus lineari-lanceolatis sabacutis albia margiuea 

 versus roseo-punctatis, corona3 exterioris segmeatis 2-Heriatis, extimia ad 

 ^-pollioaribus gracilibus rubris albo variegatis intimis 2-2| poll, longis 

 crassioribua complanatis subacutis violaceis albo I'asciatis, coronio inter- 

 mediae fere basilaria pilia brevibus uniseriatis, corona intima anaulari 

 recurva fimbriata. 



P. ambigua, Hemsl. mss. 



The above description of Passiflora amhirfua is taken 

 almost wholly from one kindly lent me by Mr. Ilemsley. 

 It was drawn up by him from a specimen which was raised 

 from seed received in 1896 from Mr. E. Gr. Stnrridge, 

 Nurseryman, of Blewfields in Nicaragua, which flowered 

 in the Palm House of the Royal Gardens, Kew, in May, 

 1901. Mr. Hemsley regards its affinity so close witli /'. 

 laurifolin,\jmn. (Jacq. Hort. Vindb. ii. t. 162) and P. titn/i- 

 formU, Linn. (Bot. Reg. t. 94), as to suggest the possibility 

 of its being of hybrid origin. Premising that /'. amhhjua 

 is a very much larger plant, with flowers more than 

 double the size, and with a differently co'i'ur. d p.i i.-m! h, 

 it further differs from F. laurifolia in the petiole being 

 biglandnlar in the middle, not at the apex, in the brncteoU'S 

 beino: eglandular, in the leaves not being conlat(» at the 

 base, and in the long filaments of the corona having obtuse^ 

 not subulate tips. From P. mal if onnis it differs in ilio 

 same characters of the lcaf-!>ase, size of flower and long 

 M.\acn "isT, 1902. 



