Difference of Structure in the Flowers of fix Species of Paffflora. 2% 
broader leaves than the alata, In general, the glands on the pe- 
tioles are faid to be fix in the quadrangularis, which is fometimes 
true; but it is not conftant, and I have feen fix in the alata, feem- 
ingly by chance. 
The peduncle affords a moft certain diftinétion, with which I 
therefore begin my defcription of the characters of thefe and two: 
or three others: in the mean time it may be obferved, that the co- 
lour of the plant will not diftinguifh them ; nor can the colour of 
their flowers, though they differ in this refpect, be allowed to form 
a decifive diftinétion. — — 
$ : Paffiflora Haine Linn. TAB. 3. fig. a. 
— The quadrangularis is perhaps the largeft and. moft beautiful of 
the Pafffloras, apparently containing the greateft number of parts, 
which I will endeavour, with the help of a drawn diffection, to 
de{cribe under the folawing heads: ; i 
Sov a otitall of the fructification.. 
P Peduncle, or 
2. Involucrum, or - Calyx. 
3. Pedicle, or "Flower ftalk. 
4. Petals, Or rather fegments of the Corells. 
5. Principal rays, Radiated nectaries. | 
6. Imperfeét rays, Small, commonly irregular, protube- 
] rances. | 
Z Imperfeétoperculum, Cover to an anti-neétary. 
2:68. Operculum,. — the neétary. | 
- | 9. Nectary, Which contains the honey.. 
* . Pedunde Triangular. 
* 2. Involucrum Of three large, concave, oval-leaves, fer- 
rated towards the bafe. 
3. Pedicle 
