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PASSIFLORACEAE. 



2. Passiflora incarnata L. 



PASSION-FLOWER. PASSION-VINE. 

 (Fig. 275.) Stem glabrous, or 

 slightly pubescent above. Peti- 

 oles i'-2' long, with 2 glands 

 near the summit; leaves nearly 

 orbicular in outline, glabrous, or 

 often somewhat pubescent, 2i'- 

 5' broad, somewhat cordate at 

 the base, the lobes ovate or 

 oval, acute or acutish, finely 

 serrate; flowers solitary, li'-2' 

 broad; peduncles usually 3- 

 bracted just below the flowers; 

 calyx-lobes linear; berry ovoid, 

 nearly 2' long, glabrous, yellow. 



Climbing on trees near Payn- 

 ter's Vale, 1905. Introduced. 

 Native of the southeastern United 

 States. Flowers in summer and 

 autumn. The vines observed in 

 1905 had' disappeared from the 

 locality in 1912. Perhaps others 

 exist elsewhere in Bermuda. 



3. Passiflora pectinata Griseb. PECTI- 

 NATE PASSION-FLOWER. (Fig. 276.) Gla- 

 brous, high-climbing or trailing. Leaves ovate, 

 rather firm in texture H'-3' long, crenate, 5-7- 

 nerved, somewhat contracted near the middle, 

 cordate at the base, acute or blunt at the 

 apex, with minute glands at the ends of the 

 veins, the petioles 1' long or less, eglandular; 

 tendrils slender, as long as the leaves, or 

 longer; flowers solitary in the upper axils, 

 about 2|' broad, on peduncles longer than the 

 petioles; involucre of 3 linear, pectinate or 

 pinnatifid bracts about 1' long; crown about 

 one half as long as the oblong, white sepals; 

 fruit ellipsoid, reel, slightly fleshy, about 1' 

 long; seeds rough. [P. ciliata of Lefroy and 

 of Verrill.] 



On cliffs, Walsingham and Abbot's Cliff, and 

 on Hall's Island, Harrington Sound. Native. Ba- 

 hamas. Flowers in summer and autumn. The 

 fruits are known as " apricots." The seeds were 

 perhaps brought to Bermuda by a bird. 



Passiflora laurifolia L., WATER LEMON, West Indian, a high-climbing 

 species with thick entire evergreen ovate leaves, 3'-4A' long, the short petioles 

 2-glandular near the base of the blade, the solitary axillary flowers about 2' 

 broad, variegated, the crown violet, the edible berry ellipsoid, about 3' long, is 

 occasionally planted. 



Passiflora coerulea L., South American, a long glabrous vine with terete 

 or slightly angled stems, deeply 5-7-lobed thin leaves 3'-5' broad, their lobes 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate and acute, the flowers about 3' wide, the petals 

 white or pale rose, the white crown purplish at base and apex, the yellow berry 

 about 1$' long, is grown for ornament. 



