2i6 LYTHRACEAE • PASSIFLORACEAE 



linear, 2, entire, hairless. Fls. |, yellow, solitary in 1. -axils. Tropical America. 

 (Fig. 50 G.) 



Yariety grandiflora. Fls. i. 



* PuNTCA GRANATUM. Pomegranate. 25. July-September. D, Ls. mostly 

 opposite or sub-opposite, oblong, lane, 3, entire, blunt-ended, very shortly stalked, 

 Fls. i^, red, solitary or in pairs at end of short side shoots. Fruit 3, round, deep 

 yellow or reddish brown, with a thick rind inside which are numerous seeds 

 embedded in reddish yellow pulp. Persia, India. (Fig. 73 G.) 



Family 49. ONAGRACEAE. K (2-4), C4, A4-8, G (4) 



FUCHSIA. Ls. ov., toothed. Fls. drooping, with four spreading coloured 

 sepals, four petals directed downwards, and eight long hanging stamens. Fruit a 

 juicy 4-sided berry, 



* F. cordifolia. 6, May-June, D, Branchlets hairy. Ls. opposite or in 



threes, ov., 3, heart-shaped base, hairy, long-stalked. Fls. 2, tubular, 

 drooping, calyx tube red, petals green. Central America, (Fig. 55 e.) 

 F. excorticata. 40, June-October. D. Bark light brown, peeling; branchlets 

 hairless. Ls, alternate, ov., 4, pointed, minutely and distantly toothed or 

 entire, dark green above, whitish below. Fls. i, reddish purple. New 

 Zealand. (Fig. 98 f.) 



* F. gracilis. 6, June-October, D. Ls. opposite on in threes, narrow, ov., 2, 



tapering base, slender-stalked. Fls. i, sepals red, linear lane; petals ov., 

 purple; on long and very thin stalks. Mexico. (Fig. 55 d.) 

 F. macrostemma {F. magellanica). 12. June-October. D. Ls, opposite or in 

 threes, ov,, 2, distantly toothed, bright green, with a few hairs on midrib 

 and margins, Fls. i, sepals red, petals purple. South America. (Fig. 



55 c.) 

 F. microphylla. i. June-October. D. Ls. |. Fls. i, sepals deep pink, petals 



rosy purple. Mexico. 



F. procumhens. \. June-October, D. Ls. nearly circular, f , heart-shaped at 



base. Fls. ^, erect; sepals yellow, recurved, the tube purplish green; 



petals none. Fruit f , egg-shaped, pink. New Zealand. 



* Zauschneria CALIFORNICA. Californian Fuchsia. i\. August-September. 

 D. Ls. alternate or opposite, ov., lane, 2, distantly toothed or entire, 

 pale green, hairy on both sides, stalkless. Fls. i, scarlet, drooping, solitary 

 in 1. -axils, California. (Fig, 98 e.) 



Family 50. PASSIFLORACEAE. K (4-5), C4-5, As, Gi 



*Passiflora coerulea. Passion Flower. June-September. \ E. Climber by 

 tendrils; stems hairless. Ls. alternate, 7, palmately 5-7-lobed, lobes oblong with 

 rounded ends, hairless. Fls. 4, sepals and petals blue, corona purple, fragrant, 

 on long slender stalks from 1. -axils of growing shoots. Fruit i^, egg-shaped, 

 orange-coloured, containing numerous seeds embedded in pulp. Brazil. (Fig. 



Variety Constance Elliott. Fls, large, ivory-white. 



(P. racemosa, with red fls., is catalogued by Messrs. Hillier & Sons, 



Winchester.) 



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