POPULAR FLORA. 



155 



Passion-FIower. PassiJIdra. 

 Sepals 5, united at tlie ba?e. Petals 5, accompanied by a crown or ring formed of a double or triple 

 fringe, inserted on the base of the calyx. Stamens 5, mona- 

 delphous; the filaments making a long sheath to the slender 

 stalk of the ovary: this is one-celled and becomes an eata- 

 ble berry, with many seeds in 3 or 4 rows on its walls. The 

 species are mostly South American; and some large-flowered 

 and handsome ones are cultivated in hot-houses. The early 

 missionaries fancied that they found in these flowers emblems 

 of the implements of our Saviour's passion ; the fringe repre- 

 senting the crown of thorns; the larj^e anthers fixed bv their 

 middle, hammers; and the 5 styles (tapering below and with, 

 large-headed stigmas), the nails. We have two wild species, 

 common S. and \\. 



371. Passion-Plower No. 1, enlarged. 



1. Small P. Leaves bluntly 3-lobed, otherwise entire; flowers greenish-yellow, 1' wide. P.lutea. 



2. J^AYPOP P. Leaves 3-cleft, the lobes serrate; flowers 2' broad, white, with a triple flesh-colored 



and purple crown; fruit like a hen's egg in shape and size. P. incarnata. 



40. CUHRANT FAMILY. Order GROSSULACE^. 



372 



377 376 



375 



374 



Consists of the Currants 

 and Gooseberries, which 

 belong to the same botan- 

 ical genus. Shrubs, with 

 alternate rounded and ra- 

 diate-veined leaves ; the 

 tube of the calyx coherent 

 with the one-celled ovary, 

 and continued above it 

 into a cup which is often 

 colored, like a corolla, and 

 bears the 5 little petafe and 

 5 stamens. Seeds many, 

 with a pulpy outer coat,, 

 borne upon the walls of the 

 berry on two thickened 

 lines (parietal placentas). 



373 



Garden Gooseberry: 372. wilh flo^vers ; 373. with fniit. 374. Cup of the c.ilyx Inii open, bearing- the 5 little petals and stamens. 

 S7j. Tlie pistil. 37G. Younj berry cut across. 377. Yuung- heriy divided lengthwise. 



Gooseberry. Ribes, § Grossularia. 



Stems generally armed with thorns under the clusters of leaves, and sometimes with scattered* 

 prickles. Peduncles bearing single or few flowers. 



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