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PASSIFLORA verrucifera. 

 Warted Passion-flower. 



MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 

 Nat, ord. Passiflorace.'E. 

 PASSIFLORA. Botanical Register, vol. l.fol. 13. 



§ Granadilla. BeCand. Prodr. 3. 327. 



Involucrum sub Jlore 3-phjllwn ; foliolis integris dentatisve non laciniatis. 

 Calyx 5-lobus. Peiala 5. Pedicelli \-fiori et cirrhi shnplices ex iisdem 

 axillis. 



* Foliis lobatis tripartitis sectisve. 



P. verrucifera; foliis glabris trilobis serratis basi obtusis cuneatisque, petiolis 

 apice biglandulosis pedunciilis duplo longioribus, bracteis ovatis acumi- 

 natis serratis sepalisque margine glandulis verruciformibus obsitis, co- 

 ronae radiis subulatis petalis brevioribus. Supra misc. no. 105. 



Caulis glaher. Stipulye setacecB, pedunculo fere cequales. Sepala iiitus 

 alba, petalis albis duplo latiora. Coronae radii atropurpurei, biseriati, 

 eequales ; annulus supremns integerrimus, planus, tiiberculis paucis purpureis 

 infra marghiem; intermedins erectus, crenulatus ; coiumnaris peyitagonus. 

 Ovarium sub lente minutissime sericeum. 



A greenhouse climber, bought by Mr. Harris of Kingsbury 

 from Colville's nursery, but without any information of its 

 native country. It is however in all probability Brazil, where 

 are other nearly allied species. 



Its affinity is evidently with P. incarnata and edulis, from 

 both which it is clearly distinguished by the singular produc- 

 tion of green warts upon the margin, not only of the bracts 

 but of the sepals. Like all its genus its flowers are very 

 curious and pretty ; but its want of rich colours renders it 

 far inferior to many species now cultivated. 



It is a greenhouse climber, of as easy cultivation as the 

 common Passiflora edulis, and will grow with the greatest 

 luxuriance if planted in the border of the conservatory. The 

 soil which suits it best is rich loam mixed with peat and sand. 

 It can be multiplied freely by cuttings. 



