overlooked at the time the name onychina was given the 

 species, in allusion to its beautiful blue colour, and it is now 

 too late to remedy the oversight. I however trust there will 

 be plenty of opportunities of recognizing the merits of Mr. 

 Sulivan — to whose zeal, intelligence, and activity in the pro- 

 motion of science, no one can be more ready to bear testimony 

 than myself. 



" For this pretty addition to our collection of Passifloras, 

 we are indebted to Bartholomew James Sulivan, Esq., now 

 of H. M.S. the Beagle, who procured the seeds, with others, 

 from the Botanic Garden at Rio de Janeiro, in 1827, and 

 presented them, on his return, to Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. 

 M.P., in whose garden at Carclew, Cornwall, the present 

 plant originated. 



" It appears to be different from any of the species 

 hitherto introduced, and is distinguished principally by its 

 long, round, slender branches ; small purplish coloured 

 flowers; thin leaves; and peculiar odour. Whether it will 

 succeed in the green-house or conservatory, remains to be 

 ascertained ; as the plant from which the accompanying 

 figure and description were made, has been constantly kept 

 in the stove. It has spread over a considerable part of the 

 house, intermixed with Quisqualis Indica and Passiflora 

 racemosa, and it is worthy of remark that where it was 

 pruned and trained with care not a flower is to be seen, 

 while the shoots which were allowed to ramble are profusely 

 studded with delicate blossoms. 



"The stem is round and of a glaucous green colour, when 

 old it becomes of a bright green, and is slightly channeled. 

 The branches are long and slender. The stipules are mostly 

 deciduous, being only to be met with towards the extremity 

 of the shoots; they are small, oblique and angular, with a 

 small arista at the point ; their colour is a pale glaucous green. 

 The leaves are three-lobed, not very strong ; on the upper- 

 side they are smooth and of a deep green ; the under-side is 

 much paler and glaucous ; the lobes flat, oblong, and blunt 

 at the point, the middle lobe the largest, with a conspicuous 

 pale coloured midrib. Petioles inserted in the margin of the 

 leaves, round, varying from an inch to two inches in length, 

 and having usually three pair of elevated top-shaped glands 



