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Passiflora—continued. 
plaited, of a dusky purple colour ; another ciliated with capil- 
lary, black hairs, with yellow tips, the outermost one having the 
filamentous appendages twice as long as the others, dark purple 
at base, and yellow from the middle to the tip; pedicels twin. 
July and August. Z. glabrous, glandless, five-nerved, trifid ; 
lobes ovate, the middle one drawn out most ; petioles biglandular 
at the apex. Tropical America, 1690. (B. R. 144.) 
P. s. pallida (pale-flowered). fl. yellowish-green, small; corona 
short; pedicels one to three together. August and September. 
J. glabrous, ovate, acuminated, three-nerved ; petioles biglandular 
above the middle. Florida and West Indies, (B. R. 660.) 
P. tinifolia (Laurestine-leaved). A synonym of P. laurifolia. 
P. trifasciata (three-banded). fl. white, fragrant. Summer. 
l. trilobate, evergreen, marked down the centre of each lobe by 
a broad irregular band of reddish-purple, the back of the leaf 
being of a dark sanguineous hue. Para, 1868. (I. H. 544.) 
P. tuberosa (tuberous-rooted). fl. greenish-white; outer corona 
green at the base, tipped with purple and white; style purple; 
pedicels twin. June to October. 7. glabrous, glandular beneath, 
rounded at the base, three-nerved, three-lobed at the apex; the 
lower ones usually painted with white on the upper surface; 
lobes oblong, acute, the middle one very small; petioles gland- 
less. Branches of root tuberous. South America, 1810. (B. R. 
432.) Syn. P. punctata (L. B. C. 101). 
P. tucumanensis (Tucuman). fl. about 2in. in diameter; petals 
white; corona doubly. filamentous, the outer series white, barred 
with purplish-blue, equalling the petals; inner series white, 
tipped with blue, very short; bracts almost equalling the calyx 
segments, loosely cordate, serrate ; peduncles one-flowered, tri- 
bracteate. July. Z broadly cordate, petiolate, trilobed ; lobes 
oblong, deeply glandulose-serrate, glaucous beneath. Brazil, &c., 
1836. Plant very glabrous. (B. M. 3636.) 
P. vespertilio (bat-like). A synonym of P. Maximiliana. 
P. vitifolia (Vine-leaved). fl. yellowish; outer corona orange- 
coloured ; inner corona white ; bracts glandularly toothed. July. 
l. downy beneath, cordate, deepl: three-lobed; lobes ovate, 
acuminated, — — toothed, with the sinuses biglandular ; 
= biglandular at the base, pubescent. South America, 
P. Weberiana (Weber's). f. white, 2in. in diameter; filaments 
of corona banded with white; ovary densely setose ; peduncles 
axillary, wie eg Summer. J. large, 3in.,to Sin. long, 44in. 
to din. broad, three-lobed ; lobes broadly ovate-oblong, acute, 
sinuate - toothed, the base poe ae cordate; stipules leafy, 
falcate-oblong. Stem covered wi glandular hairs. Argentine 
Republic, 1885. 
PASSIFLOREZ. An order of trees, shrubs, or 
herbs, with watery juice, of variable habit, erect, climb- 
ing or twining, natives of tropical and sub-tropical 
regions, but most numerous in South America. Flowers 
solitary, racemose, or cymose-paniculate, usually showy, 
hermaphrodite or unisexual, usually regular; calyx tube 
short or elongated, coriaceous or herbaceous, persistent, 
in two cases absent; lobes three to many, coriaceous, 
valvate or imbricated; petals absent, or as many as the 
calyx lobes, inserted at the throat, tube, or base of the 
calyx, free, or connate in a campanulate corolla, in- 
duplicately valvate or imbricated; corona at the throat 
or base of the calyx simple or duplex, tubular, or cut 
into radiating or erect filaments, or rarely absent; disk 
urceolate or annular, rarely absent; stamens three to 
five, or rarely many, in a few cases many-seriate, peri- 
gynous, or inserted with the petals at the calyx throat, 
the filaments subulate or filiform. Fruit a many-seeded, 
dehiscent or indehiscent, berry or capsule. Leaves 
alternate or rarely opposite, petiolate, simple, lobed, 
palmately three to seven-foliolate, very rarely pinnate 
or decompound, sometimes glandular; stipules none or 
twin, deciduous or persistent; tendrils circinate or 
Spirally twisted. Several species of Passiflora are of 
economic value, some of them having edible fruits. 
The order comprises nineteen genera and about 250 
species. Examples: Carica, Gynoplewra, Passiflora, and 
Tacsonia. 
PASSION-FLOWER. See Passiflora. The term 
is also applied to the species of Tacsonia. q 
PASTINACA. Included under Peucedanum 
(which see). r 
PASTINACA OPOPONAX. A synonym of Mala- 
baila Opoponax (which see). 
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PATAGONULA (from the name of the native 
country of the genus—Patagonia). ORD. Boraginee. 
A genus comprising only a couple of species of green- 
house, glabrous or pubescent, South American shrubs. 
Flowers small, loosely corymbose, cymose at the tips of 
the branches; calyx broadly campanulate, five-fid above 
the middle ; corolla campanulate-sub-rotate, semi-five-fid, 
with imbricated (not folded) lobes. Leaves alternate or 
clustered at the apices of. the branches, entire or 
serrate, penniveined, reticulated. P. americana, the 
only species introduced, grows well in an equal mixture 
of loam and peat. It may be increased by cuttings, 
inserted in the same kind of soil, under a glass. 
P. americana (Ameri . whi ish-whi i 
like those of dle e e ey Gelap r 4 
surfaces, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, tapering into the short 
petioles, and sub-cuneated at the base, generally acute, rarely 
obtuse, at the apex; younger ones cuneate-obovate, entire or 
serrated towards the top; largest ones 2}in. long, margined. 
h. 10ft. to 12ft. 1732. f e 1 = * 
PATANA PALM. See Enocarpus Bataua. 
PATANIA. Included under Dicksonia. 
PATCHOULI PLANT. A common name of Pogo- 
stemon signe gam see). 
PATELLIFO. . Shaped like the patella or knee- 
pan; disk-shaped; circular, with a rim. 
PATENS, PATENT. Spreading widely open, or 
divergi 
ging widely from an axis. 
ERSONTIA (named after Col. W. Paterson, an 
English traveller in South Africa of the last century). 
Syn. Genosiris, ORD. Iridee. A genus comprising 
nineteen species of handsome, greenhouse, perennial herbs, 
with short rhizomes, all natives of extra-tropical or sub- 
tropical Australia. Flowers two or several in a spathe, 
rarely solitary, sessile or very shortly pedicellate ; 
perianth blue, or very rarely yellow or white; tube 
slender, sometimes long; three outer lobes broad and 
spreading; three inner ones small, erect, sometimes 
minute or absent; bracts membranous, more or less 
searious. Leaves radical, or clustered at the base of 
the stems, distichous, narrow-linear, grass-like or rigid. 
The best-known species are described below. They 
thrive in a sandy-peat compost. Propagation may be 
effected by division, or by seeds. 
P. glabrata (glabrous). H. purple; perianth tube shortly exceed- 
ing the bracts ; scapes or peduncles one or sometimes two to the 
stem, rarely exceeding the leaves. June. J. distichous ; lower 
ones very short; upper ones 6in. to 12in. long, rarely above two 
lines Stem slender, 3in. to 6in. high. 1814. Syn. 
P. media. (L. B. C. 768.) 
. glabrata (glabrous), of Botanical Register.” A form of 
P. sericea. 
P. glauca (glaucous). fl. blue; perianth tube exceeding the bracts 
by three to five lines; spike with the two outer bracts I4in. to 1jin. 
long, each spikelet bearing three or four flowers ; scapes ly 
much shorter than the leaves, but occasionally exceeding them. 
June. J. rigid, erect, the longest from Ein. to 18in. long, and 
nearly two lines broad. Stems very short, clustered on the 
rhizome, with a few outer scales gradually passing into leaves. 
820. (B. M. 2677; L. B. C. 1182.) 
P. media (intermediate). A synonym of P. glabrata. 
P. occidentalis (Western). f. usually numerous, rarely only 
three, in each spikelet; perianth rich blue, the tube shortly ex- 
ceeding the bracts; outer bracts l4in. or more long. ay. 
L rigid. the longest often above 1ft. long, usually two to three 
lines broad. Stems very short, 1824. (B. R. 1839, 60, under 
name of P. sapphirina.) 
P. sapphirina (sapphire -colour - flowered). A synonym of 
P. occidentalis. 
P. sericea (silky). deep violet-blue, in a stout and usually 
L raath rr p e segments of limb broadly ovate ; inner 
ovate or lanceolate ; outer bracts lżin. to 2in. long, at first silky- 
woolly ; scapes usually about lft. high. June. l radical, long, 
erect, and rigid, rarely above two lines broad, the edges very 
woolly at base when Toer Stems scarcely any. 1803. (B. M. 
1041.) P. glabrata (B. R. 51) is regarded, by Bentham, as merely 
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a glabrous form of this species. 
PATHS. Narrow walks intended for dividing up 
vegetable quarters, &., and affording facilities for 
They vary in width 
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executing work more readily. 
