PASSIFLORACEJE. (PASSION-FLOWER FAMILY.) 147 
often bibracteolate ; petals obovate; styles 2-parted. (Turnera cistoides, Ell. 
P. villosa, Aub. ?) — Dry light soil, Florida to North Carolina. June and July. 
y — Stem 1? high. Leaves 2'—3' long, the lowest ones broader. 
2. P. tomentosa, H. B. K. Stellate-tomentose throughout; stem sim- 
ple; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, acute or obtuse, obscurely crenate, hoary be- 
neath; pedicels shorter than the leaves. — South Florida.— Stem 19 high. 
Leaves rather rigid, 1' long. : 
3. P. glabra. Stem slender, branching, smooth; leaves smooth, linear, 
entire, the floral ones small and bractlike; pedicels several times longer than the 
leaves, and, like the calyx, stellate-tomentose; petals spatulate; styles 2-cleft. 
(Turnera glabra, DC.?)— South Florida.— Stem 1°-2° high. Leaves 2' 
long. Flowers 1' in diameter. i 
OnpER 60. PASSIFLORACEZE.  (PassioN-FLOWER 
FAMILY.) 
Climbing herbs or shrubs, with alternate mostly stipulate leaves, and ax- 
illary often showy flowers. — Calyx of 4—5 more or less united sepals, 
commonly bearing at the throat 4— 5 petals, and a crown of slender fila- 
ments in one or more rows. Stamens 4—5, monadelphous below and en- 
closing the stipe of the ovary. Ovary 1-celled, with 3—4 parietal pla- 
centæ. Styles 3—4, clavate. Fruit fleshy or baccate. Seeds numerous, 
anatropous, included in a pulpy sac. Embryo in the axis of fleshy albu- 
men. 
1. PASSIFLORA, L. Passron-Frower. Mayx-Por. 
Calyx-tube very short. Filaments of the crown in 2 or more rows. Fruit 
baecate. — Tendrils axillary. Peduncles jointed, 1-flowered. 
.M P. incarnata, L. Leaves palmately 3-lobed, acute, serrate ; petioles 
biglandular ; peduncles 3-bracted ; sepals with a horn-like point below the apex, 
whitish within ; filaments of the crown in about 5 rows, the two outer ones as 
long as the sepals ; berry large, oval. — In open or cultivated ground, common. 
X e. July. )|— Fruit yellowish, as large as a hen’s egg. Flowers purple 
