I'ASsIlVLOUACE.E. (tASSIOX-FLOWKU FAMILY.) 147 



often bibractoolatc ; petals obovatc ; stj'lcs 2-partc(l. (Tumcra cistoidcs, EU. 

 P. villosa, Aith. ?) — Dry li;;lit soil, P'loriila to North Carolina. June and July. 

 y. — Stem 1° liiy-li. Leaves 2' -.3' lonj;, tlic lowest ones broader. 



2. P. tomentosa, H- B. K. Stcllatc-tomcntosc throuj;liout ; .stem sim- 

 ple ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, acute or obtuse, obscurely crcnate, hoary be- 

 neath; pedicels shorter than the leaves. — South Florida. — Stem 1° hi;;li. 

 Leaves rather rigid, 1' long. 



•3. P. glabra. Stem slender, branching, smooth ; leaves smooth, linear, 

 entiiT, the lioral ones small and braetliUe , pedicels several times longer than tlie 

 leaves, and, like the ealyx, stelhue-tomentose ; petals spatulate ; styles 2-eIeft. 

 (Turnera glabra, Z>C.?) — South Florida. — Stem \° -2° high. Leaves 2' 

 long. Flowers 1' iu diameter. 



OuDKR GO. PASSIFLORACEiE. (Passion-Flower 

 Family.) 



Climbing herbs or shrubs, •with alternate mostly stipulate leaves, and ax- 

 illary often showy ilowers. — 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, monadelj)hous below and en- 

 closing the stipe of the ovary. Ovary 1-celIed, with 3-4 parietal plar 

 centae. Styles 3-4, clavate. Fruit fleshy or baecate. Seeds numerous, 

 anatropous, included in a pulpy sac. Embi-yo in the axis of fleshy albu- 

 men. 



1. PASSIFLORA, L. Passiov-Flower. May-Pop. 



Calyx-tube very sliort. Filaments of the crown in 2 or more rows. Fruit 

 baccate — Tendrils axillary. Peduncles jointed, 1-flowered. 



1- P. incarnata, L. Leaves palmately 3-lobed, acute, serrate; petioles 

 biglandular , peduncles 3-bracted ; sepals with a horn-like point below the apex, 

 whitisli 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. 

 June and July. Ij. — Fruit yellowish, as large as a hen's egg. Flowers purple 

 and white. 



2. P. lutea, L. Leaves cordate, broadly .3-lohed at the summit, with the 

 lobes rounded and entire ; petioles glandlcss ; flowers small, greenish-yellow ; 

 j)eduncles by pairs, bractless ; filaments of the crowm in 3 rows, shorter than the 

 .se])als. — Woods and thickets, Florida to Mi.ssissippi, and northward. June and 

 July. H. — Fruit oval, purple, ^' in diameter. 



3. P. SUberosa, L. Leaves smooth, slightly fringed on the margins, 5- 

 nerved at the base, divided above the middle into 3 ovate entire acute lobes, the 

 middle lobe largest ; petioles short, biglandular above the middle ; peduncles 

 commonly by pairs ; flowers greenish , petals none ; filaments of the crown 

 shorter than the sepals, purple at the base ; fruit purple. — South Florida. 



