1G8 r-VS.SIFLOKACE.E. (rASSlOX-FLOWER FAMILY.) 



OuDKu G;). PASSIFLOKACI:^. (rAssiON-FLOWEU Family.) 



Vines or trees, Avitli alternate leaves, and perfect or didjcious flowers. 

 — Calyx of 5 more or less united sepals. Corolla o-i)etalled, niono- 

 petalmis, or none. Stamens 5 or 10, separate or united, the anthers 

 introrse. Fruit 1 or 5-celled, mostly puli\v and indehiscent. Pla- 

 centa^ parietal. Seed enclosed in a pulpy aril. Embryo in the axis 

 of thin fleshy albumen. Cotyledons leafy. 



Synopsis. 



SrnoRDER I. PASSIFLOREvE. Climbing vines, with stipulate leaves, 

 and a.xillary perfect Howurs. — Calyx ."j-ijarted, with a crown of Klaments 

 at the throat. Stamens 5, monadelj)hous around the stalk of the ovary. 

 Styles 3. Fruit pulj)y. 



1. PASSITLORA. Filaments of the crown separate. Petals 5, or none. 



ScBORDER II. PAPAYjE. Trees, with milky juice, palmately lobed ex- 

 stipulate leaves, and dioecious flowers. — Staminate flowers niouopetalous, 

 panicled. Stamens 10. Pistillate flowers 5-petalled. Stigmas 5, sessile. 

 Fruit baccate. 



2. CARICA. Corolla of the staminate flowers salver-shaped, 5-lobed. 



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



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

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



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

 biglandular; jieduncles 3-bracted ; sepals with a horn-like point below the 

 apex, whitish within ; filaments of the crown in about 5 rows, the 2 outer 

 ones as long as tlie sepals ; berry large, oval. — In open or cultivatetl ground, 

 common. June -July. 11 — Fruit yellowish, as large as a lien's egg. Flow- 

 ers purple and white. 



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

 lobes rounded and entire ; petioles glandless ; flowers small, greenish yellow ; 

 peduncles by pairs, bractless ; filaments of the crown in 3 rows, shorter than 

 the sepals. — Woods and thickets. June -July. 11 — Fruit oval, purple, -J' 

 in diameter. 



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

 nervcd 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 s('])als, purple at the base ; fruit purple. — South Florida. 



4.- P. angUStifolia, Swartz. Lower leaves mo.'^tly 3-lobed, with the 

 lobes lanceolate, obtuse, and entire ; upper leaves simple, lanceolate, and 

 acute; petioles .sliort, biglandular; flowers small, solitary or by pairs, the pe- 

 duncles short and bractless; petals none. — South Florida. — Stem l°-2° 



