I'ASSIFLOKACE.E. (PASSION-FLOWER FAMILY.) 147 



often bibracteolate ; petals obovatc ; styles 2-parted. (Turnera cistoides, Ell. 

 P. villosa, Auh. ?) — Dry light soil, Florida to North Carolina. June and July. 

 1|. — Stem 1° high. Leaves 2' -3' long, the lowest ones broader. 



2. P. tomentosa, H. B. K. Stcllate-tomentose througliout ; stem sim- 

 ple ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, acute or obiuse, obscurely crenatc, hoary be- 

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

 Leaves rather rigid, 1' long 



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

 entire, the floral ones small and bractlikc ; pedicels several times longer than the 

 leaves, and, like the calyx, stcllate-tomentose ; petals spatulate ; styles 2-cleft. 

 (Turneva glabra, L»C.?) — South Florida. — Stem l°-20 high. Leaves 2' 

 long. Flowei-s 1' in diameter. 



Order GO. PASSIFLORACEiE. (Passion-Flo wer 

 Family.) 



Climbing herbs or shrubs, -with alternate mostly stipulate leaves, and a.K- 

 illary often show)- llowers. — Calyx of 4 — 5 more or less united sepals, 

 commonly bearinn; 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 })arietal pla- 

 centae. St}les 3-4, tlavate. Fruit fleshy or baccate. Seeds niuiiorous, 

 anatropous, included in a pulpy sac. Embryo in the axis of Heshy albu- 

 men. 



1. PASSIPLORA, L. r.vssiox-FLOWER. JM.vr-Por. 



Calyx-tube very .sliort. Fihxments of tlie crown in 2 or more rows. Fruit 

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



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

 bigiandular ; 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. 

 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-Iobed at the summit, with the 

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

 peduncles by pairs, bractlcss ; filaments of the crown in 3 rows, sliorter than the 

 sepals. — Woods and tiiickets, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. June and 

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



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

 nerved at the l)ase, divided above the middle into 3 ovate entire acute lobes, the 

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

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

 shorter than tlie sepals, pur])le at tiie base ; fruit purple. — South Florida. 



