PASSiFLORACE^ 55 



fascicles, forming compound leafy racemes. Calyx 54 to 



I in., widest at the base, and prolonged below in a short 



sac ; teeth small. Petals 4 ; 2 lower small red ; 2 upper 



J^ inch across black, round stamens 8, inserted inside 



the calyx and a little below the mouth. Ovary free at 



the base of the calyx, four-celled, with one style and 



small stigma. Fruits ^ inch with seeds in four rows on 



an axile placenta which bursts through the calyx when 



ripe. t. 340. 



Coonoor, Kotagiri, etc., as a garden escape on road sides, 

 under hedges. 



ONAGRACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 161. 



CENOTHERA. 



CEnothcra rosea Ait. ; Vol. I p. 151. t. 341. 



CIRC^A. 

 CircaBB alpina L. ; Vol. i p. 161. t. 342. 



SAMYDACEit. 

 Casearia coriacca Thw. ; Vol. I p. 162, as C. esculenta. 



PASSIFLORACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 163. 



TACSONIA. 



Similar to PASSIFLORIA, but the calyx tube very 

 long. 



Native of America, Tacso is a Peruvian name. 



Tacsonia mollissima. H. B. & K. A climber with 

 deeply lobed toothed leaves velvetty to the touch. Calyx 

 tube 3 to 5 inches, with 3 united bracts at the base. 

 Sepals and petals pink, I^ inch. t. 343. 



A native of Peru, sometimes grown in gardens. 



