1 64 PASSIFLORACE.E. 



A large genus, natives mostly of America ; a few also in 

 Asia and Australasia. 



("Leaves entire, half-moon shaped ... P. leschenaultii. 



\ Leaves three-lobed b 



, r Lobes entire : stipules % inch P. calcarata. 



\ Lobes toothed or crenate : no stipules . . . P. edulis. 



Passiflora leschenaultii DC. ; F.B.I, ii 599, 1 i ; Moon 

 Passion-flower, Indian name Covayonkou. Leaves semi- 

 circular attached at the middle of the rounded margin 

 with a cuspidate point in the opposite side, glabrous : 

 stalk J^ inch : nerves five all from the base, the three 

 middle ones very straight to the opposite centre and 

 corners. Tendrils axillary. Peduncles in pairs in the 

 leaf-axils, ij^ to 2 inches, jointed ^ to J4 below the 

 flower: bracteoles three, linear. Sepals M inch, oblong 

 obtuse. Petals as long, but narrower, white. Outer 

 corona of two rows of linear filaments, the outer row 

 shorter than the petals, the inner much shorter and more 

 slender. Inner corona a much folded membranous cup ; 

 and inside this again a small shallow cup round the base 

 of the column. Fruit ovoid ij^ inches, t. 119. Wight 

 Ic. t. 39. 



Common, climbing on the outer trees of a shola. Pulneys : 

 near Kodaikanal. Nilgiris : Ootacamund, Kotagiri, Coonoor, 

 etc. Fyson 1040, 1767. Bourne 938. 



Gen. Dist. Also Khasia. 



Passiflora calcarata Mast. ; I 2 ; Madagascar Passion- 

 flower ; a slender climber with three-lobed leaves and 

 large stipules ^ to I inch by Yz inch which distinguish 

 it at once from all our others. Leaf-stalks J4 inch, with 

 one, two, or more, small outgrowths curving slightly for- 

 wards, at about half-way : lobes of leaves entire except for 

 a few small teeth at the bottom of the divisions, the lateral 

 lobes slightly shorter than the middle one. Pedicels 

 longer, curving so that the flower faces upwards, and 



