Passiflora. ] Passifloracez. 133 
gynophore elongate; stam. 4-5; anth. versatile; fruit a many- 
seeded berry.—Sp. 120; mostly natives of Tropical America. 
Involucre simple; plants glabrous : 
Plants exstipulate : 
Leaf-margin entire 1. P. suberosa. 
Leaf-margin serrate 2. P. edulis. 
Plants with leafy stipules 3. P. stipulata. 
Involucre pectinate; plants hairy 4. P. fetida. 
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1. P. suBEROSA Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 958 (1753). P. Walkerie Wight. IIl. 
II, p. 39 t. 108 (1831). : 
Leaves about 3 in. long, ovate, simple or more or less 
3-lobed, glabrous; fls. solitary, axillary, small; fruit 4 in. 
across, globose, dark blue. 
Naturalised and very common about Peradeniya. Fls. June; green, 
Native of Tropical America. 
2. P. edulis Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1989 (1818). 
Occasional escape in the hill country. 
Native of Brazil. 
2 or 3 pink-flowered species appear to be common about Nuvara 
Eliya. I have not seen P. edulis as an escape. 
3. P. strpucata Aubl. Pl. Gui. II, p. 830 (1775). P. glauca Dryand. 
ex Ait. Hort. Kew III, p. 308 (1789). 
Leaves 3-lobed, up to 3 in. long, glabrous, glaucous, 
lobes oblong, obtuse; fls. solitary, axillary, medium-sized, 
pedunculate, subtended by ovate bracts; fruit obovoid. 
Naturalised about Nuvara Eliya; Kadugannawa; Kandy. F's. 
Mar., Aug.; white. 
Native of Tropical America. 
4. P. ratipa Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 959 (1753). 
Leaves 3-lobed, up to 4 in. long; sparsely villous, lobes 
ovate, acute; fls. solitary, axillary, medium-sized, peduncu- 
late, subtended by pectinate bracts; fruit ellipsoid. 
Naturalized Kantelai; Delgoda. Fls. Mar., Aug.; white, usually 
with a purplish corona. 
Native of Brazil. 
LVIII.—CUCURBITACE. 
Page 244.—For Trichosanthes palmata Roxb. read: 
T. bracteata Voigt, Cat. Hort. Calc. p. 52 (1845). Modecca? 
bracteata Lamk. Encycl IV, p. 410 (1796). T. palmata Roxb. FI. Ind. 
III, p. 704 (1832). Anakoruthi, T. (Gamble). 
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