138 NAT. ORDER. PASSIFLORE.E. 



has a perennial root; the stalks are annual, slender, rising four or 

 five feet liigli ; at each joint one leaf, on a short foot-stalk, having 

 mostly three lobes, but the two side ones are sometimes divided part 

 of their length into two narrow segments, and thus becoming five- 

 lobed ; they are thin, of a light green, and slightly serrate ; the flow- 

 ers are produced from the joints of the stalk, at the foot-stalks of 

 the leaves, on long, slender peduncles, in succession as the stalks 

 advance in heiglit during the summer months ; they have an agreea- 

 ble scent, but are of short duration, opening in the morning, and 

 fading away in the evening ; the fruit is about the size of a full 

 grown apple, changing to a pale orange color when ripe. This is a 

 native of Virginia. 



Passljiora lalca. Yellow Passion-flower. This plant has a 

 creeping root, sending up many weak stalks, three or four feet high ; 

 the leaves are shaped like those of ivy, and almost as large, but of a 

 pale green color and very thin consistence; the peduncle is slender, 

 an incli and a half long ; the flowers dirty yellow, not larger than 

 the thumb nail when expanded. It is a native of Virginia and 

 Jamaica, flowering in May and June. 



Passijlora serratifolia. Notch-leaved Passion-flower. This spe- 

 cies is perennial and shrubby ; the stems are round — the younger 

 ones slightly villo.se, and climbing very high ; the stipules are linear 

 and accuminate; the foot-stalks of the leaves furnished with two 

 pairs of glandules ; the leaves ovate, smooth, and slightly serrated 

 round their whole outline ; the peduncles are one-flowered and soli- 

 tary ; the flowers have an extremely agreeable odor. This plant is 

 a native of the West Indies, flowering from 3Iay till October. 



Passijlora mallfonnis. Apple-fruited Passion-flower. This species 

 has a thick stem, triangular, by slender tendrils thrown out at every 

 joint, rising to the height of fifteen or twenty feet; at each joint is 

 one leaf, six inches long and four broad in the middle, of a lively 

 green, and thin texture, having a strong midrib — from this arise sev- 

 eral small nerves, diverging to the sides, and curving up towards the 



