142 NAT. ORDER. — PASSIFLORE.E. 



tlie month of July, and finally close about eight or nine o'clock in 

 the morning. It is a native of the West Indies. 



Pusaifiora rotund'ifoliu . Round-leaved Passion-flower. In this 

 species the stem is suffrutescent at the bottom, subdivided, angular, 

 and grooved ; the leaves semi-ovate, three-nerved, veined, smooth on 

 both sides, marked behind longitudinally with pollucid dots ; lobes 

 terminated by very small bristes ; the middle one a little longer than 

 the others ; the petioles short without glands ; the tendrils filiform, 

 very long ; the stipules two, opposite awl-shaped ; the peduncles 

 axillary, filiform, and about an inch long ; the flowers nodding, pale 

 green, and rather large ; the berry egg-shaped. It is distinguished 

 from the jtlier sorts by its rounded leaves, w4iich are slightly three- 

 lobed at the top only. It is a native of Louisiana, and is also found 

 in Jamaica. 



Passijlora ciliata. Ciliated Passion-flower. This species runs to 

 a great height, and has dark green glossy leaves ; the involucrum is 

 composed of three leaves divided into copillary segments, each ter- 

 minating in a viscid globule ; the pillar supporting the germen is 

 bright purple with darker spots ; the petals are greenish on the out- 

 side and red within ; the crown consists of four rows of radii, which 

 are varied with white and purple. It is a native of Jamaica. 



Pass'ijlura suherosa. Cork-barked Passion-flower. This species 

 rises with a weak stalk to the height of twenty feet; as the stalks 

 grow old they have a thick fungous bark like that of the cork tree, 

 which cracks and splits ; the smaller branches are covered with a 

 smooth bark ; the leaves are smooth on very short petioles ; the 

 middle lobe is much longer than the lateral ones, so that the whole 

 leaf is halbert-shaped ; the flowers are small, and of a greenish yel- 

 low color ; the fruit is egg-shaped and of a dark purple when ripe. 

 It is perennial, and a native of the West Indies, flowering from June 

 till September. 



Passijlora holoscricca. Silky-leaved Passion-flower. In this spe- 

 cies the stalks rise about twenty feet high, dividing into nsany 



