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PASSIFLORE^E. III. PASSIFLORA. 



lous and glandless ; pedicels twin. fy.^.S. Native of Mexico, 

 on the burning Mount Jorullo. Flowers greenish ? 

 Jorullo Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



53 P. SICYOIDES (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. vol. 5. p. 

 88.) leaves cordate, 3-lobed, sharply subdentate or quite entire, 

 glaucous beneath, hairy, biglandular in the recesses, smooth- 

 ish above ; lobes triangularly acuminated, middle lobe the 

 longest ; petioles hairy, biglandular in the middle ; glands large, 

 clavate ; stipulas half ovate, cuspidately acuminated ; peduncles 

 twin ; bracteas filiform, small, approximating the flower. Tj . w . S. 

 Native of Mexico, in woods near Jalapa. Flowers pale. Habit 

 of Bryonia. 



Slcyos-like Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



54 P. OBLONGA'TA (Swartz, prod. p. 97.) leaves glabrous, 

 glandular beneath, oblong, rounded at the base, 3-nerved, 3- 

 lobed at the apex ; petioles glandless ; pedicels solitary, fj . w . 

 S. Native of Jamaica, among bushes. P. elongata, Poir. suppl. 

 2. p. 839. 



Oi/owg-leaved Passion-flower. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub cl. 



55 P. LYRJEFOLIA (Tuss. ant. t. 4.) leaves glabrous, glandular 

 beneath, ovate at the base, 3-nerved, 3-lobed at the apex ; lobes 

 straight, acuminated, middle lobe small ; petioles glandless ; pe- 

 dicels solitary or twin. ^ . w . S. Native of Jamaica, on Mount 

 St. George. Probably sufficiently distinct from the preceding 

 and following species. 



Lyre-leaved Passion-flower. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1816. Sh. cl. 



56 P. TUBEROSA (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. t. 496.) leaves gla-' 

 brous, glandular beneath, rounded at the base, 3-nerved, 3- 

 lobed at the apex ; lobes oblong, acute, middle lobe very small ; 

 petioles glandless; pedicels twin; branches of root tuberous. 



fj . ^,. S. Native of South America. Ker, bot. reg. t. 432. 

 P. punctata, Lodd. bot. cab. t. 110. Lower leaves usually 

 painted with white on the upper surface. Flowers greenish 

 white ; outer crown green at the base, tipped with purple and 

 white. Style purple. 



Tuberous-rooted Passion-flower. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub cl. 



57 P. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Lin. 1. c. p. 235.) leaves rather glandu- 

 lar, velvety beneath, nearly orbicular, 3-nerved, 3-lobed ; pe- 

 tioles glandless ; pedicels twin ; berries globose, hairy. T? . w . 

 S. Native of the Antilles. Plum. icon. amer. t. 138. f. 1. 

 Cav. diss. t. 290. Flowers whitish. 



Var. ft, Jacquini (D. C. 1. c.) leaves glabrous beneath ; pedi- 

 cels solitary ; leaflets of involucrum ovate. Jj . w . S. Native 

 of Carthagena, in the woods. P. rotundifolia, Jacq. obs. t. 46. 

 f. 1. Petals whitish ; rays of crown yellow. 



Var. y, Swdrtzii (D. C. prod. 3. p. 327.) leaves glabrous be- 

 neath ; berry ovate, glabrous. ^ . Vj) . S. Native of the south 

 of Jamaica. P. rotundifolia, Swartz, obs. p. 337. Flowers 

 greenish. 



Round-leaved Passion-flower. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1779. 

 Shrub cl. 



58 P. ALNIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 136.) 

 leaves puberulous beneath, glandular, ovate, roundly truncate at 

 the base, 3-nerved, roundly 3-lobed at the apex ; middle lobe 

 emarginate ; petioles glandless, and are, as well as the pedicels, 

 downy, and twin ; berries spherical, glabrous. Ij . w . S. Na- 

 tive of South America, on Mount Quindiu, at the river Cuello. 

 Flowers large. 



Glider-leaved Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



59 P. OBSCU'RA ; leaves 3-lobed, somewhat cordate, truncate, 

 velvety : lateral lobes divaricate : intermediate one obsolete, 

 emarginate ; petals emarginate, shorter than the calyx ; tube of 

 calyx rotate, depressed ; inner crown pubescent, plicate, lying on 

 the base of the stipe, in the disc, outer crown radiate ; ovarium vil- 



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lous. I? . ^. S. Native of the north-eastern coast of South America, 

 but in what place we gathered it is now forgotten. Flowers 

 small, pale green, with a downy pedicel : the inner crown is 

 downy and purple : the outer crown has its lower half purple, 

 and its upper white. This species seems to come nearest to P. 

 alnifolia of Bonpland. 



Obscure Passion-flower. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1823. Sh. cl. 



60 P. MO'LLIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 137.) leaves canes- 

 cent beneath, glandular, ovate-cordate at the base, 3-nerved, 3- 

 lobed at the apex : lateral lobes very small ; petioles glandless, 

 and are, as well as the pedicels, pubescent ; pedicels twin ; ber- 

 ries globose, puberulous. >j . w . S. Native of South America, 

 on Mount Quindiu. Flowers not seen. 



Soft Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



61 P. PUNCTA'TA (Lin. amcen. 1. p. 224. t. 10. f. 12.) leaves 

 glabrous, transversely oval, glandular beneath, 3-nerved at the 

 base, and emarginately cordate, very bluntly 3-lobed at the apex ; 

 petioles glandless ; pedicels solitary, longer than the petioles. 

 Ij . w . G. Native of Peru. Feuill. per. 2. t. 11. Flowers with 

 whitish petals : and violet rays, tipped with yellow. 



Dolled-leaved Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



62 P. BRYONIOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 140.) leaves his- 

 pid, cordate at the base, 5-nerved, palmately 5-lobed, sharply- 

 toothed ; petioles biglandular at the apex, hairy ; pedicels hairy, 

 twin ; berries elliptic, glabrous. Tj . ^,. S. Native of Mexico, 

 near Santa Rosa. Flowers greenish. 



Bryony-like Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



SECT. VI. GRANADILLA (Granadilla or Granadille is the French 

 name of some Passion-flowers, so called from the resemblance of 

 the fruit, in size and colour, to a pomegranate, with this differ- 

 ence, that it is not crowned by the calyx). D. C. in mem. soc. 

 gen. 1. pt. 2. p. 435. prod. 3. p. 827. Anthactinia, Bory, ann. 

 gen. 2. p. 138. Involucrum 3-leaved under the flower; leaflets 

 entire or toothed, never jagged. Calyx 10-lobed ; the 5 inner 

 lobes are probably petals. Pedicels 1 -flowered, rising from the 

 same axils as the tendrils, which are simple. 



* Leaves entire. 



63 P. SERRATIFOLIA (Lin. amoen. 1. p. 217. t. 10. f. 1.) 

 leaves pubescent beneath, ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrulated, 

 feather-nerved ; petioles bearing 4 glands, and are, as well as 

 the pedicels, pubescent, tj . w . S. Native of South America. 

 Cav. diss. t. 279. Sims, bot. mag. t. 651. Jacq. hort. schcenb. 

 1. p. 4. t. 10. Mart. dec. 4. t. 36. Flowers with purple petals, 

 and the filaments of the crown pale purple at the base, and 

 from thence bluish. 



Saw-leaved Passion-flower. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1731. Sh. cl. 



64 P. NI'TIDA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 130.) leaves glabrous, 

 oblong-elliptic, acuminated, serrulated, feather-nerved ; petioles 

 biglandular. Tj . w . S. Native in woods about the Orinoco. 

 Very nearly allied to the preceding species. Flowers about the 

 size of those of P. ccerulea, with a reddish calyx : crown with 

 blue filaments, ringed with white. 



Shining-leaved Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



65 P. GUAZHM^FOLIA (Juss. ann. mus. 6. t. 39. f. 1.) leaves 

 glabrous, ovate-oblong, acuminated, denticulated ; petioles bi- 

 glandular ; crown one-half shorter than the calycine lobes. T; . 

 w . S. Native of New Granada, in very hot places. Flowers 

 large, with a whitish calyx. 



Guazuma-leaved Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



66 P. COCCJ'NEA (Aubl. guian. 2. t. 324.) leaves glabrous, 

 ovate, coarsely toothed, acutish ; petioles bearing 4-6 glands ; 

 bracteas ovate, subserrated, velvety, fy . ^,. S. Native of 

 Guiana, where it is also cultivated ; and Maranham, in Brazil. 

 Cav. diss. t. 280. Flowers scarlet, with orange-coloured rays. 

 Fruit full of juicy sweet edible pulp. 





