PASSIFLORE&. III. PASSIFLORA. 



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Scarlet-fiowered Passion-flower or Granadilla. Fl. June, Nov. 

 Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



67 P. VETUTI'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 327.) young leaves pu- 

 bescent, at length glabrous, cordate, acutish, sinuately lobed, 

 serrated ; petioles biglandular ; bracteas glandularly serrated. 

 Tj . w . S. Native of Brazil. Allied to P. coccinea. Flowers 

 perhaps red or scarlet. 



Velvety Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



68 P. GLANDULOSA (Cav. diss. t. 281.) leaves glabrous, ovate, 

 coarsely toothed, acutish ; petioles biglandular ; bracteas entire, 

 biglandular at the base. Tj . w . S. Native of Cayenne. Tac- 

 sbnia glandulosa, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 43. Fruit the size of a 

 hen's egg. 



Glandular Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



69 P. MUCRONA'TA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 33.) leaves glabrous, 

 ovate-cordate, obtuse, entire ; petioles biglandular ; stipulas 

 broad-ovate, awned ; bracteas oblong, serrate-crenated. tj . w . S. 

 Native of Brazil, at Rio Janeiro. Cav. diss. t. 282. 



Mucronate-\ea\ed Passion-flower. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub cl. 



70 P. MALIFO'RMIS (Lin. amoen. 1. p. 220. t. 10. f. 5.) leaves 

 glabrous, ovate, somewhat cordate at the base, acuminated, en- 

 tire ; petioles biglandular ; bracteas ovate, acute, joined at the 

 base, larger than the flower. Pj . w . S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo, Porto-Rico, &c. Plum. icon. amer. t. 82. Ker, bot. reg. 

 t. 94. Leaves long and broad. Flowers large, sweet-scented, 

 and beautiful, of various shades ; the petals white, and the rays 

 blue ; the outer divisions of flowers are red. This species is 

 called the apple-fruited Granadilla or sweet calabash. The 

 fruit round, smooth, about 2 inches in diameter, of a dingy yel- 

 low-colour when ripe ; the coat is hard and stringy, nearly a 

 quarter of an inch in thickness, full of very agreeable gelatinous 

 pale yellow pulp, which is eaten with wine and sugar. 



Apple-formed- fruited Passion-flower or Granadilla. Fl. July, 

 Nov. Clt. 1731. Shrub cl. 



71 P. TILLEFOLIA (Lin. amcen. 

 1. p. 219. t. 10. f. 4.) leaves gla- 

 brous, cordate, entire, acute ; pe- 

 tioles glandless ; stipulas and 

 bracteas entire, oval, acuminated. 

 Jj . w . G. Native of Peru. Feuil. 



per. 2. t. 1 2. Flowers red ; rays 

 crimson, with a white line. Fruit 

 globose, variegated with red and 

 yellow, containing a sweet watery 

 pulp. (f. 4.) 



Lime - tree - leaved Passion- 

 flower or Granadilla. Fl. June. 

 Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 



72 P. SERRATIST1PULA (MoC. 



et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex 



D. C. prod. 3. p. 328.) leaves 



glabrous, cordate, acute, entire; 



petioles bearing 4 glands ; stipulas and bracteas ovate, acute, 



serrated. lj . w . S. Native of Mexico. Fruit edible. 



Serrate-stipuled Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 

 3 P. LIGULA'RIS (Juss. ann. mus. 6. t. 40.) leaves glabrous, 

 iate, acuminated, entire; petioles bearing 4-6 cylindrical 

 glands; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; bracteas ovate, 

 entire. ^ . ^. S. Native of Peru. Flowers party-coloured. 



Var. ft, geminifldra (D. C. prod. 3. p. 328.) pedicels twin. 

 Native of Caraccas. 



Ligular-stipu\ed Passion-flower. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1819. Sh. cl. 



74 P. QUADRANGULA'RIS (Lin. spec. 1356.) leaves glabrous, 

 cordate at the base, ovate, acuminated ; petioles bearing 4-6 

 glands ; stipulas ovate, and are, as well as the bracteas, entire ; 



FIG. 4. 



branches tetragonally winged. 1? . w . S. Native of Jamaica and 

 South America. Ker, bot. reg. t. 14. Jacq. amer. t. 143. pict. 

 218. Flowers highly odoriferous ; calycine lobes white within ; 

 petals of the same shape, red within, and white outside. Crown 

 5-fold ; outer rays in a double row, longer than the petals, 

 round, white, and variegated with violet. The common grana- 

 dilla or gronadilla vine bears large fruit, of an oblong shape, 

 about 6 inches in diameter, and 1 5 inches in circumference. It 

 is externally of a greenish yellow, when ripe soft and leathery 

 to the touch, and quite smooth ; the rind is very thick, and con- 

 tains a succulent pulp of a purple colour, which is the edible 

 part. Wine and sugar are commonly added to it. The flavour 

 is sweet and slightly acid, and is very grateful to the taste, and 

 cooling in a hot climate. It has been successfully cultivated for 

 its fruit in a few places in this country. 



Var. ft, sulcata (D. C. prod. 3. p. 328.) fruit furrowed trans- 

 versely. 



Cultivation of Granadilla (P. quadrangularis). Mr. Mitche- 

 son keeps a plant in a box 1 8 inches square, fixed on a level 

 with the curb in one corner of a tan-pit. The sides of the box 

 are perforated, to admit the roots to run among the tan, and the 

 shoots are trained like vines, under the rafters. In autumn the 

 shoots are pruned back to within two or three eyes of the 

 old wood ; and in March following, or just before the plant 

 begins to break, it is taken out of the box, the root and ball 

 reduced, and repotted in fresh compost. Abundance of water 

 in the flowering season enables the plant to set its fruit without 

 artificial impregnation. A strong plant will produce 40 fruits in 

 a season in regular succession, from the end of June till Christ- 

 mas. Half that number will grow to a larger size. Gard. mag. 

 2. p. 203. The Pass, laurifolia and Pass, edulis may be culti- 

 vated in the same way for their fruit. 



Quadrangular- stemmed Passion-flower or Granadilla. Fl. 

 Aug. Sept. Clt. 1768. Shrub cl. 



75 P. MAURITIA'NA (Pet. Th. ann. mus. 6. p. 65.) leaves 

 glabrous, cordate at the base, ovate, acuminated ; petioles bear- 

 ing 4-6 glands ; bracteas lanceolate, acuminated, denticulated. 

 T; . w . S. Native of the Mauritius. 



Mauritian Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



76 P. ALA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 306.) leaves glabrous, 

 somewhat cordate, ovate, acute ; petioles bearing 4 glands ; sti- 

 pulas lanceolately falcate, somewhat serrated ; pedicels terete ; 

 branches tetragonally winged ; bracteas a little toothed. Pj . w . S. 

 Native of Peru. Sims, bot. mag. t. 66. Sowerby in Lin. trans. 

 2. p. 23. t. 3. f. 6. Flowers very sweet-scented, the upper side 

 of the calyx and petals deep crimson ; rays variegated with 

 purple, white, and crimson. 



Winged-stemmed Passion-flower. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1772. 

 Shrub cl. 



77 P. LATIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 328.) leaves glabrous, 

 broadly cordate, acuminated ; lateral nerves approximate at the 

 middle of the base ; petioles glandular ; stipulas and bracteas 

 oval-oblong, entire ; branches terete. tj . w . S. Native of Peru. 

 Flowers pale red. 



Broad-leaved Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



78 P. A'LBIDA (Ker, bot. reg. 677.) leaves glabrous, roundish- 

 cordate, entire ; petioles biglandular in the middle ; stipulas 

 ovate-lanceolate, setosely apiculated; bracteas approximating 

 the flowers, soon falling off; pedicels twice the length of the 

 leaves. Tj . w . S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. Flowers 

 white, not pale red as in the preceding. Column inclined. Sta- 

 mens secund. Crown yellowish. 



Whilish-RowereA Passion-flower. Fl. Aug, Sept. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub cl. 



79 P. ORNA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 129.) 

 leaves glabrous, ovate-elliptic, acute, crenulated ; petioles bi- 



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