PASSIFLOREJE. III. PASSIFLORA. 



Serrated-leaved Passion-flower. Clt. 1800. Shrub cl. 



109 P. LOUREI'RII; leaves glabrous, 5-parted; lobes quite 

 entire ; petioles biglandular. Tj . w . F. Native of China and 

 Cochin-china. P. ccerulea, Lour. coch. p. 527. but not of Lin. 

 P. Chinensis, Sweet ? Flowers greenish yellow, with a blue 

 crown. 



Loureiro's Passion-flower. Fl. Ju. Oct. Clt. ? Shrub cl. 



110 P. PEDA'TA (Lin. amoan. 1. p. 233. t. 10. f. 22.) leaves 

 pedate, in consequence of the petiole being branched at the top ; 

 petiole biglandular ; segments of leaves oval, acuminated, ser- 

 rated ; bracteas dentately fringed. Jj . w . S. Native of St. 

 Domingo and Trinidad. Plum. amer. t. 81. Calycine seg- 

 ments pale green, with abundance of little red spots on the 

 upper surface. Petals or inner calycine segments blue. The 

 rays of the crown are very close, deep red, with 2 or 3 white 

 rings, very slender, violet at the ends ; they are twisted so as to 

 resemble the serpents about Medusa's head. Fruit the size of 

 a middling apple, green, and dotted. 



Pedate-leaved Passion-flower. Clt. 1781. Shrub cl. 



SECT. VII. TACSONIOIDES (plants resembling Tacsonia in 

 habit). D. C. prod. 3. p. 330. Tube of calyx rather elongated, 

 nevertheless much shorter than the limb. The rest as in sec- 

 tion Granadilla. Leaves 3-lobed, with the recesses and petioles 

 glandular. An intermediate section between the genus Papi- 

 flbra and Tacsonia. 



111 P. REFLEXIFLORA (Cav. icon. 5. t. 425.) glabrous ; leaves 

 subpeltate, 3-lobed ; lobes obtuse, quite entire, recesses and 

 petioles bearing 6 glands ; calycine lobes reflexed ; crown very 

 short or almost wanting. 1? . w . S. Native of Panamaide, and 

 near Bodegas, in South America. Tacsonia reflexiflora, Juss. 

 ann. mus. 6. p. 393. Flowers scarlet. 



Rejlexed-flowered Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



112 P. PICTURATA (Ker. bot. reg. t. 673.) glabrous ; leaves 

 subpeltate, reddish beneath, 3-lobed ; lobes quite entire, mu- 

 cronate by a bristle ; recesses and petioles bearing 4 glands ; 

 calycine lobes reflexed, twice the length of the filamentous 

 crown. Tj . w . S. Native of Brazil. P. pictur&ta, Lodd. bot. 

 cab. t. 1050. differs in the lobes of the leaves being glandless. 

 Flowers red ; outer crown beautifully variegated with blue and 

 white. 



Painted-leaved Passion-flower. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. cl. 



SECT. VIII. DYSOSMIA (from cW<>)c> dysodes, fetid, and 

 oo-^jj, osme, a smell ; the species contained in this section have 

 a bad smell). D. C. in mem. soc. gen. 1. pt. 2. p. 436. prod. 3. 

 p. 331. Involucrum 3-leaved, under the flower; leaflets di- 

 vided into many setaceous lobes, which are tipped with glands. 

 Calyx 10-lobed, or the 5 inner ones are petals. Pedicels soli- 

 tary. Fruit subcapsular. Perhaps this section will form a 

 proper genus. 



113 P. HIBISCIFOI.IA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 39.) stem, petioles, and 

 leaves clothed with soft velvety down on both surfaces ; leaves 

 truncate at the base, 5-nerved, trifid ; lobes ovate-acuminated, 

 somewhat dentate. Jj . w . S. Native of the West India Islands. 

 P. foe'tida, var. a, Lin. amcen. 1. p. 228. t. 10. f. 17. Plum, 

 amer. t. 86. P. gossypif 61ia, Desv. in Ham. prod. p. 48. ? 

 Giseck, icon. fasc. 1. t. 20. Flowers whitish. Plant fetid when 

 bruised. 



Hibiscus-leaved Passion-flower. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1731. 

 Shrub cl. 



114 P. TCE'TIDA (Cav. diss. 10. t. 289.) stems and petioles 

 hispid ; leaves villous on both surfaces, 5-nerved, cordate at 

 the base, 3-lobed ; lobes nearly entire, lateral ones very short, 

 middle one acuminated. $ . or T. w . S. Native of the Carib- 

 bee Islands and South America. Sims, bot. mag. 2619. Ker. 



bot. reg. 321. P. fce'tida, var. /3, Lin. amcen. P. variegata, 

 Mill. P. hirsuta, Lodd. bot. cab. 138. P. hircina, Sweet, 

 hort. brit. Flowers whitish ; crown variegated with purple and 

 blue. Plant fetid when bruised. 



Fetid Passion-flower. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1731. PI. cl. 



115 P. ACERIFOLIA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnsea. 5. p. 89.) 

 the whole plant scabrous from hairs ; leaves deeply cordate, 

 pedately 5-7-nerved, cuneated within the recesses, 5 and some- 

 times 7-lobed ; paler and glandless beneath ; lobes acuminated, 

 subserrated ; teeth mucronate ; petioles biglandular at the 

 apex ; glands stipitate, recurved at the apex ; stipulas semi- 

 orbicular, sinuately toothed ; teeth subulate ; peduncles twin, 

 involucrated in the middle ; involucrum multifidlyjagged, hardly 

 glandular. Tj . w . S. Native of Mexico, in woods near Jalapa. 

 Flowers a little larger than those of P. fce'tida'. 



Sycamore-leaved Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



116 P. CILIA^TA (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 310.) stem glabrous; 

 petioles rather pilose ; leaves glabrous, somewhat 5-nerved, 

 cordate at the base, trifid ; lobes acuminated, ciliated. If. . w . S. 

 Native of Jamaica. Curt. bot. mag. t. 288. Petals greenish on 

 the outside and red within. Rays of crown variegated with 

 white and purple. Stipe of ovarium deep purple, with darker 

 spots. 



Ciliated-\eaveA Passion-flower. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1783. PL cl. 

 j- Species not sufficiently known. 

 * Leaves entire. 



117 P. APPENDICULA'TA (Meyer, esseq. p. 223.) leaves gla- 

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

 oblong, mucronate ; petioles biglandular, puberulous ; pedicels 

 twin, shorter than the petioles ; involucrum wanting. Jj . w . S. 

 Native of Guiana, in shady sandy places. Perhaps belonging 

 to either section Cieca or Decaloba. Flowers yellow. 



Appendiculaled Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



118 P. CYATHOPHORA (Desv. in Ham. prod. p. 48.) leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, undivided, undulated and narrowed in the middle, 

 mucronulate, 3-nerved, subcordate at the base, quite glabrous 

 above and nerved, glaucescent beneath ; petioles biglandular ; 

 glands large, lateral, hollow, cup-shaped, usually twin ; involu- 

 crum wanting. Tj . w . S. Native of Guiana. Perhaps belong- 

 ing to section Cieca or Decaloba. 



Cuji-bearing Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



119 P. PYRIFORMIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 331.) leaves glabrous, 

 ovate, acuminated, feather-nerved ; petioles biglandular ; pedi- 

 cels solitary ; fruit pear-shaped. Pj . w , S. Native of Brazil. 



Pear-shaped-fruhed Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



120 P. LANCEOLA'TA (Desv. 1. c.) branches compressed, an- 

 gular, ciliated with down ; leaves lanceolate, acute, mucronulate, 

 rounded at the base, with the sides subauricled, pilose on both 

 surfaces, quite entire ; petioles biglandular ; pedicels twin, ca- 

 pillary ; fruit on a long pedicel. Tj . w . S. Native of the 

 Antilles. Flowers scarlet. The rest unknown. 



Lanceolate-]ea\ed Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



121 P. TETRADE'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 331.) leaves ovate, 

 quite entire ? petioles bearing 4 glands ; bracteas toothed ; stem 

 tetragonal, membranous, fy . w . S. Native of Brazil. Vand. 

 fl. lus. et bras, in Roem. script. 148. Perhaps P. alala or P. 

 quadrangularis. 



Four-glanded Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



122 P. THEOBROJLEFOLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 331.) stems erect ; 

 leaves cordate, ovate, acuminated, unequally serrated, rather 

 puberulous ; calyx double ; petals ? spatulate. f? . S. Native 

 country unknown. Flowered in the Botanic Garden at Schcen- 

 brun. P. guazumsef olia, Jacq. fragm. p. 13. but not of Juss. 

 This plant perhaps belongs to a different genus, not belonging 

 to this order. 



