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Cacao-leaved Passion-flower. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



123 P. COCHIN-CHINE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. app. p. 346.) leaves 

 opposite, glabrous, ovate, undivided, quite entire ; petioles bi- 

 glandular ; flowers axillary, twin, 5-cleft ; berry ovate. Pj . w . G. 

 Native of Cochin-china, among bushes. P. pallida, Lour. coch. 

 p. 527. This species differs from all the other Passifloras in 

 the opposite leaves ; it is perhaps therefore a species of Mal- 

 pighia. Flowers large, pale. 



Cochin-china Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



124 P. SINGAPORIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 1232.) leaves glabrous, 

 oblong ; the rest of the plant unknown. 1? . w . S. Native of 

 Singapore, in the East Indies. Like P. laurifolia. 



Singapore Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



125 P. PENANGIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 1233.) leaves ovate-ob- 

 long, entire, acuminated ; tendrils trifid. fj . ^. S. Native of 

 Penang. Flowers unknown. 



Penaitg Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



* * Leaves 2-lobed. 



126 P. LUNA'TA (Juss. herb, ex D.C. prod. 3. p. 331.) leaves 

 rather downy beneath, glandular, 3-nerved, ovate at the base, 

 lunately truncate at the apex ; nerves ending each in a bristle ; 

 petioles glandless ; pedicels twin ; bracteas linear. Jj . w . S. 

 Native of Peru. Perhaps belonging to the section Cieca or 

 Decdloba. 



Mbo-shaped-leaved Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



127 P. CONTRAYE'RVA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 23.) leaves 

 glabrous, deeply 2-lobed ; lobes oblong, obtuse, hardly diverg- 

 ing ; calyx multifid. Jj . w . S. Native of Mexico. Hern, 

 mex. p. 301. lower figure. Allied to P. Mexicana and P. Die- 

 tamo, but differs from them in the flowers being multifid, not 

 5-cleft. The root is famous for its medicinal virtues, being 

 sweetish with some pungency and fragrance, and is considered a 

 powerful counterpoison, deobstruent, cordial, &c. 



Contrayerva Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



128 P. CUNEA'TA (Willd. enum. p. 696.) leaves glabrous, 

 glandular beneath, cuneated at the base, somewhat 2-lobed at 

 the apex, with a mucrone between the lobes ; petioles glandless ; 

 pedicels twin ; calyx 1 0-cleft, the 5 inner divisions are called 

 petals. Tj . w . S. Native of Caraccas. Perhaps belonging to 

 section Decdloba or section Granadilla. 



Cuneate-]ea.ved Passion-flower. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt.? Sh.cl. 



129 P. BICORNIS (Mill. diet. no. 13.) leaves glabrous, stiff", 

 2-lobed; pedicels long, horizontal ; fruit oval. Ij . w . S. Na- 

 tive of South America, at Carthagena. Flowers small, white. 



7W-/iored-leaved Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



130 P. CLYPEA\A (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 20.) leaves pel- 

 tate, glandular beneath, 5-7-nerved, reticulately veined, 2-lobed, 

 furnished with a mucrone between the lobes ; petioles bearing 2 or 

 4 glands, fj . w . S. Native of New Granada. Flowers unknown. 



/?cA7er-leaved Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 

 * * * Leaves 3-lobed. 



131 P. CEPHALEIMA (Bory, ann. gen. 2. p. 152. t. 22. f. 2.) 

 leaves glabrous, rather glandular beneath, somewhat 3-lobed, 

 emarginate at the base ; lobes divaricate, linear, obtuse, rounded ; 

 petioles very short, biglandular beneath the middle. ^ . w . S. 

 Native country unknown, and has never flowered in the gardens 

 of Europe. 



Headed-fiowered Passion-flower. Clt. 1 826. Shrub cl. 



132 P. MULTIFORMIS (Jacq. fragm. no. 169. t. 67. f. 1.) leaves 

 glabrous, wrinkled beneath, cordate at the base, simple, 2 or 3- 

 lobed, acuminated, very minutely serrated ; petioles biglandular. 

 Tj . w . S. Native of South America, at Caraccas. Willd. 

 enum. 697. Flowers unknown. The plant agrees with P. in- 

 carnata in the shape of the leaves. 



Many-formed Passion-flower. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



133 P. HETEROPHY'LLA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 41.) leaves glabrous, 

 acute, lower ones lanceolate, nearly sessile : middle ones on short 

 petioles, 3-parted : upper ones pedate, in consequence of the 

 petiole being branched at the apex ; tendrils wanting ; pedicels 

 solitary, without an involucrum ; calyx 10-lobed, or the 5 inner 

 lobes, so called, are petals. Ij . w . S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 139. f. 1. Perhaps belonging to 

 section Decdloba or section dstrophea ? Flowers yellowish. 



Variable-leaved Passion-flower. Clt. 1817. Shrub cl. 



134 P. HERMA'NNI (D. C. prod. 3. p. 332.) leaves velvety, 

 3-lobed; involucrum small, of 3 entire leaflets; calyx 10- 

 parted. fj . w . S. Native of Curassoa. Flowers whitish. 

 Allied on one hand to P. hirsula and on the other to P. hibis- 

 cifblia. 



Hermann's Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



135 P.? TUBIFLORA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 139.) leaves glabrous, coriaceous, rounded at the base, 3-lobed; 

 lobes oblong-lanceolate, equal, entire ; petioles biglandular in 

 the middle ; pedicels twin ; tube of calyx about equal in length 

 to the 5 lobes of the limb. Jj w S. Native of Mexico, in 

 arid places near Acapulco and Etambo del Egido. Probably a 

 species of Tacsbnia. Flowers with a greenish calyx. 



Tube-flowered Passion-flower. Shrub cl. 



Cult. All the species of this elegant and curious genus, are 

 well suited for climbers in conservatories and stoves, being free 

 growers and of easy culture. They thrive well in very light 

 rich soil, and the more room they are allowed, both for roots 

 and stems, the freer they will grow and flower. They are all 

 easily raised from cuttings planted in sand or mould, placed in 

 heat ; and the younger the cuttings are, the sooner they will 

 strike root. Most of the species ripen fruit in our stoves, and 

 consequently many fine varieties have been raised by impreg- 

 nating the stigmas of one with the pollen of another. Several 

 hybrids, raised from seeds set by the pollen of P. ccerulea are 

 nearly hardy. Several of the species are marked greenhouse, 

 in which they will grow and flower freely. Passiflora ccerulea 

 is the only species that can be considered quite hardy, and it 

 requires a sheltered situation ; it is therefore safest to plant 

 against a wall, that it may be protected by a mat in severe 

 weather : it thrives well in any soil, and cuttings of it are 

 readily rooted, under a hand-glass. 



Culture of the edible species of Granadilla. All the species 

 will fruit even in large pots ; but it is best to plant them in an 

 angle of a stove, which has been parted off) either by boards or 

 brick-work, as low as the pit goes. At the bottom of the cavity 

 formed by this division, should be laid some brick rubbish, over 

 which may be thrown a little dead tan, and the whole be then filled 

 with equal parts of very old tan, and a compost of leaf-mould and 

 rotten dung ; therein the roots will strike freely, and will even 

 spread through the partition into the pit. They do not require the 

 full heat of a pine-stove, for they flourish best in a temperature of 

 from 65 to 70 ; but they will not bring their fruit to perfec- 

 tion if kept in a common greenhouse or conservatory, though 

 they will grow and flower in it. The shoots as they advance 

 may be trained near to and under the inclined glass of the stove ; 

 the first flowers will appear in May, and the blooming will con- 

 tinue until September, the fruit setting the whole time ; but if it 

 does not set well it will be adviseable to impregnate the stigmas, 

 by applying the pollen with a feather. As they grow, the very 

 strong shoots should be cut out from their origin; for these do 

 not bear fruit so abundantly as those which are less vigorous ; 

 but the fruiting-branches must not be shortened on any account. 

 The temperature must be kept up equally during the time of 

 flowering and fruiting ; the crop will begin to come in August, 

 and will continue until January, but the earlier produce is the 

 best. When the crop is all off, which will be early in January, 



