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PASSIFLORE^l. IV. DISEMMA. V. MURUCUJA. 



the heat must be reduced to about 50, so as to check and stop 

 the growth. This being effected, the shoots must be well cut 

 in. As little old wood as possible, besides the main stem, which 

 rises from the pit to the glass, and a few pieces (about 2 or 3 

 feet of each) of the old branches should be retained ; for all 

 that is to be trained under the glass to bear in each year, ought 

 to be the growth of the same season. It is found that the shoots 

 break better and in greater quantity from the older wood than 

 from that of two years' standing. In this dormant and reduced 

 state it is to be kept during January and February, after which 

 the necessary heat may be applied to cause it to resume its 

 functions for the ensuing season. 



IV. DISE'MMA (from ie, dis, two, and ort/i/ua, stemma, a 

 crown ; in reference to the crown of the flower being double, or 

 in two). Lab. sert. caled. p. 78. D. C. prod. 3. p. 332. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Pcntandria. Tube of calyx short, 

 furrowed below. Crown of throat double ; outer one composed 

 of distinct filamentous threads; inner one tubular, with an entire 

 or toothed border. The rest as in Passiflora. All the species 

 are either natives of New Holland or New Caledonia. 



* Petioles biglandular at the apex. 



1 D. AURA'NTIA (Labill. caled. t. 79.) leaves glabrous, ovate 

 at the base, broadly 3-lobed ; lobes obtuse, middle lobe the 

 longest : lateral ones furnished with a kind of appendage each 

 on the outside ; bracteas bristle-formed, glandular at the apex, 

 rather remote from the flower ; petioles biglandular at the apex ; 

 threads of outer crown about equal in length to the inner lobes 

 of the calyx or petals. Tj . w . G. Native of New Caledonia. 

 Passiflora aurantia. Forst. prod. p. 326. Cav. diss. 10. p. 

 457. Murucuja aurantia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 222. Flowers orange- 

 coloured, with the tube of the inner crown green, longer than the 

 simple upright rays that surround it. 



Orange-flowered Disemma. Shrub cl. 



2 D. HERBERTIA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 332.) leaves pubes- 

 cent, cordate at the base, broadly 3-lobed ; lobes ovate, acutish ; 

 petioles biglandular at the apex; pedicels twin, 1 -flowered ; 

 bracteas bristle-formed, very remote from the flower ; threads 

 of outer crown 3 or 4-times shorter than the inner calycine lobes 

 or petals. Tj . w . G. Native of New Holland, in the interior. 

 Passiflora Herbertiana, Ker. bot. reg. 737. Murucuja Her~ 

 bertiana, Sweet. Flowers white and greenish, with the crown 

 yellow. 



Vur. ft, Caleydna (D. C. prod. 3. p. 333.) leaves semiorbi- 

 cular at the base, hardly subcordate ; bracteoles situated in the 

 middle of the pedicel. Jj . w . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Passiflora biglandulosa, Caley. in herb. Lamb. Perhaps a pro- 

 per species. 



Herbert's Disemma. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1821. Shrub cl. 



3 D. BAUE'RI ; leaves 3-lobed, sparingly glandular beneath ; 

 lobes oblong, retuse, middle one more prolonged ; bracteas and 

 stipulas setaceous ; rays filiform, longer than the corolla, which 

 is plicate ; disk 5-lobed. T; . w . G. Native of Norfolk Island. 

 Fruit oval, blood-coloured. Flowers at first pale yellow, but at 

 length orange-coloured, with the segments keeled and rather 

 undulated, green on the outside. Murucuja Baueri, Lindl. 

 coll. t. 36. 



Bauer's Disemma. Shrub cl. 



4 D. COCCINEA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 333.) leaves glabrous, glan- 

 dular beneath, cuneated at the base, 3-nerved, bluntly 3-lobed ; 

 petioles biglandular at the apex, longer than the pedicels ; brac- 

 teas subulate, scattered, remote from the flower. Tj . v _ / . S. 

 Native of New Holland. Passiflora coccinea, Banks, but not of 

 Aubl. Flowers scarlet. Crown short, double. Fruit globose. 



Scarlel-fiovtered Disemma. Shrub cl. 



* * Petioles glandless. 



5 D. ADIANTIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves glabrous, glandular 

 beneath, truncate at the base, 3-5 -lobed ; lobes obtuse, some- 

 what 3-lobed ; petioles glandless, a little longer than the pedicels ; 

 bracteas subulate, scattered. Tj . w . G. Native of Norfolk 

 Island. Passiflora adiantifolia, Ker. bot. reg. 233. Passi- 

 flora aurantia, Andr. bot. rep. t. 295. but not of Forst. Passi- 

 flora glabra, Wendl. coll. 1. t. 17. Passiflora Adiantum, Willd. 

 enum. 698. Murucuja adiantifolia, Sweet. Flowers yellow at 

 first, fading to an orange-colour, with the inner crown green, 

 longer than the purple rays that surround it. 



Adiantum-leaved Disemma. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1792. Sh. cl. 



Cult. See Passiflora, p. 55. for culture and propagation. 

 Splendid and curious climbing shrubs. 



V. MURUCU'JA (a name given to many species of Passion- 

 flower, especially those with edible fruit, by the natives of Brazil). 

 Tourn. inst. t. 215. Juss. gen. p. 398. D. C. prod. 3. p. 333. 



LIN. SVST. Monadelphia, Pentandria. Tube of calyx fur- 

 rowed below. Crown of throat simple, erect, tubularly-conical, 

 truncate (f. 5. b. f. 6. c.) ; threads of crown not free, but joined 

 together into a tube. Habit of Passiflora. Petioles glandless. 

 Species all natives of the West Indies. 



SECT. I.' PENTA'RIA (from Trtrre, pente, five ; calyx 5 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 333. Calyx 5-lobed (f. 5. a.}. 



-lobed). 



1 M. OKBICULA'TA (Pers. ench. 

 2. p. 222.) leaves glabrous, glan- 

 dular beneath, 3-nerved, orbicu- 

 lar, somewhat 3-lobed ; petioles ^ 

 glandless, twisted ; tendrils few ; / 

 bracteoles narrow, very acute. ^=U? C '~ 

 Tj. w . S. Native of St. Do- ,,^ 

 mingo. Passiflora orbiculata, 

 Cav. diss. 10. t. 286. Flowers 



FIG. 



crimson. 



Orbicular-leaved 

 Shrub cl. 



Murucuja. 



SECT. II. DECA V RIA (from 



Ka, deka, ten ; in reference to 

 the calyx being 10-lobed). D.C. 

 prod. 3. p. 333. Calyx 10-lobed 

 (f. 6. a.} ; the 5 inner lobes probably petals. 



2 M. OCELLA'TA (Pers. 1. c.) leaves glabrous, glandular be- 

 neath, emarginate at the base, truncately 2-Iobed at the apex ; 



FIG. 6. 



lobes obtuse, divaricate ; petioles 

 glandless, shorter than the pedi- 

 cels ; bracteas narrow, very acute, 

 f? . w . S. Native of the Antilles, 

 in woods. Passiflora Murucuja, 

 Lin. amcen. 1. t. 10. f. 10. Cav. 

 diss. 10. t. 287. Ker. bot. reg. 

 t. 574. Plum. amer. t. 87. 

 Flowers deep red. Berry size of 

 a pigeon's egg, flesh-coloured 

 when ripe. Both the syrup and 

 decoction of the plant is much 

 used in the leeward parts of Ja- 

 maica, where it is frequent ; and 

 it is said to answer effectually all 

 the purposes for which syrup of 

 poppies and liquid laudanum are 

 generally administered. The flowers are most in use ; they are 

 commonly infused in, or powdered and mixed immediately with 



