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PASSIFLORA 



EE. Leaves S~7-lobed. 

 F. Blossoms briyht red. 



16. vitiSdlia, HBK. {P. sanguined, Smith. P. pu- 

 bfseens, DC. Taesfinia Bucliiinanl, Lem. ). Stem terete: 

 Ivs. cordate-ovate in outline, deeply 3-lobed or divided 

 and the divisions coarsely toothed, strong-veined, usu- 

 ally pubescent beneath : fl. 4-6 in. across, nearly flat, 

 the linear-obloug sepals and petals bright scarlet, the 

 sepals with a spine at the tip; outer corona filaments 

 red, the inner ones white, all of them upright or spread- 

 ing and much shorter than the envelopes. Brazil. 

 P.M. 1878:317. G.C. III. 8: 21.'!. -An old species, but 

 not common in cult. Said not to be free-flowering. 



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1652. Passiflora edulis (X M). 



FF. Blossoms n-hite, greenish, purplish, or variousUi 



tinted, but not red. 

 o. Bin/s of corona (or the outer ones) about as long as 



the floral envelopes: leaf-margins strongly serrate 



(except sometimes in No. 19). 



17. incam&ta, Linn. Mat-pop. Fig. 1650. Tall-climb- 

 ing strong vine, glabrous or nearly so: Ivs 3-lobed to 

 about half their depth, broadly cordate-ovate in outline, 

 serrate, the petiole bearing 2 glands near the top: fl. 

 axillary and solitary, about 2 in. across, white, with a 

 light purple coroua banded at its center: fr. oblong, 

 about 2 in. long, with 3 sutures, yellow when ripe. Dry 

 places, Va., south and west. B.M. 3697. Mn. 9:17.-A 

 weedy plant, but offered by dealers in native plants. 

 With protection, the roots will survive the winter as far 

 north as Baltimore, and the strong herbaceous vines will 

 make a fine cover for arbors and verandas. Easily 

 grown from seeds. 



18. Sdulis, Sims. Fig. 1652. More woody and stronger: 

 Ivs. hirge, deeply 3-lobed and serrate : fl. white, often 

 tinted with purple, the rays nearly as long as the envel- 

 opes, white fcir tlie u|)|ier half but purple at the base: 

 fr i,'l(il)uhLr-obIi.iig, thieklv purple-dotted when ripe, the 

 rinil hard. Brazil. B.M. UISI). R.H. 1857, p. 224; 1883, 

 p. 489. Gn. 50:1093. G.C. III. 23:101. A.G. 13:120.- 

 Buns into several forms. The fruit is fragrant and edi- 

 ble, but there is little pulp, the seeds occupying most of 

 the interior. Readily grown from seeds. Naturalized in 

 tropical countries. 



19. pmindsa, Mast. Climbing, the stems terete, gla- 

 brous : Ivs. broad in outline, 3-Iobed beyond the middle, the 

 hiter.-d lobes diverging, the margins remotely glandular- 

 tnuthed, glaucous beneath: stipules very large and leaf- 

 like, cordate, 2 in. long: fl. 3 in. across, pale or pearly 



PASSIFLORA 



violet, the corona of numerous filaments, the outermost 

 of which are nearly as long as the petals and are deep 

 violet at the l)ase, yellowish in the middle and curly at 

 the top. British Guiana. G.C. III. 22:393. -First de- 

 scribed in 1897, and now offered in this country by San- 

 der & Co. 



GG. Bays distinctly shorter than envelopes : leaf- 

 margins nearly or quite entire. 

 20. 41ba, Link & Otto. (P. afomdria. Planch.). Stem 

 terete: stipules very large and leaf-like; Ivs. Viroad- 

 ovate and somewhat cordate, rather shallowly 3-lobed, 

 glaucous beneath, the margins entire : peduncles ex- 

 ceeding the Ivs., 1-fld.: fl. little more than 2 in. across, 

 clear white: fr. obovoid, the size of an 

 egg green at first, but becoming yellow- 

 ish Mex t S Amer. G. C. II. 19:693. 

 R H 1883 I 201; 1884:36. 



''1 violicea Veil. Tall, glabrous, with 



diooi in^ Irmches: Ivs. straight at base 



I I mew hat peltate, with 3 long, nar- 



r I les tf which the side ones stand 



i\ right angles to the central one, 



„ins entire or with a few teeth in 



t m of the sinus, the under sur- 



l .,htly glaucous : fl. about 3 in. 



r the petals and sepals lilac-pink 



I (sepals ending in a long spur), the 



I II 1 lous hlameuts of the corona white- 



tip] ed ai d 1 arred with violet and white. 



Brazil B M 6997. R.H. 1885:468. 



22 caertlea, Lmn. Fig. 1653. Slender, 

 but a str u^ grt wer, glabrous and some- 

 what gliuccus Ivs. divided nearly to the 

 petiole into 5 lanceolate or lance-elliptic 

 entire sharp-pointed segments of which the 2 lower ont s 

 are .sometimes again lobed: fl. 3-4 in. across, slightly 

 fragrant, greenish white, the sepals tipped with a shoit 

 point, the rays of the corona in 2 series, blue at the tip, 

 white in the middle and purple at the base, the styles 

 light purple. Brazil. B.M. 28. Gn. 31, p. 421; 34, p. 

 114; 40, p. 3G9. — The commonest of Passion-flowers in 

 American greenhouses, and now represented by several 

 named forms and hybrids. Can be grown in the open 

 in the South and in Calif, as far N. as San Francisco. 

 Var. irrandifldra, Hort., is only a somewhat larger-fld. 

 form. Constance Elliott (P. co'rulea, vnr. alba), is a 

 white-fld. fragrant form. Gn. 31:.595. There are hy- 

 brids with P. Baddiana. P. raccmosa, P. alata, aiid 

 others. P. c<irHlia grows readily from seeds. 



23. al4to-C8enllea (P. PfSnltii. Uort.) is a white-fld. 

 form, with calyx tinted rose inside, and corona of !{ 

 series, the outer filaments being white at tip, blue-pur- 

 ple in the middle, and black-purple at the base. B.R. 

 10:848. R.H. 1847:121. 



Passifloras in the Araer. trade, but not af-emmted for botani- 

 cally, are: P. cardiimlis. "scarlet ti..\vrrs:" /'. Paraguarii, 

 Blanc, 1900: P.Paxtoni: P.rosrii; /> .s<////i//fH'. "bright ear- 

 mine." P. insignis, Jamcsoni, niaiticala, Parritce are to be 

 sought in Tacsonia. 



Species which may be expected in the trade are: P. cheU- 

 ddnea. Mast. Lvs. oblone, forked at the end to one-fourth tlie 

 length and with a small mi<UUelolie. marked with dots: tl.2 in. 

 across, greenish, with a folded corona. Ecuador. G.C. II. 

 12:40. — P. cinnabarhia, Liudl. Branches terete: lvs. broad- 

 ovjite, 3-lobed, margins entire: fl. solit.-iry, 2i4 in. across, red; 

 corona short, folded, yellowish. Australia. G.C. 1855:724. 

 B.M. 5011.— P. Colimensis, Mast. & Rose. A Mexican species 

 first described in 1899. but cult, for several years in Wash- 

 ington. It is an herbaceous species, with shallow-Iobed ob- 

 tuse denticulate lvs. and small whitish blue-marked fls. on 

 single peduncles. Promising as an outdoor cliinlier. p. i220. 

 —P. fcetida, Linn. (P. hirsuta and P. hir.iii;i. H.irt). Allied 

 to P. adenopoda; annual or sometimes i>creiini;t] ; Ivs, pubes- 

 cent, 3-lobed, the margins entire or obscurely angled : fls. 

 whitish, small, the corona as long as the petals and colored 

 purple and blue: fl. -bracts pinnatifid. Trop. Amer. L.B.C. 

 2:136. B.M. 3635, the form known as var. nigclliflora. Mast.; 

 and 288, the var. ciliata, Mast. In cult, in this country, but 

 apparently not in the trade. Variable.— P. galbana, Mast. 

 Stems terete: lvs. lance-oblong, short-petioled, entire; stipules 

 ovate-pointed : fl. solitary on a long peduncle, 3 in. across, 

 greenish yellow, the sepals and petals very narrow, the not 

 folded corona short. Brazil. G.C. III. 20;555.-P. Im Thur- 

 mi. Mast. Lvs. broad-oblong, acute, entire, thick, glabrous 

 above, but not beneath: fl. erect. 4-5 in, .across, brilliant scar 

 let and rose color, with white in the center: corona very short. 



