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PAS 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



PAS 



feet; flowers axillary, on slender peduncles an inch long; 

 fruit oval, about the size of a sparrow's egg:, changing to a 

 purple colour when ripe, and filled with oblong seeds in- 

 closed in a soft pulp. Native of the Bahama Islands. See 

 the first species. 



4. Passiflora Tilisefolia ; Lime-leaved Passion Flower. 

 Leaves cordate, quite entire ; petioles equal. Root peren- 

 nial ; stem climbing, about the thickness of a finger; flowers 

 red; fruit globose, and variegated with red and yellow, 

 having a sweet pulp. Native of South America, near Lima. 

 See the first species. 



5. Passiflora Maliformis; Apple-fruited Passion Flower. 

 Leaves cordate, oblong, quite entire ; petioles biglandular ; 

 involucres quite entire. Stem thick, triangular, by slender 

 tendrils thrown out at every joint rising to the height of 

 fifteen or twenty feet. The cover of the flowers is composed 

 of three soft velvety leaves of a pale red, with some stripes 

 of a lively red colour; the petals are white, and the rays blue. 

 The flowers being large, make a fine appearance, but they 

 are of short duration ; there is however a succession of them 

 for some time. It grows naturally in the West Indies, where 

 the inhabitants call it Granadilla; and the fruit is served up 

 in desserts. See the first species. 



6. Passiflora Quadrangularis ; Square-stalked Passion 

 Flower. Leaves oval, subcordate, smooth, many-nerved ; 

 petioles glandular. Stem membranaceous, four-cornered ; 

 stipules oval, oblong ; flowers very large, encompassed by a 

 three-leaved involucre, the leaves of which are roundish, 

 concave, entire, smooth, and pale. Mr. Miller observes, that 

 it has much the appearance of the preceding, both in stalk 

 and leaves ; but the stalk has four angles, the leaves also of 

 that are not hollowed at the base ; the flower is much larger, 

 though very like the other in colour ; the fruit is nearly twice 

 as large, and of a very agreeable flavour. Jacquin remarks, 

 that the flowers are very sweet, as well as beautiful, resem- 

 bling the eighth species in colour and structure, but a little 

 larger ; that the fruit is shaped like an egg, shining, greenish- 

 yellow, larger than a goose's egg, having a soft spongy rind, 

 a finger in thickness, brittle, whitish, insipid ; the pulp suc- 

 culent, of a waterish colour, and sweetish smell, and a very 

 pleasant taste, sweet and gently acid, contained in a mem- 

 brane or bag, which may be easily separated from the rind. 

 Mr. Sowerby distinguishes this from the next species, with 

 which it has been confounded. They are very much alike 

 as to appearance before they flower, excepting that the 

 leaves in this have generally twice as many side veins. The 

 flowering even at a distance will distinguish them pretty 

 easily, this being rather compressed, and never oblong, as 

 that of the seventh always is, while the sixth is also destitute 

 of awns ; and the glands on the petioles are said to be six, 

 but they are not constant, and there are likewise six some- 

 times in the other. The peduncle affords .a most certain dis- 

 tinction. Jacquin has a variety, which he names Passiflora 

 Sulcata: it perfectly resembles this species, except in the size 

 and form of the fruit, which is roundish, frequently larger 

 than a child's head, and marked with a circular transverse 

 groove, deep enough to lay a finger in. It is a native of 

 Terra Firma. The fruit of Quadrangularis is brought to table 

 whole, and is much esteemed ; and the pulp, taken out of the 

 rind, with or without the seeds, is first put into wine. The 

 French call it Granadille ; and Browne, the Granadilla Vine. 

 Native of the woods of Jamaica, and of other West Indja 

 islands. Jacquin however says, he did not find it wild any 

 where, but in gardens every where ; to the ornament of which 

 it very much contributes, by forming large and very close 

 arbours in a few months. It is attended however with this 



inconvenience, that these arbours serve to shelter venomous 

 serpents, which lurk there to seize on little animals that 

 come for the fruit, of which they are very fond. See the 

 first species. 



7. Passiflora Alata ; Wing-stalked Passion Flower. Leaves 

 ovate, subcordate, even, few-nerved; petioles glandular; stem 

 membranaceous, four-cornered ; stipules lanceolate, serrate. 

 This very much resembles the preceding at first sight; the 

 open flower also presents a general resemblance, but the 

 peduncle is cylindrical ; the three divisions of the invokcre 

 small, lanceolate, with glandular serratures; the pedicel 

 thickest at the insertion into the convex base of the flower. 

 If this species does not equal the Common Passion Flower 

 in elegance, it exceeds it in magnificence, in brilliancy of 

 colours, and in fragrance, the flowers being highly odorifer- 

 ous. Native of the West Indies. See the first species. 



8-. Passiflora Laurifolia ; Laurel-leaved Passion Flower, 

 or Water Lemon. Leaves ovate, quite entire ; petioles biglan- 

 dular; involucres toothed. Stem suffrutescent, with very 

 divaricating filiform branches. Jacquin describes it as a 

 woody plant, smooth all over ; the younger branches round 

 and green ; peduncles solitary ; flowers very handsome and 

 odoriferous ; petals rose-coloured within, pale without; crown 

 elegantly variegated transversely with white, purple, and 

 violet; fruit three inches long, with a coriaceous, yellow, 

 soft, rough rind, containing a watery, sweet, tasteful juice, 

 having a peculiarly fine smell. In the West Indies they suck 

 this pleasant juice through a hole in the fruit. The French 

 call it, Pommes de Hiane ; and the English, Honeysuckle ! 

 Browne says, it is cultivated in many parts of America for the 

 sake of its fruit, which is very delicate, and much esteemed 

 by most padates ; it is about the size of a hen's egg, and 

 full of a very agreeable gelatinous pulp. It flowers in June 

 and July. See the first species. 



9. Passiflora Multiflora ; Many-lowered Passion Flower. 

 Leaves oblong, quite entire ; flowers in clusters. Stalks 

 slender, sending out many small branches, and climbing to 

 the height of twenty-five or thirty feet ; by age they become 

 woody towards the bottom, and their joints are not far 

 asunder ; flowers axillary, on long peduncles ; petals oblong, 

 white ; rays blueish-purple, inclining to red at bottom. The 

 flowers have an agreeable odour, but seldom continue twenty 

 hours open; there is a succession of them from June to Sep- 

 tember, and sometimes the fruit will ripen here. Native of 

 Vera Cruz. See the first species. 



10. Passiflora Angustifolia ; Narrow-leaved Passion Flower. 

 Leaves subcordate, lanceolate, entire ; petioles biglandular ; 

 flowers solitary. Native of Jamaica. 



11. Passiflora Adulterina. Leaves oblong, oval, entire; 

 flowers tubular ; calices three-leaved ; stem angular, lanugi- 

 nose all over; flowers solitary, peduncled, pendulous, purple. 

 Native of New Granada. See the first species. 



** With two-lobed Leaves. 



12. Passiflora Perfoliata; Perfoliate Passion Flower. 

 Leaves oblong, transverse, embracing, petioled, dotted under- 

 neath; crown simple, many -parted. Stem herbaceous, climb- 

 ing and twining, three-cornered, subdivided, striated, pubes- 

 cent ; flowers middle-sized, scarlet. Native of Jamaica, in 

 dry hedges near the coast, on the southern side of the island, 

 flowering in the middle of summer. See the first species. 



13. Passiflora Rubra; Red-fruited Passion Flower. Leaves 

 cordate ; lobes acuminate, subtomentose underneath. Stem 

 villose ; flowers alternate, nodding, on solitary one-flowered 

 peduncles ; petals whitish, or pale flesh colour. It flowers 

 in April and May. Native of the West Indies. See the 

 first species. 



