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PASSIFLORACEAE. 



2. Passiflora incarnata L. 



Passion-flower. Passiox-vine. 

 (Fig. 275.) Stem glabrous, or 

 glightly pubescent above. Peti- 

 oles i'-2' long, with 2 glands 

 near the summit; leaves nearly 

 orbicular in outline, glabrous, or 

 often somewhat pubescent, 2V- 

 5' broad, somewhat cordate at 

 the base, the lobes ovate or 

 oval, acute or aeutish, finely 

 serrate; flowers solitary, li'-2' 

 broad; peduncles usually 3- 

 bracted just below the flowers; 

 calyx-lobes linear; berry ovoid, 

 nearly 2' long, glabrous, yellow. 



Climbing on trees near Payn- 

 ter's Vale, 1905. Introduced. 

 Native of the southeastern United 

 States. Flowers in summer and 

 autumn. The vines observed in 

 1905 had' disappeared from the 

 locality in 1912. Perhaps others 

 exist elsewhere in Bermuda. 

 3. Passiflora pectinata Griseb. Pecti- 

 nate Passion-flower. (Fig. 276.) Gla- 

 brous, high-climbing or trailing. Leaves ovate, 



rather firm in texture lV-3' long, crenate, 5-7- 



nerved, somewhat contracted near the middle, 



cordate at the base, acute or blunt at the 



apex, with minute glands at the ends of the 



veins, the petioles 1' long or less, eglandular; 



tendrils slender, as long as the leaves, or 



longer; flowers solitary in the upper axils, 



about 2J' broad, on peduncles longer than the 



petioles; involucre of 3 linear, pectinate or 



pinnatifid bracts about 1' long; crown about 



one half as long as the oblong, white sepals; 



fruit ellipsoid, red, slightly fleshy, about 1' 



long; seeds rough. [P. ciliata of Lefroy and 



of Verrill.] ' 



On cliffs, Walsingham and Abbot's Cliff, and 

 on Hall s Island, Harrington Sound. Native Ba- 

 hamas. Flowers in summer and autumn The 

 fruits are known as " apricots." The seeds were 

 perhaps brought to Bermuda by a bird. 



Passiflora laurifolia L., Water Lemon, West Indian, a high-climbing 

 species with thick entire evergreen ovate leaves, 3-4*' long, the short petioles 

 2-glandular near the base of the blade, the solitary axillary flowers about 2^' 

 broad, variegated, the crown violet, the edible berry ellipsoid, about 3' long, is 

 occasionally planted. 



Passiflora coeriilea L., South American, a long glabrous vine with terete 

 or slightly angled stems, deeply 5-7-lobed thin leaves 3-5' broad, their lobes 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate and acute, the flowers about 3' wide, the petals 

 white or pale rose, the white crown purplish at base and apex, the yellow berry 

 about lA' long, is grown for ornament. 



