254 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



Paspalum undulatum, Poiret. 



North- and South- America. Noticed by C. Mohr as valuable for 

 fodder. A. Gray records it as annual. 



Passiflora alata, Alton. 



Peru and Brazil. This Passion-flower and all the following 

 (probably with some other species) furnish Granadilla-fruits. All the 

 species here recorded are perennial, some woody and widely climbing. 



Passiflora coccinea, Aublet. 



From Guiana to the La Plata-States. The fruits are eaten raw or 

 boiled (Hieronymus). This plant with probably many others of the 

 genus contains a chemical principle of hypnotic value. 



Passiflora coerulea, Linne". 



South-Brazil and Uruguay. One of the hardiest of all Passion- 

 flowers, and with many others well adapted for covering bowers, 

 rockeries and similar structures. Many of the equatorial species 

 come from mountainous regions, and may thus endure mild temperate 

 climates. 



Passiflora edulis, Sims. 



Southern Brazil. Frost-shy, Fruit purple. 



Passiflora filamentosa, Willdenow. 

 Southern Brazil. 



Passiflora incarnata, Linne". 



North- Am erica, from Virginia and Kentucky southward. The 

 fruits are called May -pops. 



Passiflora laurifolia, Linne". (P. tinifolia, Jussieu.) 



The Water-Lemon. From the West-Indies to Brazil. 



Passiflora lingularis, Jussieu. 



From Mexico to Bolivia. Professor Ernst of Caraccas says, that 

 its fruit is one of the finest anywhere in existence. 



Passiflora lutea, Linne". 



North- America, from Pennsylvania and Illinois 'south ward. With 

 P. coerulea and P. incarnata among the hardiest of the genus. Berries 

 small. 



Passiflora macrocarpa, Masters. 



Brazil and Peru. Mr. Walter Hill reports, having obtained fruits of 

 8 Ibs. weight at the Brisbane Botanic Garden. 



Passiflora malifdrmis, Linne". 



From the West-Indies to Brazil. 



Passiflora mucronata, Lamarck. 



Brazil, extending far south. Fruit edible (Dr. Rosenthal). 



