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till they have taken new root ; then be removed 

 into a sheltered situation, to renwiii till the be- 

 ginning oF autumn, when they must be placed 

 in the green-house, and treated as the myrtles. 

 They may likewise be increased by layers. 



The second sort may also be raised by sowing 

 the seeds in autunni, sonn after they are ripe, in 

 small pots (illed with light earth, plunging them 

 into an old bark-bed under a common frame in 

 winter : the plants rise in the spring, and must 

 be treated like the cuttings. The seedling j-hmts 

 grow tiie most erect, and make the handsomest 

 appearance. 



This sort is capable of living abroad in com- 

 mon winters, in a dry soil and warm situation ; 

 but in hard frosts the' plants are frequently de- 

 stroyed : one or two should therefore be kept in 

 pots, and sheltered during that season. 



They afford variety among other potted green- 

 house plants. 



PASSIFLORA, a genus containing plants of 

 the herbaceous and shrubby flowering kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Gynnndna 

 Pentandna~ {Penlandria Trigynia,) {Monadel- 

 phia Ptnlandna,) and ranks in the natural order 

 of Cuciirb'ttacece. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a five- 

 parted perianthium, flat, coloured : the corolla 

 has five petals, seniilanceolate, flat, blunt, of the 

 same size and form with the calyx : nectary a 

 triple crown ; the outer longer, encircling the 

 style within the petals, more contracted above : 

 the stamina have five awl-shaped filaments, fast- 

 ened to a column at the base of the germ, and 

 united at bottom, spreading: anthers incum- 

 bent, oblong, blunt : the pistillum is a roundish 

 germ, placed on the apex of a straight, cylin- 

 drical column : styles three, thicker above, 

 spreading: stigmas capitate : the pericarpium is 

 a fleshy berry, subovate, one-celled, pedicelled : 

 the seeds very many, ovate, arilled : receptacle 

 of the seeds triple, growing longitudinally to 

 the rind of the pericarp. 



The species cultivated are : 1 . P. cocmlea, 

 Common or Blue Passion-flower ; 2, P. incar- 

 nnta, Rose-coloured Passion-flower; 3. P. lutea, 

 Yellow Passion-flower ; 4. P. serrat'ifoUa, 

 Notch-leaved Passion-flower; 5. P. malljormis, 

 Apple-fruited Passion-flower ; 6. P. (juadran- 

 gularis, Square-stalked Passion-flower; 7- P. 

 ula/n, Wing-stalked Passion-flower; 8. P. laitri- 

 Jhlia, Laurel-leaved Passion-flower, or Water 

 Lemon ; 9. P. multiflura, Many-flowered Pas- 

 sion-flower: 10. P. ridn-a, Red-fruited Passion- 

 flower : 11. P. Murudtja, Moon-shaped-leaved 

 Passion-flower; 12. P. respertilio, Bat-winged 

 Passion-flower; 13. P. rotundifolia. Round- 

 leaved Passion-flower; 14. P. ci/iata, Ciliated 



Passion-flower; 15. P. suherosa, Cork-barked 

 Passion-flower; 16. P. /iofoie?-/rea, Si'ky-leaved 

 Passion-flower ; 17. P. glaitca, Glaucous-leaved 

 Passion-flower; 13. P. minima, Dwarf Passion- 

 flower. 



The first rises in a few years to a great height, 

 with proper support: it may be trained up more 

 than forty feet high: the stalks will grow almost 

 as larsre as a man's arm, and are covered with a 

 purplFsli bark, but do not become very woody : 

 the shoots often grow to the length of twelve or 

 fifteen feet in one summer, and being very 

 slender, must be supported, otherwise they will 

 hang to the ground, intermix with each other, and 

 appear very unsightly : at each joint is one leaf 

 composed of five smooth entire lobes; the middle 

 one, which is longest, almost four inches long, 

 and one inch broad in the middle ; the others 

 are gradually shorter, and the two outer lobes 

 are frequently divided on their outer side into 

 two smaller ones : their foot-stalks are near two 

 inches long, and have two embracing stipules at 

 their base; and from the same point issues a 

 long clasper or tendril : the flowers eome out at 

 the same joint with the leaves, on peduncles 

 almost three inches long ; ihcy are blue, have 

 a faint scent, and continue only one day : 

 the fruit is egg-shaped, the size and shape of 

 the Mogul- pkuVi, and when ripe of the same 

 yellow colour. It grows naturally in Brazil. 



There is a variety with much narrower lobes, 

 divided almost to the bottom: the flowers come 

 later in the summer : the petals are narrower, 

 and of a purer vidiite colour. 



The second species has a perennial root : the 

 stalks arc annual, slender, rising four or five feet 

 high : at each joint one leaf, on a short foot- 

 stalk, having mostly three oblong lobes, but the 

 two side ones are sometimes divided part of their 

 length into two narrow segments, and thus he- 

 coming five-lobed ; they are thin, of a light 

 green, and slightly serrate: the flowers are pro- 

 duced from the joints of the stalk, at the foot- 

 stalks of the leaves, on long slender peduncles, 

 in succession as the stalks advance in height 

 during the summer months : they have an agree- 

 able scent, but are of short duration, opening 

 in the morning, and fading away in the even- 

 ing : the fruit is as large as a middling apj)le, 

 changing to a pale orange colour when ripe. 

 It grows naturally in Virginia. 



The third has a creeping root, sending up 

 many weak stalks, three or four feet high : the 

 leaves are shaped like those of ivy, and almost 

 as laree, but of a pale green and very thin 

 consistence: the peduncle is slender, an inch 

 and half long : the flowers dirty yellow, not 

 larger than a sixpence when expanded. It is 



