326 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Faspalum stoloniferum, Bosc. (P. purpureum, Kuiz et Pavon). 



Central America. A fodder-grass of considerable value. Noticed 

 by Mr. T. Ball in the Andes up to 9,000 feet. Specially mentioned 

 as a good pasture-grass in Peru, by Professor Dr. J. A de los Rios. 



Paspalum undulatum, Foiret. 



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

 for fodder. A Gray records it as annual. 



Fassiflora alata, Alton. 



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

 (probably with some other species) furnish Granadilla-f raits. All 

 the species here recorded are perennial, some woody and widely 

 climbing. 



Fassiflora 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. 



Fassiflora 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. Matures its fruit in the open air 

 even at London [Masters]. The Brazilian P. actinia (Hooker) is 

 hardy in Provence [Naudin] . Many of the equatorial species come 

 from mountainous regions, and may thus endure mild temperate 

 climates. 



Passiflora edulis, Sims. 



Southern Brazil. Frost-shy. With P. quadrangularis preferen- 

 tially grown in subtropic Eastern Australia. Fruit purple. 



Fassiflora filamentosa, Willdenow. 

 Southern Brazil. 



Passiflora incarnata, Linne. 



North- America, from Virginia and Kentucky southward. The 

 fruits are called May-pops. 



Fassiflora laurifolia, Linne. (P. tinifolia, Jussieu.) 



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



Fassiflora lingrularis, 



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

 its fruit is one of the finest anywhere in existence. 



