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PASSIFLORA 



PASSIFLORA 



EE. Leaves 3-7-lobed. 

 F. Blossoms bright red. 



16. vitifdlia, HBK. (P. sanguinea, Smith. P. pu- 

 bescens, DC. Tacsbnia Buchdnani, Lem. ) . Stem terete : 

 Ivs. cordate-ovate in outline, deeply 3-lobed or divided 

 and the divisions coarsely toothed, strong-veined, usu- 

 ally pubescent beneath : fl. 4-6 in. across, nearly flat, 

 the linear-oblong sepals and petals bright scarlet, the 

 sepals with a spine at the tip; outer corona filaments 

 red, the inner ones white, all of them upright or spread- 

 ing and much shorter than the envelopes. Brazil. 

 F.M. 1878:317. G.C. III. 8:213.-An old species, but 

 not common in cult. Said not to be free-flowering. 



1652. Passiflora edulis (X %). 



PF. Blossoms white, greenish, purplish, or variously 



tinted, but not red. 

 G. Rays of corona (or the outer ones) aboiit as long as 



the floral envelopes: leaf-margins strongly serrate 



(except sometimes in No. 19). 



17. incarnata, Linn. MAY-POP. Fig. 1650. Tall-climb- 

 ing strong vine, glabrous or nearly so: Ivs 3-lobed to 

 about half their depth, broadly cordate-ovate in outline, 

 serrate, the petiole bearing 2 glands near the top: fl. 

 axillary and solitary, about 2 in. across, white, with a 

 light purple corona banded at its center: fr. oblong, 

 about 2 in. long, with 3 sutures, yellow when ripe. Dry 

 places, Va., south and west. B.M. 3697. Mn. 9:17. A 

 weedy plant, but offered by dealers in native plants. 

 With protection, the roots will survive the winter as far 

 north as Baltimore, and the strong herbaceous vines will 

 make a fine cover for arbors and verandas. Easily 

 grown from seeds. 



18. edulis, Sims. Fig. 1652. More woody and stronger : 

 Ivs. large, deeply 3-lobed and serrate : fl. white, often 

 tinted with purple, the rays nearly as long as the envel- 

 opes, white for the upper half but purple at the base: 

 fr. globular-oblong, thicTdy purple-dotted when ripe, the 

 rind hard. Brazil. B.M. 1989. R.H. 1857, p. 224; 1883, 

 p. 489. Gn. 50:1093. G.C. III. 23:101. A. G. 13:120.- 

 Runs into several forms. The fruit is fragrant and edi- 

 ble, but there is little pulp, the seeds occupying most of 

 the interior. Readily grown from, seeds. Naturalized in 

 tropical countries. 



19. pruindsa, Mast. Climbing, the stems terete, gla- 

 brous : Ivs. broad in outline,3-lobed beyond the middle, the 

 lateral lobes diverging, the margins remotely glandular- 

 toothed, glaucous beneath: stipules very large and leaf- 

 like, cordate, 2 in. long: fl. 3 in. across, pale or pearly 



violet, the corona of numerous filaments, the outermost 

 of which are nearly as long as the petals and are deep 

 violet at the base, yellowish in the middle and curly at 

 the top. British Guiana. G.C. III. 22:393. First de- 

 scribed in 1897, and now offered in this country by San- 

 der & Co. 



GG. Hays distinctly shorter than envelopes : leaf- 

 margins nearly or quite entire. 



20. alba, Link & Otto. (P. atomaria, Planch.). Stem 

 terete: stipules very large and leaf -like: Ivs. broad- 

 ovate and somewhat cordate, rather shallowly 3-lobed, 

 glaucous beneath, the margins entire : peduncles ex- 

 ceeding the Ivs., 1-fld. : fl. little more than 2 in. across, 

 clear white: fr. obovoid, the size of an 

 egg, green at first, but becoming yellow- 

 ish. Mex. to S. Amer. G.C. II. 19:693. 

 R.H. 1883, p. 201; 1884:36. 



21. yiolacea, Veil. Tall, glabrous, with 

 drooping branches: Ivs. straight at base 

 and somewhat peltate, with 3 long, nar- 

 row lobes, of which the side ones stand 

 at nearly right angles to the central one, 

 the margins entire or with a few teeth in 

 the bottom of the sinus, the under sur- 

 face slightly glaucous : fl. about 3 in. 

 across, the petals and sepals lilac-pink 

 inside (sepals ending in a long spur), the 

 numerous filaments of the corona white- 

 tipped and barred with violet and white. 

 Brazil. B.M. 6997. R.H. 1885:468. 



22. caerulea, Linn. Fig. 1653. Slender, 

 but a strong grower, glabrous and some- 

 what glaucous: Ivs. divided nearly to the 

 petiole into 5 lanceolate or lance-elliptic 



entire sharp-pointed segments of which the 2 lower ones 

 are sometimes again lobed: fl. 3-4 in. across, slightly 

 fragrant, greenish white, the sepals tipped with a short 

 point, the rays of the corona in 2 series, blue at the tip, 

 white in the middle and purple at the base, the styles 

 light purple. Brazil. B.M. 28. Gn. 31, p. 421; 34, p. 

 114; 46, p. 369. The commonest of Passion-flowers in 

 American greenhouses, and now represented by several 

 named forms and hybrids. Can be grown in "the open 

 in the South and in Calif, as far N. as San Francisco. 

 Var. grandifldra, Hort., is only a somewhat larger-fld. 

 form. Constance Elliott (P. ccerulea, var. alba), is a 

 white-fld. fragrant form. Gn. 31:595. There are hy- 

 brids with P. Raddiana, P. racemosa, P. alata, and 

 others. P. ccerulea grows readily from seeds. 



23. aiato-caenilea (P. Pf6rdtii, Hort. ) is a white-fld. 

 form, with calyx tinted rose inside, and corona of 3 

 series, the outer filaments being white at tip, blue-pur- 

 ple in the middle, and black-purple at the base. B.R. 

 10:848. R.H. 1847:121. 



Passifloras in the Amer. trade, but not accounted for botani- 

 cally, are: P. cardinalis, "scarlet flowers;" P. Paranuayi, 

 Blanc, 1900; P. Paxtoni; P.rosea; P. Schmittii, "bright car- 

 mine." P. insi.gnis, Jamesoni, manicata, Parritce are to be 

 sought in Tacsonia. 



Species which may be expected in the trade are: P. cheli- 

 dbnea, Mast. Lvs. oblong, forked at the end to one-fourth the 

 length and with a small middle lobe, marked with dots: n. 2 in. 

 across, greenish, with a folded corona. Ecuador. G.C. II. 

 12:40. P. cinnabarlna, Lindl. Branches terete: Ivs. broad- 

 ovate, 3-lobed, margins entire: fl. solitary, 2% in. across, red; 

 corona short, folded, yellowish. Australia. G.C. 1855:724. 

 B.M. 5911. P. Colimensis, Mast. & Rose. A Mexican species 

 first described in 1899, but cult, for several years in Wash- 

 ington. It is an herbaceous species, with shallow-lobed ob- 

 tuse denticulate Ivs. and small whitish blue-marked fls. on 

 single peduncles. Promising as an outdoor climber, p. i220. 

 ~^P. fcetida, Linn. (P. hirsuta and P. hircina, Hort.). Allied 

 to P. adenopoda: annual or sometimes perennial: Ivs. pubes- 

 cent, 3-lobed, the margins entire or obscurely angled : fls. 

 whitish, small, the corona as long as the petals and colored 

 purple and blue: fl. -bracts pinnatifid. Trop. Amer. L.B.C. 

 2:136. B.M. 3635, the form known as var. nigelliflora, Mast.; 

 and 288, the var. ciliata, Mast. In cnlt. in this country, but 

 apparently not in the trade. Variable. P. galbana, Mast. 

 Stems terete: Ivs. lance-oblong, short-petioled, entire: stipules 

 ovate-pointed : fl. solitary on a long peduncle, 3 in. across, 

 greenish yellow, the sepals and petals very narrow, the not 

 folded corona short. Brazil. G.C. III. 20:555. P. Im Thitr- 

 nii, Mast. Lvs. broad-oblong, acute, entire, thick, glabrous 

 above, but not beneath: fl. erect, 4-5 in. across, brilliant scnr 

 let and rose color, with white in the center; corona very short. 



