TACSONIA 



Central leaflet broader than 

 common. 



A. Fls. orange or rosy orange. 



Parritse, Mast. Lvs. deeply 3-lobed, glabrous above 

 and pilose beneath, the lobes narrow and entire ; stipules 

 entire, subulate-acuminate: fl. with a long and slender 

 tube, glabrous, swollen at the base; sepals winged and 

 with points, rosy-orange; petals oblong and flat, shorter 

 than the sepals, orange; corona double, the outer row 

 of tooth-like projections. Colombia. G.C. II. 17:225. 

 l.H. 35:41. Named for Senor Parra, through whom it 

 was introduced. 



AA. Fls. scarlet or rose-colored. 



B. Bracts beneath the flower not united. 



C. Lvs. simple or not lobed. 



insignis, Mast. Pilose: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, sub- 

 cordate, dentate, rugose or blistered above and red- 

 downy beneath, the stipules dissected: fl. 

 about 6 in. across, violet, rose or crimson ; 

 tube cylindrical, swollen at the base, downy; 

 sepals about twice longer than the tube, 

 lance oblong, spurred at the end; petals simi- 

 lar in shape, obtuse; corona of one series 

 of short threads, blue and white. Probably 

 Peruvian. G. C. 1873:1113. F. S. 20:2083-4. 

 B.M. 6069. 



cc. Lvs. 3-lobed or divided. 

 D. Foliage glabrous at maturity. 



Van V61xemii, Hook. Fig. 2457. Stems 

 slender and slightly pubescent: Ivs. cordate- 

 ovate in outline, deeply 3-lobed, the lobes 

 long-lanceolate-acuminate, serrate: fls. 5-7 

 in. across, bright red with short green 

 calyx-tube that has a swollen base, the acute 

 calyx-lobes green externally; corona an in- 

 conspicuous toothed rim. Colombia. B.M. 

 5571. G.C. 1866: 171. -Probably the best known 

 species and handsome, but less showy than 

 some others. 



TACSONIA 1 7li.j 



Jaraesoni. Mast. l,\--. -ui>-orl>ieiiinr i lobed trim. 

 '""us: 11. lar-e, bright POM --r .-ln-rrv red. wi" 

 dri.-al tube I in. lot,-. 1',-ru. 



nil. /'.//;/, ,l,,,i ,,,j 1,,,1,,,/ti ,it maturity. 

 Exoniensia, llort. (hybri.i ..Miami T 



""""MM). ri. MM. LTI downy, 



Oblong, dirided nearly to base into :; ian,-e,.!at. serrate 



segments: MS. i',.-:, in. n,-ro-: -,.,,..,1.. i,r..-k red 

 side, brilliant rose pink within: tin tube 



white inside, 2K In. long. ke>e m bl.-s / rrmii 



in having peduncles as long an l\s. : lm,.,, r -n, 

 tree downy bracts, filamentous eorona near < 

 and violet color of throat. -Resembles T. , 

 baring downy Ivs., lone flower tube. ,-o|., r of tl. and 

 aristiite sepaN. 



BB. Bracts beneath the flower more or less united. 



C. Leaf-lobes short and obtuse. 

 manicata, Juss. Pubescent. lv. broad-ovate to or- 



bieuhir-ovate in outline, about 4 in. lonir. the oblong 

 obtuse serrate lobes reaching to the mi. 1. lie of the blade: 

 fl. 4 in. across, bright scarlet; tube % in. \,,I,K, inflated 

 and ribbed at the base; corona double, tin outer 

 composed of blue hairs. Colombia and Peru. 

 6129. P ignea, Hort., is a form of tins *peeie*. 



CC. Leaf-lobes long-acute. 



mixta, Juss. Glabrous or somewhat pubescent: Ivs. 

 orbicular-ovate, thick, 3-lobe.l to tin- middle, the lobes 

 long-acute and serrate: H. 3-4 in. across, m^,- pink, the 

 oblong sepals not equaling the green scarcely saccate 

 tube; corona a short multiple rim or disk. Amies. 



mollissima, HBK. Pubescent: Ivs. cordate-ovate in 

 outline, very pubescent beneath, the lobes extending 

 nearly to the base of the blade and ovate-lanceolate in 

 shape and serrate, the stipules laciniate: fl. about :; in. 

 across, rose-color, the green tube exceeding the sepals 

 and swollen at the base; corona a short rim. Andes. 

 B.M. 4187. B.R. 32:11. F.S. 2:78.-N. tubiflnm, offered 

 in California, is said to be similar to this, but of deeper 

 shade. 



Smytbiana, Hort. Seedling of T. mollissima or hy- 

 brid with it, with very brilliant orange-scarlet or rosy- 

 crimson fls. G.C. III. 12:704. 



T. Buehdnani, Lem. See Passiflora vitifolia. p. 1222. l.H. 

 14:519. T. floribunda was once advertised in the American 

 trade, but It was probably not the T. floribnndn, Masters, of 

 Colombia. r. pinnatittipula, Jnss. Resembles T. mollisHlma. 

 but the bracts are free; stipules pinnatisect: fls. rose-colored. 

 Chile. B.M. 4062. B.R. 18:1536. L. H. B. 



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