PASSIFLORACEJE. 



outer rays of 2 rows, longest, filiform, flexuose ; inner ones placed at 

 their base, very short, of several rows, subulate compact. Nectary 

 slightly 2-chambered ; outer wall springing from the foot of the shaft 

 of the fructification, slightly coloured, deepish, quite entire, converging 

 obliquely towards the short white denticulated operculum or cover. 

 Shaft of the fructification yellowish green, dotted with purple. Styles 

 whitish, wide-spreading, clavate; stigmas nearly globular, green, nu- 

 tant. Germen ovate, green, quite smooth, but little larger than the 

 stigmas. Ker. Esteemed an emmenagogue, and is thought to be 

 serviceable in hysteria ; the infusion of the flowers is also taken as a 

 pectoral medicine in the West Indies. 



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