rSZO PASSIPLORA 



dently setting forth the five wounds received by our 

 Lord on the cross. The colour of the column, the crown, 

 and the nails is a clear green. The crown itself i.s sur- 

 rounded by a kind of veil or very fine hair, of a violet 

 colour, the filaments of which number seventy-two, 

 answering to the numlier of thorns with which, accord- 

 ing to tradition, our Lord's crown was set; and the 

 leaves of the plant, abundant and beautiful, are shaped 

 like the head of a lance or pike, referring, no doubt, to 



May-pop.— Passiflora incarnata. 



that which pierced the side of our Savior, wliilst they 

 are marked beneath with round spots, signifying the 

 thirty pieces of silver.' " 



With the exception of a few Malayan and Chinese 

 species, the true Passifloras are natives of tropical 

 America. Many of them are cultivatod as curiosities, 

 and some of them for the bi :int\ ..f th. ir flowers and 



for their festooning foliaL'- 

 lately lobed or angled <n- 

 showy ilowers are solit;u> 

 racemes. The fruit, is i.ll 

 fleshy or berry-lil^. . . n , . 

 being borne on p n 

 the pepo of the i ;i 

 on a long stalk wIik h i- i 

 with the tube formed liv 1 



ire either digi- 

 !• The large, 

 ! I . . if on axillary- 

 1 -l"lH.ilar and usually 

 lit 1-l.H-uled, the seeds 

 The fruit is allied to 

 riie ovary is supported 

 li in or usually united 

 lion of the bases of the 



filaments. The structure of the fruit is well shown in 

 Fig. 1650; the remains of the floral envelopes have 

 broken from the attachment on the torus and re'^t on 

 the fruit. The petals are borne on tli. tlir.nt of the 



calyx, but in some species they an ' ^ rlv nr 



quite a dozen Passifloras are n:iti\. i ~ and 



one of them, P. Intea, grows naii.i.i:,, ;..; ihiiih 



as southern Pa. and Illinois. From \ ii.;inia .-"ii;h. the 

 Maypop, P. incarnata, is a very eomiuou plant in fields 

 and waste places. Both these species are herbaceous 

 perennials. The fruit of some Passifloras is edible. 



In cultivation, the Passifloras have been considerably 

 hybridized, and they are also confused with Tacsonia. 

 In 1871 Masters enumerated 184 species (Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. 27), and a number of species have been discovered 

 since that time. 



PASSIFLORA 



Mo.st of the Passion-flowers are yellow or green in 

 color of envelopes, but there are fine reds in P. race- 

 moMi. P. Rnddiana, P. coccinea, P. alata, P. vitifolia, 

 and two or three others. L H B 



P. cwnilea and Constance Elliott are both hardy at 

 Washington. In summer time we use P. faetida (raised 

 from seed annually), and during the last two seasons, 

 P. CoUmensis, for trellis work. The last named is a 

 good thing for this line of work ; the fls. are white, 

 purple center, about 2 in. in diameter; native of Mexico; 

 very easy to prop, from cuttings of soft wood. Not many 

 of the tender species and hybrids are grown to any great 

 extent in this country. P. alata and P. quadrangutaris 

 are desirable climbers for a roomy, warm greenhouse. 



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the 



A. Corona with sJiarp folds, and crinkled at the edge. 

 B. Fls. apetaloiis, usualhf with no bracts. 



1. gricilis, .l.na,. Slender annual: Ivs. rather small, 

 broadly deltoid "\ ,.i., v.ry shallowly and bluntly 3- 

 lubed: fls. ^o|ii,ir\. |.ale meen or whitish, considerably 

 surpassed by the 1\>. . the calyx-lobes oblong or lanceo- 

 late, the filiform ravs of the corona in a single row and 

 equal: seeds with 6 elevated ridges. Brazil. B.R. 11:870. 

 — Fl. about 1 in. across. Easily grown either indoors or 

 in the open, as a garden annual. 



BB. Fls. petaliferous, with large bracts. 



2. aden6poda, Moc. & Sess. {P. acerifdlia, Cham. & 

 Schlecbt.). Lvs. glabrous, cordate, 3-nerved and 5- 

 lobed, the lobes ovate-acuminate and somewhat serrate: 

 bracts cut-serrate. Mex. to S. Amer. — Once advertised 

 by Saul. 



3. H4hnii, Mast. Tall, glabrous climber, with very 

 slender terete branches: lvs. ovate, peltate at base, 

 strongly 3-nerved and each of the side nerves ending in 

 a tooth, but the leaf-margin otherwise entire but bearing 

 minute red glands: stipules kidney-shaped, dentate, 

 purplish, nearly or quite 1 in. across: fl. -bracts 2, en- 

 tire: fl. about 3 in. across, solitary, whitish, the corona 

 shorter than the envelooes, the outer filaments being 

 orange. Mex. B M. 70.i2. R.H. 1869, p. 430 (as I>is- 

 emma Hahnii). G.C. II. 12:504. 



BBB. Fls 



c. Leaves oblong-ovate. 



4. triSasciita, Lem. Lvs. 3-lobed to one-third or one- 

 half their depth, the margins entire, with an irregular 

 reddish purple band along each of the three midribs: 

 fls. yellowish, fragrant, small. Brazil. I.H. 15:544.- 

 Interesting for its ornamental foliage. 



cc. Leaves broader than long, 



5. litea, Linn. Herb, 5-10 ft. tall, glabrous : lvs. 

 broader than long, shallowly 3-lobed, cordate at base: 



