POPULAR FLORA. 



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Passion-Flower. Passi/Iora. 

 Sepals 5, united at the base. Petals 5, accompanied by a crvwn or ring formed of a double or tripla 

 fringe, inserted on the base of the calyx. Stamens 5, mona- 

 delphous; the filaments making a long sheath to the slender 

 stalk of the ovary : this is one-celled and becomes an eata- 

 ble berry, with many seeds in 3 or 4 rows on its walls. The 

 gpecies are mostly South American; and some large-flowered 

 and handsome ones are cultivated in hot-houses. The early 

 missionaries fancied that they found in these flowers emblems 

 of the implements of our Saviour's passion; the fringe repre- 

 senting the crown of thorns; the large anthers fixed by their 

 middle, hammers ; and the 5 styles (tapering below and with 

 large-headed stigmas), the nails. We have two wild species, 

 common S. and W. 



1. Small P. Leaves bluntly 3-lobed, otherwise entire; flowers greenish-yellow, 1' wide. P. lutea. 



2. Maypop p. Leaves 3-cleft, the lobes serrate; flowers 2' broad, white, with a triple flesh-colored 



and purple crown ; fruit like a hen's egg in shape and size. P. incarnata. 



371. Passion-Flower No. 1, enlarged. 



40. CURRANT FAMILY. 



Order GROSSULACE^. 



Consists of the Currants 

 and Gooseberries, which 

 belong to the same botan- 

 ical senus. Shrubs, with 

 alternate rounded and ra- 

 diate-veined leaves ; the 

 tube of the calyx coherent 

 with the one-celled ovary, 

 and continued above it 

 into a cup which is often 

 colored, like a corolla, and 

 bears the 5 little petal's and 

 5 stamens. Seeds many, 

 with a pulpy outer coat, 

 borne upon the walls of the 

 berry on two thickened 

 lines (parietal placentas). 



Garden Gooseberry: 372. with flowers j 373. with fiiiif. 374. C'lp of (he c.tIvx laid open, bearing the 5 little petals and stamens. 

 375. The pistil. 376. Younjj beri-y cut across. 377. Yuunj l^erry divided lengthwise. 



Gooseberry. Ribes, \ Grossularia. 



Stems generally armed with thorns under the clusters of leaves, and sometimes with scattered 

 prickles. Peduncles bearing single or few flowers. 



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