TACSONIA 



1765 



sub-orbicular, 3-lobed, gla 

 56 or cherry red. with a cylin 



A. Tls, orange or rosy orange. 



P4rrit86, 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 

 of tooth-lilse projections. Colombia. 6.C. II. 17:225. 

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

 was introduced. 



A4 F!s scarlet or rose-colored. 



B Bracfs beneath the flower not united. 



C IjIS simple or not lobed. 



msi^is Mnst Pilose lvs. ovate-lanceolate 



c^r) t I tit- 11 f or blistered above 



i\ I < I "les dissected: fl. 



It 1 se or crimson; 



t lit the base, downy; 



1 1 1 1 r than the tube, 



Hn e < 1 1 ii:; ^j uircd 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. S-Uhetl or divided. 

 D. Foliage glabrous at maturitij. 



Van Volxemli, Hook. Fig. 2457. Stems 

 slender aud slightly pubescent: lvs. 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. -Probablythe best known 

 species and handsome, but less showy than 



J&mesoni, Mast. Lv 

 brous: fl. large, bright i 

 drical tube 4 in. long. 1 



DD. Foliage dounij beneath at maturity. 



Exonifinsis, Hort. (hybrid of T. Van Volxemii and T. 

 mollissima). Fig. 2458. Lvs. downy, cordate, ovate- 

 oblong, divided nearly to base into 3 lanceolate, serrate 

 segments: fls. 4J^-5 in. across; sepals brick red out- 

 side, brilliant rose pink within; throat violet; tube 

 white inside, 2^ in. long. Resembles T. Van Volxemii 

 in having peduncles as long as lvs.: linear stipules; 

 free downy bracts, filamentous comiKi n.ar ba-^i- of tube 

 and violet color of throat. — ReseinMrs 7'. „,.,ll,ssiiiiu in 



having downy lvs., long flower tnl..- lor ,,f rl, and 



aristate sepals. 



BB. Bracts beneath the flower more or h^ss united, 

 c. Leaf-lobes short and obtuse. 



manicita, Juss. Pubescent, lvs. broad -ovate to or- 

 bicular-ovate in outline, about 4 in. long, the oblong 

 obtuse serrate lobes reaching to the middle of the blade: 

 fl. 4 in. across, bright scarlet; tube % in. long, inflated 

 and ribbed at the base; corona double, the outer series 

 composed of blue hairs. Colombia and Pern. B.M. 

 6129.-P. ignea, Hort., is a form of this species. 



CC. Leaf-lobes long-acute. 



mixta, Juss. Glabrous or somewhat pubescent: lvs. 

 orbicular-ovate, thick, 3-lobed to the middle, the lobes 

 long-acute and serrate: fl. .1-1 in. across, rose-pink, the 

 oblong sepals not equaling the green scarcely saccate 

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



mollissima, HBK. Pubescent: lvs. 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 laeiniate: fl. about 3 in. 

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

 and swollen at the base; corona a shnrt rim. ,\ndes. 

 B.M. 4187. B.R. 32:11. F.S. 2:78.- .s' ^.'..//",... ..ITered 

 in California, is said to be similar to tliK. Iiiii of deeper 

 shade. 



Smythiina, Hort. Seedling of T. molUs.iima or hy- 

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

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



T. Buchinani. Lem. See Passiflora vitifolia, p. 1222, I.H. 

 14:519.— 7". floribunda was once advertised in the American 

 trade, but it was probably not the T. floribund.a. Masters, of 

 Colombia.— r. pinnatisKpula, Juss. Resembles T. mollissima, 

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

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



Tacsonia Exoniensis (X ^). 



