CV. PASSIFLORE^. 



sheathing the gynophore ; anthers introrse, 2-celled, usually versatile, dehiscence 

 longitudinal. OVARY more or less stipitate, very rarely sessile, 1-celled ; styles equal 

 in number to the placentas, cohering at the base, distinct at the top, 



Seal, entire ami cut vertically 

 (mag.). 



ifalftl>fri>ia. 



Transverse section of 



orary (mag.). 



Ovule (mag.). One sepal ami two petals (ma?.). Andrcecium and pistil. 



spreading ; stigmas clavate or peltate, some- 

 times sub-2-lobed ; ovules numerous, ana- 

 tropous, 1-2-seriate, attached to 35 parietal 

 linear placentas by longer or shorter funicles, 

 enlarged into a cupule at the umbilicus.. 

 FRTIT 1-celled, an indehiscent berry, or a 

 rai'sule with 3-5 semi-placentiferous valves. 

 SEEDS numerous ; funicle dilated into a 

 pulpy cupuliform or saccate aril ; testa crustaceous, foveolate, easily separable from 

 the membranous endopleura, which bears a longitudinal raphe. EMBRYO straight, 

 occupying the axis of a fleshy dotted albumen ; cotyledons foliaceous, flat ; radicle 

 cylindric, near the hilum, centrifugal. 



[The following is the classification of Pcufiflorea* made for the ' Genera Plan- 

 tarum * : 



TRIBE I. MALESHERBIKJ:. Flowers 5 . Calyx-tube elongate, lobes triangular-subulate. 

 Corona and corolla membranous. Stamens 5, adnate to the gynophore. ' Styles 3, remote at 

 the base. Seeds oblong. (South America.) Malegherbia, Gynopleura. 



TRIBE II. PASSIFLOREJE. Flowers $ Corona simple or double. Petals herbaceous. 

 Styles 1 or 3-5, connate at the base. Seeds flattish. *Palflora, *Tacsonia, Paropsia, 

 Smeathmannia, &c. 



TRIBE III. MODECCEJE. Flowers $ > r if unisexual perianths of the sexes alike. Corona 

 small or 0. Petals usually included in the calyx-tube. Connective of the anthers usually 

 produced. (Old World.) *llodecca, Ophiocaulm, Machadoa. 



TRIBE IV. ASCHARIE . Flowers unisexual, perianth of the sexes alike. Calyx very short. 

 Corolla campanulate, 3-5-fid. Stamens inserted on the throat or base of the corolla. (South 

 Africa.) Ceratosicyos, A*charia. 



TRIBE V. PAPAYACF..*:. 1 Flowers unisexual, or $ and unisexual in the same inflorescence, 

 perianths of the sexes dissimilar. Corona 0. Stamens 2-seriate, inserted on the corolla-tube. 

 Can'co, Jacaratla."] 



1 See end of Cuturbitaceir, p. 452. ED. 



