80 PARNASSIE.E FRANKENIACE*; — PASSIFLORACKvB. 



SUB- ORDER.— PARNASSIE^. Arn.— Wight ill. 1, p. 43. 



A small tribe of herbaceous perennial herbs, of 1 genus, and 12 species : 

 1 European ; 1 Siberian ; 5 N. American ; and 5 Indian. Of the latter, 1 

 has been found on the Mountains in the south of the Peninsula of India ; 

 1 in Mysore ; the rest in the Himalayas. Properties unimportant. Par- 

 nassia palustris, L, was formerly used in diseases of the eye, and liver. 



* Par?iassia mysorensis, Heyne. Wight. iU. 1, p. 45, t. 21. %. Mysore. 



ORDER XLIV.— FRANKENIACE^, St. Hil.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 67. 



Herbs, rarely annual, or under-shrubs, of 3 genera, containing 25 

 species; 3 N. African; 6 S. African; 2 N. American; I S. American; 1 

 from the Canaries ; 1 from St. Helena ; 1 from Mogador ; 3 from New 

 Holland ; 1 from Tauria ; and 5 common to several parts of the world. — 

 Properties unknown. 



'*' Frankenia pulverulenta, L. — E. B. 17, t. 1211. © Sea-shores of Europe. 

 Bealsonia portulacifolia, Roxb. ^. Shores of St. Helena. 



ORDER XLV.—PASSIFLORACE^.,— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. ei. 



THE PASSION-FLOWER TRIBE. 



Herbs or shrubs, generally climbing, seldom erect, very rarely trees, 

 of 14 genera, and more than 200 species. By far the greater part 

 of these inhabit S. America, Mexico, and the W. Indies. 20 have been 

 found in the E. Indies ; 7 in New Holland and Van Diemcn's Land; 4 in 

 Madagascar; 3 in Sierra Leona ; 2 in S. Africa; 1-2 in N. America; 

 and 1 in Mauritius. Of the E. Indian forms, which chiefly have been 

 found in Java and both Peninsulas of India, 1 belongs to Tacsonia ; 6 to 

 Passiflora; and 12 to Modecca. 



" Nothing is known of the properties of this order further than that the 

 succulent aril and pulp that surround the seed are fragrant, juicy, cooling, 

 and pleasant, in several species." (Lindl.) 

 Passiflora, L. (DC. pr. 3, p. 322 ,—W. and A. pr. \,p. 352.) 



1. minima, .Tacq. {DC. o. c. p. 325 ; — B. Reg. 2. t. 144 ; — Roxh. H. B. 

 p. 49;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 80.) ^ w Curasao. Fl. small, 

 yellowish-green, fragrant ; and fr. tlie whole year. 



2. suherosa, h {DC. I c. ;—Roxb. tl. B. p. 49.) "b v^ W. Indies. Fl. 

 white, fragrant, R. S. 



