or oblong lobes, sharp at the extremity, ssscagularts and_ sharply 
toothed on the margin, somewhat rugose, with a very minute pubes- 
cence, or perfectly smooth on the upper side, clothed underneath with 
a short soft down. Cirr# and flowering PEDUNCLES issuing together 
from the axils of the leaves; the peduncles nearly as 
leaves, bearing, a little below the flower, three ovate foliaceous bracts, 
about half an inch long, and sharply toothed or cut towards the apex. 
OF THE CALYX about two inches long and half an inch diameter, 
perfectly straight and cylindrical, but with a slight swelling at the 
base, downy outside. Divisions oF THE LIMB rather more than an 
inch and a half long, narrow, oblong, blunt, the dorsal nerve produced 
in a point a little below the apex, downy outside, smooth and coloured 
inside. PrETALs scarcely smaller, but more intensely coloured. Fina- 
MENTS of the outer row of the crown threadlike, nearly half as long 
as the petals, of a bluish purple, those of the inner row connate into a 
a membrane which lines the tube of the calyx down to the swollen 
part, where it is turned up into a kind of sheath round the staminal 
tube. Berry round, somewhat egg-shaped, yellow, downy. 
PorunarR aND Grograpuican Notice. On comparing the 
above generic character with that of Passiflora, as given in Vol. 3, 
No. 118, of the Botanist, it will be readily seen how very near the two 
genera approach each other in botanical character as well as in habit, 
The sole difference lies in the length of the tube of the calyx, but if, 
as it is believed is the case, every intermediate degree may be observed 
in some species or another, this character unaccompanied by any other 
is of little value. The Tacsoniz are al] American, and they there occupy 
the same range and similar stations to those of Passiflora. G. B. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTuRE. First raised in this 
country by Mrs. Marryatt in her beautiful grounds at Wimbleton, this 
splendid ornament of a large conservatory has spread from thence 
into many collections. Our drawing was made in that of Thomas 
Harris, Esq. of Kingsbury. It will not bear, as some anticipated, our 
climate unprotected, but in a conservatory it grows readily. 
IVATION OF THE AME 
Tacsonia, from Tacso, the shad name of some aus ad the genus. Pinnatt- 
STIPULA, with pinnately cut stipules. 
SSIFLORA PINNATISTIPULA. tage ana a 5, t. 428. 
tuna PINNATISTIPULA. Jussieu u Museum, v. 6, p.393, Botani- 
cal Register, t, 1536. British ak Garden, 2nd Series, t. a6: 
