_ PASSIFLORA KERMESINA. 
COCHINEAL. COLOURED PASSION-FLOWER. 
“EXOGENR, oR " _ DICOTYLEDONER. 
ies : 
( Natura] division 
to which —— 
this Plant belongs 
CALYCIFLORZE, A) Artificial divisions, MONADELPHIA, 
OF SEE to which PENTANDRIA, 
DECANDOLLE. this Plant belongs. OF LINNEUS. 
No, 118. 
GENUS. Passtrtora. Linyzvs. Catyx tubo brevi nunc brevissimo, limbo 
pe lanes —— heel intus ee — por | ih _—s — 
ad fa an 
a colorata. Corona filamentorum uni vel iuathenie tubo ane intra 
rollam inserta, quarum saries: extorier 2 filamentis fibpris constat interior,e 
AMINA quingue,toro 
nserta, cum “ovarii stipite alte connata, apice libera, diverg entia. ANTHERA 
e 
trifidus vel tres liberi, Sriemara tria capitata. asnaticiottbeads rarius sub- 
membranacea. Hers fruticesve scandentes, For paste stipulata 
DUNCULI axillares, nonnulli cirriferi vel cirriformes cum pedunculis floriferis 
ex eadem axilla, floriferi sub flore articulati, nudi vel tribracteati. 
ES. Passirrora Kermesina. Orro. Scandens,glaberrima, cirthosa, 
iis ne ni lobis ovatis —— basi atvingue 2-3-glandulosis, petiolo bi-tri- 
glanduloso, st ipulis semiovatis obliquis, pedunculis elongatis unifloris nudis, 
calycis segmentis Soasaoke aia pe talis gues corona brevi, seriei in- . 
terioris conniventis filamentis conna 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, Pissvetolts: Catyx with a short 
tube, the limb 5-cleft, the divisions usually coloured inside. PetTais 
five, seldom wanting, inserted at the throat of the calyx, alterna — 
with its divisions, often similar to them, but more coloured. Crow 
of filaments inserted in the tube of the calyx within the corolla, con- 
f one or more concentric rows, of which the outer is comp 
of free filaments, the innermost of connivent ones, free, or more or less 
‘connate. STAMENs five, inserted on the torus and connected high up 
with the stalk of the ovary, free at the top, reflexed or spreading, each — 
bearing a versatile anther. Ovary borne on a stalk guia, ae 
above the sheath of the stamina, somewhat three-sid 
with three many-ovulated parietal placente. STYLE bite trifid, ot 
three separate styles. eases three, capitate. Fruit pulpy, or 
rarely almost membrano 
DESCRIPTION OF THE —— PASSIFLORA KERMESINA. STEMS 
shrubby, climbing, branches perfectly smooth, as well as the whole 
plant of a shining or glauceus green, here and there tinged with pur- 
ple. Leaves alternate, thin, very slightly peltaté, ered about | to 
