A FLOKA OF MANILA 



1. Stems prominently 4-angled and narrowly 4-winged.. 1. P. quadrangular is 

 1. Stems terete. 



2. Plants nearly glabrous; leaves deeply palmately 3-lobed, the involucral 

 bracts nearly entire 2. P. eduUs 



2. Plants hirsute and ciliate; leaves very shallowly lobed or only sinuate, 

 the involucral bracts 1- to 3-pinnately divided into fine segments. 



3. Pj foetida 

 *1. P. QUADRANGULARis L. Granadilla. 



A stout, glabrous, herbaceous. vine reaching a height of 10 to 15 m, 

 the stems prominently 4-p.ngled and narrovirly winged. Leaves ovate to 

 elliptic, entire, very shortly acuminate, base broadly rounded, 10 to 15 

 cm long, the petioles with scattered glands, the stipules foliaceous, 1.5 

 to 2 cm long. Flowers large, solitary, fragrant. Petals reddish. Corona- 

 filaments violet. Fruit large, ellipsoid, fieshy, edible, 15 to 20 cm long. 



Occasionally cultivated, fl. Aug., and probaly in other months, not 

 spontaneous. A native of tropical America, now cultivated in many 

 other tropical countries. 



*2. P. EDUUS Sims. Pasion (Sp.) ; Passion Flower. 



A herbaceous, nearly glabrous vine, reaching a length of several meters, 

 the stems terete. Leaves ovate in outline, 8 to 13 cm long, deeply palm- 

 ately 3-lobed, the lobes oblong, acuminate, margins serrate, the petioles 

 2-glandular at the apex. Flowers fragrant, about 4.5 cm in diam- 

 eter, solitary, the pedicels about 3 cm long. Bracts 3, green, elliptic to 

 obovate, irregularly toothed, glandular on the margins. Sepals oblong, 

 green, about 2 cm long, spurred at the apex. Petals lanceolate, pale- 

 purplish, about as long as the sepals. Corona-filaments very numerous, 

 in 3 series, white at the base, blue-purple above, often with white markings. 



About houses, San Pedro Macati, fl. June-July. A native of Brazil, 

 occasional in and about towns in the Philippines, but not spontaneou's. 



3. Passifloba foetida L. 



A herbaceous vine with slender terete stems, prominently villous with 

 spreading hairs. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 6 to 9 cm long, thin, 

 shallowly 3-lobed or often only sinuate, ciliate, acute or acuminate, base 

 cordate. Flowers solitary, . white or pinkish, about 3 cm in diameter, 

 subtended by a prominent involucre of 3 bracts which are 1- to 3-pinnately 

 divided into numerous segments, the ultimate segments glandular. Sepals 

 about 1.5 cm long, pale. Petals about as long as the sepals, white or 

 pinkish. Corona of 3-seriate, slender segments. Fruit ovoid, dry, inflated, 

 3 to 5 cm long. 



In thickets, Pasay, occasional. A native of tropical America, introduced 

 here and occasionally found in and about towns, spontaneous or subspon- 

 taneous; also now found in various other tropical countries. 



2. AD EN I A Forskal 



Twining, usually glabrous, tendril-bearing, herbaceous or suffrutescent 

 vines. Leaves entire or palmately lobed, usually with 1 or more flat 

 circular glands on the under surface and with similar ones at the apex 

 of the petiole. Flowers small, unisexual, in axillary, peduncled, few- 

 flowered cymes. Male flowers: Calyx tubular or campanulate, 5-lobed. 

 Petals 5, free, thin, 1-nerved. Corona a ring of threads springing from the 

 calyx-tube, or wanting. Disk-glands 5, strap-shaped or capitate. An- 



