338 GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



equal parts, to which add a little well-decayed leaf mould or 

 manure, and some silver sand. These plants are freely in- 

 creased by cuttings of the young shoots, and also by seeds. 



T. Buclianani. — A species of quite recent introduction 

 from Panama, which will perhaps prove to be sufficiently 

 hardy for the greenhouse. It is a climbing plant, with five- 

 lobed unequally-toothed leaves, and large showy bright scarlet 

 flowers. This is more correctly called Passiflora vitifoUa. 



T. eriantha. — A grand plant, in general appearance 

 resembling T. moJlissiiiia, but having the under surface of the 

 leaves white ; they are about six inches in diameter, deeply 

 three-lobed, the lobes toothed. The tube of the flower is 

 about three inches or three inches and a-half long, and the 

 flowers' upwards of three inches in diameter, and of a beauti- 

 ful delicate rose pink colour. It comes from the forests near 

 the Volcano of Piohincha, in South America. 



T. c.ronicnsis. — This is a very beautiful hybrid, produced 

 between T. Van Volxemi and T. mollissima , and combines the 

 characters of both species ; the tube is nearly three inches long, 

 and the petals are soft light magenta, stained purplish at the 

 base, which forms a circle of that colour round the throat. 

 It is a garden hybrid, of recent introduction to our collections. 



T. insifjiiis. — This species is of quite recent introduction, 

 and, like the other species, will be found valuable as a climber ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, shining green on the upper surface, 

 flowers six inches in diameter, tube cylindrical, about one 

 and a-half inches long, sepals and petals violet crimson. 



T. mollissima. — This is a very strong-growing climber, not 

 very free-flowering until it has attained a considerable size 

 but then blooming most profusely. The leaves are three- 

 lobed, and sharp-toothed, slightly hairy on the upper surface, 

 tomentose below. The flowers are large, and of a beautiful 

 soft rose colour. Native of Santa Fe de Bogota. 



