PASSIFLORE^. 295 



^P. rotuudifolia, &b. {/ton L.). — This species by its singular crown, connects Decaloha with 

 Murucuja. Leaves 3"-2" diam. ; flowers l"-i'' long j berry 10"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica I, 

 all coll., common in the mountains, 



** Calyx red: tube campanvlate or oyathiform ; crown filamentose. 



27. P. oblongata, Sw. Glabrous ; leaves longer than broad, rounded or cuneate at 

 the base, 3-2-lobed or rounded at the top, 3-mucronulate, ocellated with biseriate, distant 

 glands beneath ; pedicels jointed above the middle, equalling the petiole, simple, 1-2 (-5), 

 superior or lateral racemose : bracteoles setaceous ; calyx crimson : tube campanulate, thrice 

 shorter than the oblong-linear lobes ; petals linear, exceeded by the calyx j crown short, fila- 

 mentose, distant from the lacerate appendages of the disc; gynophore nearly equalling the 

 petals ; berry globose. — Stem shrubby : bark rimose-corky : scandeut branches striate-angular ; 

 leaves very variable : lobes erect, bearing 3-4 glands between the lateral nerves and the mid- 

 rib ; pedicels 8'", bracteoles li"'-2"', calyx-tube 4'", lobes 12"', petals 10'", crown-filaments 

 1"' long : interior crown reaching to the middle of the calyx-tube. 



a. Leaves cuneate or rounded at the base (4"-l^" long, 3"-i" broad) : lobes 3, short, 

 blunt, equal, or the middle longer, or all obsolete. 



3. lyrifolia, Tuss. Leaves rounded at the base, oblong, bilobed about to one-fifth (6" 

 long, 3" broad) : lobes acuminate, much exceeding the middle mucro.^ — Tuss, M. 1. t. 4. 

 Desc. Fl, 4. t. 255. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., M'Nab, March (o) ; Bancroft (fi), e.g. S.Anns. 



28. K^ tacsonioides, Or. (». sp). Glabrous ; leaves broader than long, sobtruncate 

 or slightly 3-lobed, 3-mucronulate, broadly rounded or truncate at the base, ocellated with 

 biseriate distant glands beneath ; pedicels axillary, simple, 2-1, tieice as long as the petiole, 

 jointed about the middle: bracteoles 3, setaceous; calyx red: tube campanulate, thrice 

 shorter than the oblong-linear lobes ; petals linear, exceeded by the calyx ; crown short, 

 filamentose, distant from the lacerate appendages of the disc ; gynophore equalling the petals. 

 — Stem, bark, and flower-structure as in preceding, but the leaves of P. orbiculata, Cav. 

 Leaves 3"-2" broad, 1 \"-\" long, bearing 6-4 glands between the midrib and the lateral 

 nerves, which diverge in a right-angle : petiole eglandular, 8"'-6"' long : stipules lanceolate- 

 setaceous, l"'long; tendrils as long as the leaves ; pedicels 12"'-15, bracteoles l^"'-2"' 

 long ; calyx-tube 4"'-5"' long : segments 12"'-15"' long, 3"'-4"' broad ; petals 8'" long, 

 1'" broad ; crown-filaments 1 long : interior crown reaching to the middle of the calyx- 

 tube ; immature berry ovoid, exserted. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschl., Manchester at Huntley. 



29. P. perfoliata, L. Stem and petioles pubescent ; leaves glabrous, 4-2 times broader 

 than long, shortly petioled, deeply cordate at the base, clasping with their rounded auricles, 

 slightly 2-3-lobed, subretuse to 3-mucronulate, glaucous and ocellated with scattered glands 

 beneath : lateral lobes horizontally diverging, oblong, middle reduced ; pedicels axillary, 

 single, much exceeding the petiole, often equalling the leaf, jointed above the middle : 3 

 bracteoles setaceous ; calyx crimson : lobes linear, acuminate, half as long again as the 

 campanulate tube ; petals oblong-lanceolate, pointed, exceeding the concolor calyx ; crown- 

 leaflets linear, blunt, much exceeded by the calyx, approximate to the plaited disc-covering; 

 gynophore equalling the petals ; berry large, globose. — SI. t. 143. _/. 3, 4. — P. normalis,' L. 

 ex PI. Cult. — Leaves H'—'ii" broad, l"-8"' long, cordate to the middle : petiole 2"'; pedicels 

 1"-14" long, jointed 3"'-4"' below the top ; calyx-tube 4"'-5"', petals 8'" long j berry 10"' 

 diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coU., on fences from the seacoast upwards to the mountains. 



30. P. cuprea, L. Glabrous ; leaves roundish-oval, entire, mncronulate, shortly petioled, 

 reticulated on both sides, ocellated with a few glands beneath ; pedicels single, much exceed- 

 ing the petiole, jointed at the middle, ebracteolate, uppermost racemose ; calyx purple : tube 

 shortly cyathiform, much exceeded by the oblong-linear segments ; petals oblong-linear, 

 shortly exceeded by the calyx ; crown-leaflets linear, blunt, 'much exceeded by the calyx, 

 approximate to the disc ; gynophore equalling the flower, dilated at the top ; berry ovoid- 

 globose. — Jacq. Ic. Sar. t. 606.^P. CavaniUesii, DC. {Cav. Diss. t. 273), probably a pubes- 

 cent form. — Leaves 14" long, 15'"-12"'. broad : petiole 3'" long; pedicels!", calyx-tube 

 IV", segments 10'"-12'" long ; berry 6"' long, 4"'-5'" broad. — Hab. Bahamas {Linn.) 

 [Cuba!]. 



*** Calyx red: tube cyathiform j crown entire. 



31. P. Murucuja, /^. Glabrous, leaves bilobed, or transversely oblong, .3 rmucronu- 



