PASSIFLORA CERULEA; 



OR, 



COMMON BLUE PASSION-FLOWER 



i • • „,.« nnr w this though the most common, as thriving 

 Arc the Passes claim the*tamng e ^^ ^ ^ aml , s „. OIKk , rs « re 



we H out of doors, the .east atirac ,v. ££*£"£ passion of our ^ whc „cc its P re- 

 S oon proclaimed to Chnsfao M^^ ^ ^ <he _ ttet pieIced our Saviours 

 seu.appeUa.iou. The 'eaves wees a ° » ™ „ J, „j* tnat scourgc d him ; .he .eu 

 side; .he tendrils, the cords .ha. bou »Y* dPc t r deserted ; .he pillar h .he center™ the 

 petals the *«* Judas havmg £*-£«g* J * « ^ . ,'„ ^ about thc ccntra , 

 L. or ,«e; the stamina, ^f^'^X the ifc „ the flower, the emble* of 



pd.ar, the *« »/ *« *£K&*fiJ ^ * «*>»« -*■ «*" ** 

 F , ri to; and the blue, the type rf£~ On ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (hc „ dis . 

 „/ blood were seen upon the cross , ^^ ^ brought ^ ^ j,^ 



appeared, denoting «-«^^&. in th e year ,699. We shall now examine 

 to Europe, ^ "*£££ A remarkable for the growth of its shoots, r,s,„g ,n 

 this plant botamcally. It «» * J £» ^ fluted At distinct dtstancea proceed 



a few months above fifteen feet. The * ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ fiye 



two .** half-moou-shaped on <**^»£* . rf ^ of the 



pointed lobes, and the lesser lobe ,s often sub bed < ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ fey , 



leaf proceed first to/Mr. »" d « cxt a '" ™ ' 6te from thc flow cr, is called au ,„■,»/,«•,,; 



c al a s, which, as afterwards appearing somewhu^ «m ^ ^ ^ ^ 



J is composed of three inure orincuU ^ J ^ cu ,, ously the organs for repro- 



size of the true ca/yx, wh.ch opens by de .ees , £^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ 



duction are enwrapped within ,.s »-"^; £ ^ „ is in fact m ouophyl.ous (a single 



nate with a UA but as these leave- enm^ 4 £ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 



leaf), divided into five «gm«a. «* . of ^ rOTS of „„ Ws , arising purple, then 



ton, beautifully radiates over *■»■»*' „, w „, interspc ,sed with spots. There is 



J y possess a c«* *££££ ^ m row of *j ^ <W ; .hen 



next a ditch or hollow, m the tmdd e o « ^ ^ ^ , /mWs c0 „ v ergmg 



appears a mound of coalesced t^*£*S£ protccted , Acs the cell, in which tire hone, 

 around the column. At the basrs of th s co ta* J ^ for purpose of 



is deposited, and a gW may be , fcundu, ^ he ^ t^ ^ „, A , sho 



the honey. There is also a U J^g** Thcsc arc broad, and become arched; and 

 distance up this column proceed £*gg back of the oblong ackers, which oceasmns 

 a , each end is a to*, to whtch are attached t ^ ^^ s , des havc 



1 very teadily to vibrate at "*£*££ the cente r «kc a por.manteau. At .he 

 two 6^ fiUed «* >-» eaCh ° f t Hte J«,, whence proceed the three **. upr,ght, 

 p,ace ff insertion of the five s.amtna s tl e ^ * depen(J . ng mm and morc 



Is may be seen at the first opeumg of .he 





