326 



III— Bot. Reg. (1816) t. 152 (P. incarnata) ; Bot. Mag. t. 1989 ; 

 Bot Reg. (1840) t. 52 (P verrucifera) ; Jacq. Eclogae PI. Rar. ii. t. 

 124 (P. rigidula), t.169 (P. rubricaulis) ; Ann. de Gand, 1845, t. 35 ; 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. xiii. pt. 1, t. 122, f. 1 ; Rev. Hort. 1857, p. 224 ; 1867, 

 p. 390 (fruit) ; 1883, p. 489 ; Nicholson, Diet. Gard. iii. n. 30, f . 35 ; 

 Gard. Chron. Feb. 12th, 1898, p. 101 ; Sept. 19th, 1903, p. x 202. 



Vernac. names. — Couzou (French Guiana, Heckel). — Purple-fruited 

 Passion Flower, Mountain Sweet Cup. 



Native of Brazil. 



Fruit edible. 



The leaves are used medicinally in French Guiana (Heckel, Ann. 

 Inst. Col. Marseille, iv. 1897, p. 109). 



Easily grown from seed in moderately rich soil, and trained on 

 trellis work or some similar support. 



Ref. — " The Cultivation of the common Passion Vine, Passijlora 

 edulis" and other species, Turner, in Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales, ii. 



1891, pp. 246-249. "Woodiness of the Passion Fruit," Cobb, I.e. 



xii. 1901, pp. 407-418, illust. "Manure for Passion Vines" in 



Queensland Agric. Journ. x. 1902, p. 39. 



Passiflora foetida, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 520 (no description). 



Herbaceous climber ; stems hispid. Leaves alternate, 3-lobed, 

 cordate at the base, sometimes nearly entire, pubescent on both sides. 

 Flowers single, axillary, with a moss-like involucre, whitish, the 

 corona marked with purple and blue. Fruit small, yellowish, com- 

 paratively dry, in size, taste and appearance somewhat like a cape 

 gooseberry. 



III.— Cav. Diss. t. 289 ; Bot. Reg. (1818) t. 321 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 

 t. 138 (P. hirsuta), t, 725 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2619 ; Desc. Ant. v. t. 375 ; 

 Jacq. Eclogae PL Rar. ii. t. 122 ? (P ciliata), t. 123 ? (P. hirsuta). 



Stinking Passion Flower, Wild Water Lemon. 



S. Nigeria and West Africa in general. Cosmopolitan in the 

 Tropics. 



The leaves are used for poultices in inflammatory affections of the 

 skin and the plant is said to have some value as an expectorant, as a 

 remedy in hysteria and in female complaints (Treas. Bot. ii. p. 851). 



Propagated by seeds or cuttings. 



Some experiments have been made with this plant as a cover for 

 ground in plantations, and to destroy "lalang grass" {Imp&rata 

 arundinacea) and other weeds, in the Fed. Malay States, Ceylon and 

 Borneo, with beneficial effect in soils that require to be kept 

 continually moist. (Campbell, Agric. Bull. Str. & Fed. Malay States 

 1909, p. 447 ; Kelway Bamber, Roy. Bot. Gdn. Ceylon, Circ. No. 16, 

 1909, p. 141 ; N. Borneo Off. Gaz. Sept. 1st, 1911, p. 248). 



Ref. — The cultivation of Passiflora foetida & Mikania scandens 

 to keep down other weeds, Kelway Bamber, Roy. Bot. Gdn. Ceylon, 

 Circ. No. 16, Feb. 1909, pp. 141-145. 



Passiflora quadrangularis, Linn. Syst. ed. x. p. 1248. 



Stem climbing, square, 4-winged. Leaves alternate, ovate, or 

 subcordate, glabrous ; petioles with 2 or 3 pairs of glands. Flowers 

 solitary, opposite the petiole ; Corolla-like lobes, white outside, red 

 within ; Calyx-like lobes, green without, white within ; Corona 

 white, variegated with violet ; bracts entire. Fruit greenish-yellow, 

 oblong, about 6 in. through ; pulp succulent, edible, taste sweet 

 though slightly acid. Seeds numerous. 



