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the farina of the latter; the germens of the flowers thus 

 treated, swelled, became fruits, and ripened ; the other flow- 

 ers on the same plant, which were not so impregnated, 

 were abortive. The fruits ripened in September ; they were 

 about two inches and a half long, oval, marked with three 

 longitudinal furrows, and of a yellow colour ; from the ac- 

 count of the plant given by Professor Brotero, of Coimbra, 

 in the Transactions of the Linnean Society* they seem to have 

 attained their proper size ; the seeds however of most of 

 them were imperfect, and Mr. Milne conceives that all 

 those which vegetated came out of either one or two of the 

 fruits only. The seeds were sown in December, and seven 

 plants were raised : one of them, having been kept in the 

 stove, blossomed this autumn, and its first flower was exhi- 

 bited to the Society at the time I have above stated. 



The male parent of this new plant was introduced into our 

 gardens so long ago as the year 1695, and is well known 

 by the name of the Common Passion Flower : though a 

 native of the Brazils it is sufficiently hardy to endure the 

 climate of England when trained to a south wall, in which 

 situation it frequently ripens its fruit. It has been lately very 

 faithfully represented in the Botanical Register,-]- and a figure 

 of it was also published in an early number of the Botanical 

 Magazine.% The plant usually cultivated., and which is the 

 type of the species, has leaves with oblong oval lobes, and 

 it was this which was used in the production of the Hy- 

 brid ; there is a variety which has leaves with very long 



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