262 Account of a newly produced Hybrid Passiflora. 



united them in itself. It is also more than probable that 

 as the plant acquires greater strength, a considerable im- 

 provement will take place in its flowers, as well as in the size 

 of the leaves, and its general appearance. 



I have subjoined a parallel description of all the parts of 

 the two parents and their offspring, a comparison of which 

 will best shew the effect of the impregnation in the changes 

 produced in the respective parts of the two originals, and a 

 separate inspection of that of the mule will afford a fair cha- 

 racter of the plant. These are accompanied with sections of 

 the smaller parts of the three flowers, which will materially 

 aid the description ; for these I am indebted to Mr. Lindley, 

 to whom also I have to acknowledge my obligations for his 

 assistance in the composition of the descriptions. 



P. cxrulea. 

 The Male Parent. 

 Perennial and Shrubby. 

 Stem bluish green, much coloured 

 with purple, but generally on one 

 side only, striated below, cylindri- 

 cal above, slightly five angled. 

 Stipules persistent, dark green with 

 a reddish margin, spreading, re- 

 flexed, in shape resembling half 



Leaves not large, tliin and five lobed ; 

 lobes ovate-oblong, blunted at the 

 top, narrow, undulated, the late- 

 ral lobes shortest, with sometimes 

 a smaller exterior .e-ment of the 

 same form as themselves, giving 

 an appearance of seven lobes ; 

 dark, green and shining above, 

 with a red margin, underneath 

 glaucous green, with a slight tinge 

 of purple on the veins and mid- 



The Hybrid. 

 Perennial and Shrubby. 

 Stem bright green, often coloured 

 with red, nearly round, striated. 



Stipules like the female, but a little 

 less cordate, and smaller. 



Leaves intermediate in size, thick, 

 slightly coriaceous, three lobed ; 

 lobes narrow, acuminated, and 

 slightly undulated, nearly equal 

 in size, the centre one a little 

 longer than the lateial ones, one 

 or both of which have sometimes an 

 exterior segment like themselves, 

 giving to the whole an appear- 



four or five lobed ; the whole in- 



P. racemosa. 

 The Female Parent. 

 Perennial and Shrubby. 

 Stem dark green, round. 



Stipules deciduous, pale green, vein- 

 ed, slightly tinged with red, 

 erect, oblique, ovate, pointed, but 



Leaves large, subcoriaceous and three 

 lobed ; ' lobes broad, acuminated, 

 nearly flat and smooth ; the cen- 

 tre lobe the longest, oblong; the 

 lateral lobes divergent, obliquely 

 ovate ; the whole thickened, pale, 

 and cartilaginous at their margin, 

 above dark green, with a glau- 

 cous bloom, underneath paler, and 

 conspicuously reticulated, lower 

 parts of the sides of the centre 



