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NAT. ORDER. PASSIFLORE.E. 
has a perennial root ; the stalks are annual, slender, rising four or 
five feet high ; at each joint one leaf, on a short foot-stalk, having 
mostly three lobes, but the two side ones are sometimes divided part 
of their length into two narrow segments, and thus becoming five- 
lobed ; they are thin, of a light green, and slightly serrate ; the flow^- 
ers are produced from the joints of the stalk, at the foot-stalks of 
the leaves, on long, slender peduncles, in succession as the stalks 
advance in height during the summer months ; they have an agreea- 
ble scent, but are of short duration, opening in the morning, and 
fading away in the evening; the fruit is about the size of a full 
grown apple, changing to a pale orange color when ripe. This is a 
native of Virginia. 
Passiflora lutea. Yellow Passion-flower. This plant has a » 
creeping root, sending up many weak stalks, three or four feet high ; 
the leaves are shaped like those of ivy, and almost as large, but of a 
pale green color and very thin consistence ; the peduncle is slender, 
an inch and a half long ; the flowers dirty yellow, not larger than 
the thumb nail when expanded. It is a native of Virginia and 
Jamaica, flowering in May and June. 
Passiflora serratifolia. Notch-leaved Passion-flower. This spe- 
cies is perennial and shrubby ; the stems are round — the younger 
ones slightly villose, and climbing very high ; the stipules are linear 
and accuminate; the foot-stalks of the leaves furnished with two 
pairs of glandules ; the leaves ovate, smooth, and slightly serrated 
round their whole outline ; the peduncles are one-flowered and soli- 
tary ; the flowers have an extremely agreeable odor. This plant is 
a native of the West Indies, flowering from May till October. , 
Passiflora maliformis. Apple-fruited Passion-flower. This species 
has a thick stem, triangular, by slender tendrils thrown out at every 
joint, rising to the height of fifteen or twenty feet ; at each joint is 
one leaf, six inches long and four broad in the middle, of a lively 
green, and thin texture, having a strong midrib — from this arise sev- 
eral small nerves, diverging to the sides, and curving up towards the 
