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NAT. ORDER. PASSIFLORE.E. 
the month of July, and finally close about eight or nine o'clock in 
the morning. It is a native of the West Indies. 
Passiflora rotundifolia . Round-leaved Passion-flower. In this 
species the stem is suffrutescent at the bottom, subdivided, angular, 
and grooved ; the leaves semi-ovate, three-nerved, veined, smooth on 
both sides, marked behind longitudinally with pollucid dots ; lobes 
terminated by very small bristes ; the middle one a little longer than 
the others ; the petioles short without glands ; the tendrils filiform, 
very long; the stipules two, opposite awl-shaped; the peduncles 
axillary, filiform, and about an inch long ; the flowers nodding, pale 
green, and rather large ; the berry egg-shaped. It is distinguished 
from the jther sorts by its rounded leaves, which are slightly three- 
lobed at the top only. It is a native of Louisiana, and is also found 
in Jamaica. 
Passijiora ciliata. Ciliated Passion-flower. This species runs to 
a great height, and has dark green glossy leaves ; the involucrum is 
composed of three leaves divided into copillary segments, each ter- 
minating in a viscid globule ; the pillar supporting the germen is 
bright purple with darker spots ; the petals are greenish on the out- 
side and red within ; the crown consists of four rows of radii, which 
are varied with white and purple. It is a native of Jamaica. 
Passiflora suberosa. Cork-barked Passion-flower. This species 
rises with a weak stalk to the height of twenty feet; as the stalks 
grow old they have a thick fungous bark like that of the cork tree, 
which cracks and splits ; the smaller branches are covered with a 
smooth bark ; the leaves are smooth on very short petioles ; the 
middle lobe is much longer than the lateral ones, so that the whole 
leaf is halbert-shaped ; the flowers are small, and of a greenish yel- 
low color ; the fruit is egg-shaped and of a dark purple when ripe. 
It is perennial, and a native of the West Indies, flowering from June 
till September. 
Passijiora holosericea. Silky-leaved Passion-flower. In this spe- 
cies the stalks rise about twenty feet high, dividing into many 
