PASSION FLOWERS. 
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three nails — two for the hands and one for the feet — were 
indicated by the three stigmas. 
Certainly these similitudes are ingenious, and not more far- 
fetched than some others which pass current even now. 
It is not necessary to say more in support of the assertion 
that, on many and very varied grounds. Passion flowers are 
worthy of the admiration and study of all plant-lovers. 
EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. 
Plate XLIV. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a hrancli of a species of Passion-flower, showing one 
fully-expanded and one withered flower. In the former the 
sepals and petals and one row of the ^‘corona” are reflexed. 
'A second row of the corona is erect, and above it is the 
column,’* hearing the stamens and pistil. (From a sketch hy 
Miss Ormerod.) 
„ 2. A section through a flower of another species of Passion-flower 
(P. cincinnatd) . On either side of the lower part of the 
flower are the bracts, on one of which are shown two rounded 
glands; above the bracts are the sepals (shaded) and petals. 
Within the petals some of the threads of the corona are shown ; 
the outer ones long and wavy, the inner ones are shorter and 
converge around the column. In the centre is the column 
bearing the stamens. The anthers are turned downwards, so 
that their faces look towards the corona. Above the stamens 
is the ovary, surmounted by the three club-shaped styles. 
