PAS 
PAS 
. The flowers come out at the extremity of the young 
branches, from between the leaves on every fide ; 
they are fmall and white, fo make but little appear- 
ance, and are fucceeded by fmall feed-veffeis, which 
feem withered and dry. . The flowers come out in 
June and July, and the feeds ripen in the autumn. 
This plant may be propagated by cuttings during the 
fummer months, which fhould bo planted in a bed of 
loamy earth, and clofely covered with a bell or hand- 
glafs to exclude the air, (hading them every day from 
the fun, and refrefhing them now and then with wa- 
ter. With this treatment the cuttings will have taken 
root in about two months, when they may be taken 
up, and each planted in a fmall pot filled with foft 
loamy earth, placing them in the lhade till they have 
taken new root •, then they may be removed into a 
fheltered fituation, where they may remain till Q&o- 
ber, when they mull: be placed in the green-houfe, for 
they will not live in the open air through the winter in 
England ; but they require no other treatment, than 
Myrtles and other hardy green-houfe plants, which 
is to fcreen them from froft. As this plant retains 
its verdure all the year, fo it makes a pretty variety 
in the green-houfe in winter. 
It may alfo be propagated by feeds, which if fown in 
the autumn foon after they are ripe, will more" cer- 
tainly fucceed, than at any other feafon of the year. 
The feeds fhould be fown in fmall pots filled with 
light earth, and if they are plunged into an old bed 
of tanners bark, under a common frame in winter; 
the plants will come up in the fpring, and fhould then 
be treated in the fame manner as thofe raifed from 
cuttings ; but the feedling plants will grow more 
eredt, and appear handfomer than thofe propagated 
by cuttings. 
- The fecond fort grows naturally in Spain and Portu- 
gal ; this hath fhrubby (talks, which rife to a greater 
height than the former •, the branches grow more dif- 
fufed, and are covered with a meally down, garnifh- 
ed with fhort, thick, fucculent leaves, lying over 
each other like the fcales of filh ; they are fmooth and 
green on their outfide, but downy on their inner. 
The flowers are fmall and white, like thofe of the 
former, and appear about the fame time. This plant 
will live abroad in ordinary winters, if it is planted in 
'a dry foil and a warm fituation •, but in hard frofts 
the plants are frequently deftroyed, therefore one or 
two plants fhould be kept in pots, and fheltered in 
winter to preferve the fpecies. This may be propa- 
gated by cuttings, in the fame way as the former fort. 
The third fort grows naturally in Spain and Portugal, 
as alfo at the Cape of Good Hope. This hath a 
fhrubby ftalk rifing five or fix feet high, fending out 
many branches which are naked to their ends, where 
they are garnifhed with oblong leaves Handing eredt, 
which have hairy points. The flowers are fmall, white, 
and come out between the leaves at the end of the 
branches •, they appear in June, but are not fucceed- 
ed by feeds in England. This may be propagated by 
cuttings as the two former, and requires the fame 
treatment. 
The fourth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope ; it hath a low fhrubby ftalk, which feldom 
rifes more than a foot high, dividing into many (len- 
der branches, which are fmooth, and fpread out on 
every fide, garnifhed with very narrow leaves placed 
oppofite ; they are of a dark green, and have the ap- 
pearance of thofe of the Fir-tree, but are narrower. 
The flowers come out fingly at the end of the branches, 
which are larger than thofe of the former, and the 
upper part of the petals is fpread open almoft flat ; 
they are of a purple colour, and appear about the 
fame time as the former. This may be propagated by 
cuttings as the other forts, and the plants mjLift be 
treated as the firft fort. 
PASSIFLORA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 9 r o. Granadilla. 
Tourn. Inft. R. H. 240. tab. 124. Paffion- flower ; in 
French, Fleur de la Paffion. 
The Characters are. 
The flower has a j plain coloured empalement of five leaves , 
mid five half fpear-fbaped petals, which are large, plain 
and obtufc. The ne Barium hath a triple crown ; the 
outer , which is longer , is fafiened to the infide of the pe - 
tal, but is larger and compreffed above. It has five aw l- 
fhaped fiamina , fafiened at their bale to the column of the 
fiyle annexed to the germen, fpreadtng out horizontally, and 
terminated by oblong , obtufe , incumbent fummits . The fiyle 
is an erect cylindrical column, upon whofe top fits an oval 
germen, with three fmalkrfiyles which fpread out, crown- 
ed by headed ftigmas. The germen afterward' becomes an 
oval flefioy fruit with one cell, fitting at the end of the 
fiyle , filled with oval feeds , fafiened longitudinally to the 
jkin or f bell. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fourth fection 
of Linnmus’s twentieth clafs, which includes thofe 
plants whofe male and female parts are joined toge- 
ther, and their flowers have five ftamina. 
The Species are, 
1. Passiflora flncarnata) foliis trilobis ferratis. Amcen. 
Acad. vol. i. p. 230. P aflion- flower with leaves having 
three J 'awed lobes. Granadilla Hifpanis, flqs paffionis 
Italis. Hern. Mex. 888. The Granadilla of the Spani- 
ards, and the Faff on- flower of the Italians , commonly 
called three-leaved P aflion flower . 
2. Passiflora ( Carulea ) foliis palmatis integerrimis. 
Amoen. Acad. vol. i. p. 231. Paflion-flovoerwith hynd- 
'fhaped entire leaves. Granadilla pentaphyllos, (lore 
cseruleo magno. Boerh. Ind. hit. 2. p. 81. Five-leaved 
P aflion flower, with a large blue flower, or the mo ft com- 
mon Paflionflower. 
3. Passiflora ( Lutea ) foliis trilobis cordatis sequalibus 
obtufis glabris integerrimis. Amoen. Acad. vol. i. p, 
224. Paflionflower with heart floaped leaves having three 
equal lobes, which are fmooth, obtufe , and entire. Gra- 
nadilla folio tricufpidi, fiore parvo flavefcente. Tourn. 
Inft. R. H. 240. Paflionflower with a three-pointed leaf , 
and a fmall yellowifh flower. 
4. Passiflora ( Glabra ) foliis trilobis integerrimis, lobis 
fublanceolatis, intermedio produftiore. Amoen, Acad, 
vol. i. p. 229. P aflion-flower with leaves having three 
entire lobes, which are fomewhat fpear-Jhaped , and have 
the middle one longer thdfii the others. Flos pafllonjs 
minor, folio in tres ladfnias non ferratis profundius 
divifo, fiore luteo. Sloan. Cat. jam. 104. Smaller 
Paflionflower, with' a leaf deeply divided into three feg - 
■ ments which are not fawed, and a yellow flower. 
5. Passiflora ( Suberofa ) foliis trilobis integerrimis gla- 
bris, cortice fuberofo. Amcen. Acad. 1. 226. Paflion- 
flower with leaves having three entire fmooth lobes , and a 
Cork-like bark. Flos paffionis Curaftavicus, folio gla- 
bro, trilobato, & angufto, (lore flavefcente omnium 
minimo. Par. Bat. Pluk. Aim. 282. Paflionflower of 
Curajfao, with a fmooth leaf having three lobes, and > the 
leaft yellow flower. 
6 . Passiflora ( Olivaforma ) foliis haftatis ^glabris, pe- 
talis florum anguftioribus. Paflionflower with halbert- 
pointed fmooth leaves, and narrow petals to the flowers. 
Granadilla folio amplo tricufpidi, frudtu olivaforma. 
Tourn. Inft. R. H. 240. Paflionflower with a large 
three-pointed leaf , and an Olive-fhaped fruit. 
7. Passiflora ( Fcetida ) foliis trilobis cordatis pilofis, 
involucris multifido-capillaribus. Amcen. Acad. 1. p. 
228. Paflionflower with leaves having three hairy lobes, 
and the involucrum of the flower compofed of many pointed 
hairs. Granadilla fcetida, folio tricufpidi villofo, (lo- 
re albo. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 240. Stinking Paflion- 
flower with a hairy three-pointed leaf, and a white flower . 
8. Passiflora ( Variegata ) foliis haftatis pilofis ampliori- 
bus, involucris multifido capillaribus. Paflionflower 
with the largefi halbert -pointed hairy leaves , and empale- 
ments compofed of many-pointed hairs. Granadilla fce- 
tida, folio tricufpidi villofo, fiore purpureo variega- 
to. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 241. Stinking P aflion flower 
with a hairy three-pointed leaf, and a flower variegated 
with purple. 
9. Passiflora ( Holofencea ) foliis trilobis, bafi utrinque 
denticulo reflexo. Amoen. Acad. 1. p. 229. Paflion- 
flower with leaves having three lobes, a little indented on 
each fide the bafie, which is reflexed. Granadilla folio 
haftato holoferico, petalis candicantibus, fimbriis eXT 
purpureo & luteo variis. Martyn. Dec. 51. Paflion- 
flower with a filky halbert-pointed leaf, and flowers having 
9 Y white 
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