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LVl. PASSIFLOREjE. 
[Passijiora. 
1. *P. foetida (fetid), Linn.; DC. Prod. iii. 331 ; Bot. lie;/, t. 321 ; Dot. 
May. t. 2619 ; Benth. FI. Honyk. 123. A herbaceous climber, usually very hairy. 
Leaves stalked, cordate, and mostly 3-lobed, 2 to 3in. long, softly villous on both 
sides. Stipules fringed with hair-like lobes, tipped with a small gland. Peduncles 
axillary, 1 to 2in. long, bearing a single flower, closely surrounded and almost 
enclosed in a moss-like involucre, consisting of 3 bracts very much divided into 
hair-like glandular lobes. Petals pale purplish-white, spreading to about 2in. 
diameter. 
Hab.: A South American plant which has become naturalised in Queensland and many other 
warm countries. 
2. *P, suberosa (corky stem), Linn., var. minima (least). A slender- stemmed 
climber with dark-green foliage. Leaves glabrous, 5-nerved at the base, ovate, 
somewhat cordate, 3-lobed ; lobes ovate, mucronate. Petioles biglandular at the 
apex or above the middle, often ciliate. Flowers yellowish-green, the inner rim 
of corona purplish. Fruit globose, about 4 to 6 lines diameter, when ripe very 
dark. 
Hab.: A Brazilian climber naturalised in many localities. 
3. :: P. quadrangularis (four-angular stem), Linn. The large Granadilla. 
A strong glabrous climber. Stems quadrangular, almost or quite winged. Leaves 
ovate-roundish, sub-cordate at the base, mucronate, quite entire, arch-veined, the 
petiole with usually 3 pairs of glands near the summit. Stipules large, ovate or 
ovate-oblong. Involucre of 3 bracts. Flowers large, variegated, very fragrant 
and showy, the petals rosy, corona violet. Fruit oblong. 
Hab.: This South American climber has become naturalised in some of the scrubs of northern 
Queensland. 
4. :: P. alba (flowers white) Link and Otto. Branches striate. Leaves 
distant, 24 to 3in. long, 3in. broad, glaucous, five-nerved, 3-lobed, lobes mucronate 
and glandular-serrate at the base. Petioles about 14in. long, with 2 glands about 
the middle and 1 or 2 higher up. Stipules large, oblong-cordate. Flowers white. 
Petals membranous, linear-oblong. Corona filaments in several series. Fruit 
oval, about Hin. long. 
Hab.: This Brazilian climber has become naturalised in many localities. 
5. *P. edulis (edible), Sims. Bot. May. t. 1989. Common Passion Fruit. 
A tall leafy climber. Leaves glabrous, 3-lobed, serrated ; petioles biglandular at 
the apex. Bracts glandularly serrated. Flowers whitish. Corona about equal 
in length to the calyx-lobes. Ovary glabrous. Fruit elliptic, size of a hen’s egg, 
purplish outside when ripe, the pulp of a somewhat orange colour. — Mart. FI. 
Braz. xiii., pt. 1, pi. 122. 
Hab.: This Brazilian plant has become naturalised in both north and south Queensland. 
6. P. Herbertiana (after Lady Carnarvon), Lindl. Bot. Rey. t. 737 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. iii. 311. A tall robust climber, more or less pubescent. Leaves 
broad, truncate or slightly cordate at the base, larger than in P. aurantia, often 
3in. long or more, with 3 broad triangular almost acute lobes, pubescent on both 
sides (sometimes minutely so), the petiole with 2 glands very near the summit or 
sometimes w.anting. Flowers solitary or in pairs, rather large, on pedicels much 
shorter than the leaves, with 2 or 3 scattered setaceous bracteoles at or below the 
middle. Calyx-lobes nearly 14in. long, of a greenish-white or pale orange-yellow. 
Petals narrow, scarcely more than half as long as the calyx-lobes. Inner corona 
about 4in. long, broadly tubular but contracted at the orifice, crenate or shortly 
lobed ; outer corona rather shorter, of a single row of filaments. Gynophore 
