POPULAR FLORA. 
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Passion-Flower. Passi flora. 
Sepals 5, united at the base. Petals 5, accompanied by a crown or ring formed of a double or triple 
fringe, inserted on the base of the calyx. Stamens 5, mona- 
delphous; the filaments making a long sheath to the slender 
stalk of the ovary : this is one-celled and becomes an eata- 
ble berry, with many seeds in 3 or 4 rows on its walls. The 
species are mostly South American; and some large-flowered 
and handsome ones are cultivated in hot-houses. The early 
missionaries fancied that they found in these flowers emblems 
of the implements of our Saviour’s passion; the fringe repre- 
senting the crown of thorns ; the large anthers fixed by their 
middle, hammers; and the 5 styles (tapering below and with 
large-headed stigmas), the nails. We have two wild species, 
common S. and W. 
1. Small P. Leaves bluntly 3-lobed, otherwise entire; flowers greenish-yellow, P wide. P. liitea. 
2. Maypop P. Leaves 3-cleft, the lobes serrate; flowers 2' broad, white, with a triple flesh-colored 
and purple crown; fruit like a hen’s egg in shape and size. P. incarnata. 
40. CURRANT FAMILY. Order GKOSSULACEiE. 
Consists of the Currants 
and Gooseben’ies, which 
belong to the same botan- 
ical genus. Shrubs, with 
alternate rounded and ra- 
diate-veined leaves ; the 
tube of the calyx coherent 
with the one-celled ovary, 
and continued above it 
into a cup which is often 
colored, like a corolla, and 
bears the 5 little petals and 
5 stamens. Seeds many, 
with a pulpy outer coat, 
borne upon the walls of the 
berry on two thickened 
lines (parietal placentas). 
377 376 375 374 373 
Garden Gooseberry : 372. with flowers ; 373. with fruit. 374. Cup of the calyx laid open, bearing the 5 little petals and stamens. 
375. The pistil. 376. Young berry cut across. 377. Young berry di rided lengthwise. 
Gooseberry, ffibes, § Grossularia. 
Stems generally armed with thorns under the clusters of leaves, and sometimes with scattered 
prickles. Peduncles bearing single or few flowers. 
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371. Passion-Flower No. 1, enlarged. 
