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PASSIFLORACE2E. 
\_Passiflora. 
* P- alata , Aiton ; Bot. Mag. t. 66, (P. mauritiana, Thouars ), a 
native of Brazil, is established in Mauritius near Moka, and also in the 
Seychelles in several places in Mahe. It is a glabrous woody climber, 
with stout acutely-angular branches, large ovate-lanceolate deciduous 
stipules, short petioles with several large glands, large entire cuspidate 
cordate-ovate leaves of rather firm texture, large solitary fragrant 
flowers with petals and sepals on the inside bright red, a crown nearly 
as long as the petals with stout filaments variegated with red and white, 
and a large baccate fruit. Grenadille. 
* P. stipulate/,, Aublet ; DC. Prod. iii. 329 ; (P. glauca, Ait.), a native 
of tropical America, is said by Bojer to be established in Mauritius in 
fields round Mont Plaisir. It is a glabrous woody climber, with slender 
terete stems, large half-round cordate persistent stipules, long petioles 
with 2-4 conspicuous sessile glands, large membranous leaves with 3 
deep broad palmate lobes, a fragrant flower 2J-3 inches broad with 
whitish petals, a crown nearly as long as the petals with rays purple 
at the base, and an involucre of three small ovate bracts. Grenadille 
sauvage. 
* P. ccerulea, Linn. ; DC, Prod. iii. 330 ; Bot. Mag. t. 28, a native 
of South Brazil and Uruguay, the most hardy of all the showy Passion- 
flowers, is subspontaneous in Mauritius near Moka and Keduit. It is 
a glabrous climber, with slender angular stems, large persistent half- 
cordate ovate stipules, petioles with a few minute sessile glands, leaves 
deeply palmately cut into 5-7 lanceolate or linear lobes, expanded 
flower 2|-3 inches broad with blue oblong-lanceolate petals, aristate 
sepals, a crown decidedly shorter than the petals with rays purple at the 
bottom white in the middle and blue at the tip, and a yellow baccate 
fruit the size of a plum. Grenadille bleue. 
1. OPHIOCAULON, Hook. fil. 
Plowers regular, dioicous. Calyx-tube very short ; teeth 5, lanceolate, 
acute. Petals 5, minute, linear, alternate with the sepals. Corona none. 
Stamens 5 ; filaments very short, almost hypogynous, represented by 
minute staminodes in the female flower ; anthers long, linear. Ovary 
oblong, stalked, 1-celled ; placentas 3, parietal ; ovules many ; stigmas 
3, sessile, flabellate. Pruit a membranous capsule. — Scandent shrubs, 
with petioled broad alternate leaves, copious tendrils and minute green 
flowers in axillary cymes. Distbib. Species 3-4. Tropical Africa, 
Natal, Madagascar. 
1. O. cissampeloides, HJc.Jil. Gen. Plant, i. 814. A glabrous 
woody climber, with slender terete branchlets. Leaves alternate, dis- 
tinctly petioled, membranous, deltoid or roundish, subacute, cordate or 
truncate at the base, subentire or repand, very glaucous below, 3-4 in. 
broad. Tendrils representing barren peduncles, axillary, firm, many 
times spirally curved above the middle. Cymes lax, axillary, and 
terminal ; pedicels equally or exceeding the calyx. Calyx green, 
