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ai.) It was gathered at Vera Cruz by Dr. Houftoun, who 
lent feeds of it to Mr. Miller. It was alfo found by Dr. 
Wright in Jamaica. 
21. Pafliflora clypeata, or peltate bat paflion-flower: 
leaves fmooth, peltate, five-ribbed, with two rounded 
pointed widely-ipreading lobes. Of this we have an in¬ 
complete fpecimen in the Herbarium of the younger 
Linnaeus, marked as from the Weft Indies, and a Angle leaf 
fent by Mutis from New Granada, and called in his let¬ 
ter “Paflifloras folium magnum.” This laft expands fix 
inches; the former are fmailer and younger. The item 
is (lender, angular. Footftalks an inch or more in length, 
with two cup-like glands near the bafe, and, in one in- 
ftance, two at the top. Leaves truly peltate, the (talk 
being inferted above a quarter of an inch from the bafe ; 
five ftrong radiating ribs fpring from its infertion ; with 
two much fmailer, dire&ed towards the bafe. Both fides 
are fmooth, reticulated with innumerable veins; lobes 
very broad, rounded with (hort points; in the leaf from 
Mutis only, there is a (hallow minutely-pointed interme¬ 
diate lobe; but that charafter is fometimes found to be 
Variable in this tribe. No traces of flowers are to be feen. 
22. Pafliflora oblongata, or oblong-leaved, paflion- 
flower: leaves oblong, dotted beneath, rounded at the 
bafe; with two ereft, lunate, very (hort, terminal lobes, 
and a minute intermediate bridle. Gathered by Swartz 
on (hrubby hills in Jamaica. The ftem is rough and 
rigid, climbing by its tendrils to a great height. Leaves 
(hiked, two or three inches long, entire, three-ribbed, 
veiny, thin, fmooth ; paler beneath, with a double row 
of remote dots. Flowers folitary, rather large. 
23. Pafliflora capfularis, or capfular paflion-flower: 
leaves cordate, oblong, petioled. Stalks (lender, riling to 
twenty feet high when fupported, and dividing into 
many weak branches. Leaves four inches long and three 
broad, ending at their points in two horns, in fome 
more acute than in others, feveral of them appearing as 
if cut a little hollow at the top, like thofe of the tulip- 
tree : they are of a deep green on their upper fide, but 
pale underneath, and (land on (hort footftalks. Pedun¬ 
cles very (lender, an inch and a half long, purplifh. 
Flowers, when expanded, not more than an inch and a half 
in diameter, of a foft red colour, with little fcent. Fruit 
fmall, oval; when ripe, purple. Native of Jamaica ; 
whence Dr. Houftoun fent the feeds to England. 
24. Pafliflora contrayerva, or horfe-ftioe paflion-flower : 
leaves fmooth, without glands, fomewhat heart-ftiaped, 
with two obtufe, oblong, pointlefs, (lightly-fpreading 
lobes ; footftalks without glands or ftipuies; ftem angu¬ 
lar, calyx fpreading. Hernandez fays this plant is found 
in various parts of the country of Mexico ; and the root 
is famous for its medicinal-virtues, being fweetifli, with 
fome pungency and fragrance, and confidered as a power¬ 
ful counter-poifon, deobftruent, cordial, See. three 
ounces of the bruifed root being a dofe. Hence the 
appellation of contrayerva, which it pofiefles in common 
with Dorftenia, and i'ome other reputed counter-poifons. 
Hernandez deferibes the leaves as (haped like a crefcent, 
or a horfe-(hoe : they are about an inch long, his figure 
being fcarcely half the natural fize: he reprefents three 
dots, like nails, on their di(k, which he fays are yellow. 
The ftems are (lender, angular, twining, and climbing 
by tendrils. Flowers (haped like a carnation, but much 
fmailer, and of many colours; berries globular, dark chef- 
nut-coloured. This feems to have been confounded by 
Linnaeus with normalis, N° 17. 
III. Leaves three-lobed. 
25. Pafliflora rotundifolia, or round-leaved paflion- 
flower : leaves roundilh, three-lobed only at top, dotted 
underneath; ne£tary Ample. Stem fuffrutefeent at bot¬ 
tom, fubdivided, angular, grooved. Leaves femiovate, 
three-nerved, veined, fmooth on both fides, marked be¬ 
hind longitudinally with pellucid dots : Jobes terminated 
by very fmall briftles ; the middle one a little larger than 
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the others. Flowers nodding, pale green, inodorous. 
Germ roundilh. Berry egg-(haped. It is diftinguiftied 
from the other fpecies by its rounded leaves (lightly 
three-lobed at top only. Jacquin fays it is very com¬ 
mon in the woods about Carthagena in New Spain. 
Swartz found it in coppices on the fouthern fide of 
Jamaica; flowering at the beginning of the year. Ac¬ 
cording to the Kew Catalogue, it was introduced in 
1786. 
26. Pafliflora orbiculata, or orbicular tubular-crowned 
paflion-flower: leaves roundilh, with three very (hallow 
obtufe lobes ; dotted beneath, but not at the bafe ; foot¬ 
ftalks without glands ; petals none ; neftary tubular, ab¬ 
rupt, undivided. Native of Hifpaniola. Given by 
Thouin to the younger Linnaeus. The leaves of this 
rare fpecies much refemble the laft, but the lobes are very 
obtufe, the middle one broadeft ; in a young (late the 
under fide is downy, and always very much reticulated 
with prominent veins. Flowers in pairs, crimfon, the 
fize of murucuja, N° 18, and with the fame undivided 
neftary, but no petals. 
27. Pafliflora oblongata, or oblong paflion-flower: leaves 
elliptic, fubtrilobate in front, dotted underneath ; lobes 
(harpifti, the middle one (horteft. Native of Jamaica. 
28. Pafliflora punftata, or dotted paflion-flower : leaves 
roundilh, (lightly heart-lhaped, with three (hallow obtufe 
lobes, and many rows of dots at the back, but not at the 
bafe ; footftalks without glands ; calyx flat; rays fpread¬ 
ing half the length of the petals. Gathered by Feuillee 
in a garden at Malambo, a fuburb on the north of Lima : 
he never met with this plant elfewhere. Cavanilles faw 
it in flower at Paris. Linnaeus had not feen it: his def- 
cription in the Mant. and Syft. Veg.copied by Willdenow', 
being taken from our lunata, which is the punftata of 
Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. The leaves are broader and fliort- 
er than in the two laft deferibed, and more copioufly 
dotted at the back. Flowers folitary, with a flattifh ex¬ 
panded calyx, whitifli ovate petals, and violet rays, tipped 
with bright yellow, which are much (horter than the pe¬ 
tals, and fomewhat club-fhaped. Fruit rather oval, with 
a fweet pulp. 
29. Pafliflora lutea, or fmall yellow paflion-flower: 
leaves heart-fliaped, three-lobed, obtufe, fmooth ; foot¬ 
ftalks downy, without glands ; flowers in pairs; petals 
half the breadth of the calyx. Root creeping, fending up 
many weak (talks three or four feet high. Leaves (haped 
like thofe of ivy, and almoft as large, but of a pale green 
and very thin confidence. Flowers dirty yellow, not 
larger than a fixpence when expanded. Native of Vir¬ 
ginia and Jamaica; cultivated here in 1714; flowers in 
May and June. 
30. Pafliflora parviflora, or fmall-flowered paflion- 
flower : leaves fmooth, lobes ovate entire, the middle 
one more produced; petioles biglandular; ftem herba¬ 
ceous. Native of Jamaica. 
31. Pafliflora pannofa, or cloth-leaved paflion-flower: 
leaves heart-lhaped, unequally three-lobed, bluntifti, 
downy on both fides, as well as the (talks, tendrils, and 
branches; petals none ; germen briltly. Native of the 
Weft Indies. The form and fize of the leaves are like 
rubra, N° 16. and fome of them have but two lobes, as in 
that; but moft have a broad central lobe, as long as the 
others. Every part is pubefeent like rubra, and the ger¬ 
men briftly; but the flowers are otherwife totally unlike 
that fpecies, fcarcely a quarter fo large, deftitute of pe¬ 
tals, and with a very fmall neitary; though their (talks 
bear confpicuous finely three-cleft braftes, which rubra 
wants. 
32. Pafliflora glauca, or glaucous-leaved paflion-flower : 
leaves cordate, fmooth, lobes ovate, equal; petioles 
glandular; ftipuies femi-ovate. The whole plant is very 
fmooth and even. Leaves glaucous underneath, undot¬ 
ted. Flowers fweet. Native of Cayenne. Introduced 
in 1779, by Meflrs. Kennedy and Lee. 
33. Pafliflora minima, or dwarf paflion-flower: leaves 
9 E fmooth, 
