THE 
PASSION-FLOWER, 
Botanical Name, Passiflora cerulea. —Class, Monadel- 
phia. —Order, Pentandria. — Flowers, red, pale blue, 
yellow, and many-coloured .—Native place, Brazil. 
Sentiment. 
KELIGTOUS EEKVOUK. 
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ORIGIN OP THE SENTIMENT. 
The imagination of some persons can discern 
in this flower not only the Cross, but the 
various instruments used in the crucifixion of 
our Saviour; hence the cause of its being 
associated with the idea of religious fervour. 
