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ules subulate or wanting. Flowers solitary, white, nodding, 2"-3" 
long. Capsule obovoid, 2" long. Seeds nearly 1" long. 
In dry soil. April-July. Wichita Mountains. 
FAMILY 59. PASSIFLORACE^E Passion-Flower 
Family. 
Vines, climbing by tendrils, or erect herbs, with alter- 
nate-petioled, usually palmately-lobed leaves, and solitary 
or clustered, perfect, regular flowers. Calyx-tube short or 
elongated, persistent. Petals usually 5, inserted on the 
throat of the calyx, distinct, or in some species united. 
Stamens 5. Throat of the calyx crowned with a double or 
triple fringe. Filaments subulate or filiform, monadel- 
phous, or separate. Ovary free from the calyx, 1-celled. 
Placentae 3-5, parietal. Styles 1-5. Fruit a berry or cap¬ 
sule, usually many-seeded. 
I. PASSIFLORA L. 
Climbing, tendril-bearing, herbaceous, or woody vines, 
with lobed, parted, or entire-alternate or rarely opposite 
leaves, and large, showy, axillary flowers, on jointed, often 
bracted peduncles. Calyx-tube cup-shaped or campanulate, 
deeply 4-5 lobed, the lobes narrow, its throat crowned with 
a double or triple fringe called the corona. Petals 4 or 5, 
inserted on the throat of the calyx. Ovary oblong, stalked. 
Filaments monadelphous in a .tube around the stalk of the 
ovary, separate above. Fruit a many-seeded berry. 
1. Passiflora incarnata L. Passion-flower. Twigs finely pub¬ 
escent or glabrate. Leaf-blades long, glabrous or sparingly 
pubescent, the lobes finely serrate. Petals pale lavender. Crown 
lavender and purple. Berries oblong or oval, l%'-4' long. 
Dry soil. April-September. Oklahoma to McCurtain county. 
