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PASSIFLORA. holosericea. 
Felvet-leaved Passion-flower. 
. MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
~ PASSIFLORA, Supra fol. 13. 
‘P, holosericea, foliis trilobis tomentosis: basi utrinque denticulo reflexo. 
Linn. amenitat. acad, 1, 226. t. 10. f. 15. et 
Passiflora holosericea. Lin. sp. pl. 2.1359. Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 9. 
* Hort. Kew. 3.309. ed. 2.4. 152. Cavanill. diss. 10. 459. t. 291. 
Willd. sp. pl. 3. 618. -Miss Lawr. passioni. 
Granadilla folio hastato holosericeo, petalis candicantibus: fimbriis ex 
purpureo et luteo variis. Martyn. dec. 5. 51. t. 51. : 
: . Frutex excelsitis scandens, ramosus, pubescens. Folia quadriuncialia vv. 
circitér, alterna, distantia, mollia, cordato-triloba lobis nervo setaceo-extante 
aristatis extimis mancis medio ovato-oblongo acumine obtuso, tomento brevi 
vestita, subtus pallescentia et non longé pone sinus loborum areold parvie 
_deglubitd glandulam fuscam tenente (rariis aliis pluribus huic constellatim 
circumpositis) obsita, bast dentibus 4 vel. 2 extrorsiim respicientibus tneisa 
‘petiolus subsesquiuncialis plandulis binis humentibus supra basin instructus. 
‘Corymbi: azillares 2-5-flori petiolos vix exsuperantes: pedicelli. peduncula 
JSermeé duplo longiores juxta infra florem articulati, laterales bracteolis tribyus 
vagis appressis sphacelatis medii tantummodd unicd (involucri vice?) stipatt. 
Flos transverse subbiuncialis, rotatus. Cal. eztits virens, villosus, intis 
corolle concolor, basi planiusculus, subintrusus ; foliola ovato-oblonga apice 
rotundata. Cor. tenuior, candicans ; pet. foliolis pauld breviora latioraque, 
cum ungue brevi: corona exterior parim brevior, erecto-patens, ex radiis 
-numerosissimis, ordine densato circumstantibus, lineari-lanceolatis, cultrato- 
compressis, infra purpureis erectis, supra flavis reflexis; interior parcior, 
 laxior, duplo brevior, erecta, ex radiis capillaceis lobo compresso truncato 
capitatis ; intima membranacea, plicata, lacero-truncata, nectario incumbens. 
Receptaculum concavum, purpureo punctatum, villosum, operculo incompleta 
brevi crasso carnoso extis striato luteo intiis tomentoso albo a margine corone 
intime occulto vallatum. Stipes fructificationis maculatus, germine ter lon- 
gior: germ. viride, spheericum, obsolete 3-lobum, lanuginosum + stigmata, 
orbiculata, pulvinata, nallidé virentia. Anth. ochroleuce. 
Although the blossom of the present species does not 
display the splendid colours which distinguish that of the. 
greater portion of the genus, the delicacy of its form, its 
abundance and long-continued succession, go far to atone 
this failure. The stem is climbing, clothed with a dense 
soft down, and attains the length of twenty feet or 
more, extending itself on all sides by slender numerously 
flowered branches. The foliage is unequally trilobate, 
the side lobes being little more than the sites of obliterated 
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