“In the natural system Passirrora was first assorted 
with the Cupparides, or vegetables allied to the Caper- 
plant; afterwards more correctly with the Cucurbitacee 
or Gourd-tribe. From these, however, it has been since 
detached by the present luminary of the science, Pro- 
fessor de Jussieu, and forms the foundation of a separate 
natural order to which it gives the name. The order 
is distinguished from that of the Cucurbitacee, by being 
furnished with-stipules, by having stamens and pistil in 
the same flower, by a germen detached from the calyx and. 
éorolla, by stamens concrete with the stipe or stalk of thé 
fruit, by anthers of a quite different conformation, distinct 
from each other, and fixed to their filament at the middle: 
In the artificial system, the genus had fluctuated between 
Gynandria and Pentandria, but is now correctly fixed by 
Cavanilles in Monadelphia; the filaments being connate, and 
also below the gérmen, not upon it, as in a gynandrous flower. 
_ The fruit is a berry of the sort specified by the term pepo; 
of which we know no closer equivalent than gourd. In 
tlie West Indies it is called by the spanish name of Gra 
nadilla, from being full of seed, as in the Granata or Ponie- 
granate, . a eer ee ee bis 
The species is native of Jamaica, Virginia, Carolina, and 
Florida. Will endure our common winters planted at the 
foot of a warm wall. The root i8 perennial arid creeping. 
The stem herbacéous, diffusely branched; climbing by ten- 
drils, seldom exceeding four feet. The foliage varies much 
in size, and when young has a minute soft pubescence om 
the under surface, as well as the petiole, peduncle, and 
bratiches.. The flowers are generally in pairs, and appear 
about August. 
In the article Passtrtora /olosericea (fol. 59), we havé 
in two places termed the dissepiment or partition betweeit 
the receptacle of the column and the nectary, by mistake, 
“the incomplete operculum or cover:” By operculum thé 
immost membranous crown, 4 sort of ruffle that lies over 
the nectary, is meant. 
The plant was introduced by Catesby in 1714. - 
The drawing was made from a specimen with which Mr. 
Edwards was favoured by Lady Aylesford, from her col- 
lection at Stanmore. : 
a Outer crown. Inner crown, c Inmost crown or cover. d The dis 
sepiment of the nectary. ¢ Ananthen One of the styles. 
