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PASSIFLORA rubra. 
Red-fruited Passionflower. 
MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
PASSTIFLOR A. Supra-vol. 1. fol. 13, 
diss. 10. 445. t. 268. 
' Lawr. passion. 
3 Div. Folits bilobis. 
P. rubra, foliis cordatis bilobis acu 
petiolis eglandulosis, fructu obovato. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 611. 
Passiflora rubra. dimen. acad. 1. 222. fig. 9. Linn. sp. pl, 2. 1356, 
Swartz obs. 336. Jacq. tc. rar. 1. t, 186. Coll. 1, 136. Cavan, 
tis mucronatis subtis pubescentibus, 
Hort. Kew. 38. 307. ed. 2. 4. 149. Miss 
P: foliis tenuioribus’ trinerviis bicornibts lunatis: sinu anteriore obtuso. 
Browne jam. 328. 
Clematitis indica,’ flore c 
Javato suaverubente, fructu hexagono coccineo, 
folio bicorni. Plum. amer. 68. t. 83. 
Flos passionis folii media Jacinia quasi abscissa, flore minore carneo, 
Sloane jam, 1. 229. 
Herbacea, perennis, altitudinem biorgyalem 0. ultra attingens, villost. 
Caulis ramosus 3 rami flexuost, hirsutius villosi, angulati, rubentes. Folia 
lenta, mollitis villosa, subcordata, semitruncato-biloba lobis bicorni-distantibus 
antrorsim flexis acuminatis mucronulatis sinu lato lunato distinctis et interditm 
in medio sints altero tertio brevi atque obsoleto interceptis, rubro-trinervia : 
Roe teretes, laxati, patentes, rubentes, eglandulost, pilosi, folio pluries 
reviores: stipule bine laterifolie, subulato-lineares, parve, rubre: Pe~ 
dunculi solitarii (modd trini aggregati?) \-flori, axillares, folio. breviores. 
Flores nutantes, subrubentes, sesq 
ulunctam circa transverst, subodori, Sugacis- 
simi.’ Cal. rotatus, externé villosus, herbaceo-pallescens, rubro-striatus, disco 
suburceolato-arctalus, subtus gibboso 
<prominens et puncto centrali intrususy 
segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis. Cor. tenuior, pallido-sordescens, lavinie seo. 
mentis calycinis 2-3-plo angustiores, lineares. Corona subroseo-rubescens ; 
radii exteriores pat breviores calyct, numerosi, serie simplici densatt, 
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erecto-patentes, 
ormi-attenuati, obtust ; interiores minuti sic ut non nist 
accurate perscrutanti obvit, pede exteriorum alterné positi: operculum nudum 
licatum membranosum incumbens nectario profundé depresso. Recept, co- 
umn glabrum, zonatum dissepimento crasso albo; stipes ruber, glaber, 
maculatus, ‘germine vir allera vice longior. Germ. ellipticum, sericeo-hiysy. 
tum, canescens. Anth. oblonge, virides. Stigmata subpileato-capitata, or= 
biculata, depressa, fulva. 
Pepo oblongo-rotundus v. ovato-oblongus, sepins 
sulcis senis prominulis subhexagonus, ruber, pubescens, parenchymate corticis 
coriacet albicante ; modd in segmentis senis sponte dehiscens? Sem. nigra. 
* 
Creare tan RATER Me RA te enon bene ee ae eet ee amor en oman eeoeereren eee nee oa 
A West Indian species, found abundantly in the island 
of Jamaica; where it is popularly called ‘ The Bullehoof,” 
also “ Dutchman’s Laudanum.”... The first name has’ béén.* 
gested by the form of the leaf; the other’ 
most probably sug 
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