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We do not trace it to any recorded species. It comes 
near to Passiriora reflexiflora of Cavanilles (Tacsonta. 
Persoon syn. 2. 222), and agrees with it minutely in habit, 
_. foliage, stipules, involucre, and disposition of the parts of 
the flower, but differs in having the urceolus (tubular 
portion of the calyx) several times shorter than the limb, 
instead of one equal to that, and by a crown of filiform 
rays instead of a group of small glandular bodies. In 
several respects the plant approaches likewise to PassiFLoRA 
glauca (vol. 1. fol. 88.) of our Register; but between them | 
the differences are still more manifold. 
Native of the Brazils, where it was collected by Mr. 
Newmann and sent to Mr. Lee’s Nursery. Spontaneous 
samples have been deposited in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium ; 
in which there are others of Tacsonra refleziflora, from Peru. 
_ We shall here observe, that although Passrrnora, from — 
its extent, may require division into separate genera, yet 
we are persuaded that the characters selected for Murucusa _ 
and Tacsonra will ultimately be found such as do not unit 
either natural or even convenient groups. __ 
Picturata is remarkable for the colour of its foliage, 
its large foliaceous stipules, its small calli or glands under 
the edge of the sinuses of the divisions of the leaves, for its 
reflex calyx corolla and crown, for its conical thick-fleshed 
. radiately parted operculum (lid of the nectary), as well as 
the short pyramidal shaft of the column. 
In the Enumeratio of Willdenow, vol. 2. p. 697, we find 
a species recorded as follows: 
PasstrLorA caracasana, foliis cordatis trilobis, lobis ova- 
_ is acuminatis, intermedio longiore, sinubus glandulosis, 
petiolis biglandulosis. Habitat ad Caracas. Jacq. 
A description as far as it goes that would suit either 
picturata or reflexiflora, except that there are but two 
glands attributed to the petioles. To take up a species in 
this way is to give a riddle without a reference for the key 
“tO it. . 
