577 
PASSIFLORA. lunata. 
3 Crescent-leaved Passionflower. 
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MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. PASstFLOREE. Jussieu in ann. du musée. 6. 102. 
PASSIFLORA. . Supra vol. 1. fol. 18. et fol. 574 hujus vol. 
Div. Foliis bilobis. 
P. lunata, foliis cordatis divaricato-bilobis obtusis glabris punctatis, petiolis 
eglandulosis, pedunculis axillaribus geminis, filis corone clavatis. Willd. 
sp. pl. 3. 612. 
Passiflora lunata. Smith ic. pict. 1. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 149. 
Passiflora vespertilio. Miss Lawr. passionfl. (non aliorum). 
Passiflora biflora. Lamarck encyc. 3. 36. Cavan. diss. 10. 457. t: 283. 
Passiflora foliis bilobis glabris rigidis basi indivisis. Mill. dict. ed. 7. n.13. 
Granadilla folio lunato, flore parvo albo, fructti succulento ovato Houstoni. 
Martyn dec. 5. 52. t. 52. 
Frutex sempervirens, excelsis scandens, Ramis subherbaceis anguloso- 
striatis, subglabris. Folia 3-nervia, glabriuscula, magnitudine varia, floralia 
unctis subuniseriatis glandulosis madentibus notata, ‘seta paxvd nervum 
medium terminante: pet. brevis: stipule parve, subulate, integra, glabre. 
Pedunculi gemini, recurvi, axillares, longiores petiolo (} uncie longi), fili- 
formes, rigidiusculi, lanuginost, bracteolis 3 appressis vagis v. nunc sub 
articulo approximatis, subulatis. Flores cernut, chloroleuci, inodori, dia- 
metro sesquiuncie v. circa. Cal. crassiusculus, pallidé virescens, opacus, 
rotatus, urceolo brevissimo plano bast extus toruloso, segmentis subcuneato- 
oblongis acumine brevi obtuso. Cor, pet. tenera, candicantia, pellucentia, 
elliptica, calyce breviora, vix angustioru, apice subdentata; ungue brevis- 
simo. Corona duplex, lutea; exterior 3 brevior corolla, radiis numerosis 
densis patentibus compresso-clavatis apice cuneato obtuso introrsum attenuato- 
truncato: interior 3-plo brevior, luteo-virens, radiis capillaceis erectis: 
operculum nectario tncumbens, membranaceum, plicis densis profundis. 
Nectarium urceolo conforme, septo vallatum carnoso erecto-incurvescente 
toroso-plicato margine in aciem attenuato eroso; dorso lutescens. Columna 
corolle equalis; stipes albicans, glaber, robustus, duplo germine longior: 
fil. recurvo-patentia, albicantia, lincaria, planiuscula, obtusa, nitida; anth. 
oblonge, paulo supra basin dorsi appense, chloroleuce, polline flavo. Germ. 
allidé lutescens, pube minutd opacatum, ovali-oblongum, vbsoleté angulosum ; 
styli pallidé virentes; ‘compresso-clavati, stigmatibus pileato-capitatis prui- 
nosis viridioribus. 
nn nanan Oe a oe ames Sh iaeehil vsae aaa aR ae EAN Pod RENN MA IN ET, 
Native of Jamaica and Mexico. Introduced before 
1733 by Dr. William Houston, by whom the seed was 
gathered at Vera Cruz, and sent to the Chelsea Garden. 
Pretty common in the hothouses of our collections, where 
it flowers freely nearly the year round. Lunata had been 
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