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PASSIFLORA tuberosa. 
Forked-leaved Passionflower. 
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MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. PASSIFLOREE. Jussieu in ann. mus. 6. 102. 
PASSIFLORA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 13. 
Div. Foliis bilobis. 
P. tuberosa, foliis bilobis subtis glandulosis, lobis oblongis erectis; pedun- 
culis geminis. Jacq. hort. scheenb. 4. 49. t. 496. 
Passiflora tuberosa. Willd. enum. 2. 697. 
Passiflora punctata. Miss Lawr. passionfl. Loddiges's bot. cabin. n. 101; 
(non aliorum ). 
Frutex glabriusculus, radicibus tuberosis, Rami compress, anguloso- 
striatz. Fol. oblonga, biloba cum lacinuld in ima furca aristata sapiis- 
que minuté lobisque cuneato-acuminatis plertimgue parallelis rariis di- 
varicatis tumque abbreviatis, 3-nervia, bast rotundata, majora sexuncialia 
latitudine 4-unciali, omnino viridia vel nunc disco pallentia, juniora nunc 
hepatico-fuscescentia, subtis intra nervos 2 laterales bilineari-ocellata ocellis 
remotis glandulosis concavis albis cavitate madentibus fusco-marginatis, 
2 ad basin folit posilis majoribus lympha crystallind splendentibus: petiolus 
eglandulosus brevis (semuncialis v. circa): stipule parve, lineari-subulate, 
sepe circum ramum falcato-reflece: cirrhi simplices. Pedunc. gemini, fili- 
formes, elastico-rigentes, 1-flori, subduplo longiores petiolo, bracteolis 3 
sparsis approximatis membranaceis appressis lineari-subulatis pauld infra ar- 
ticulum munitt. Flores diametro biunciali v. circa, chloroleuct extis obsoleto 
purpuro nimbati. Cal. urceolato-stellatus, coriaceus, urceolo brevissimo 
intus vividissimé virente fundo externé plano, segmentis cuneato-oblongis 
angustis obtusis 3 uncie longis, quam petala conformia concolora tenerrima 
triplo majoribus: corona duplec, bis brevior petalis, exterior numerosa simplex 
radiis contiguis crassiusculis cylindricis obtusulis introrsitm oblique truncatis 
inferné vivide virentibus supra albo et purpuro variegatis, interior plurimiim 
brevior simplex radiis extertoris concoloribus pluriés gracilioribus filiformi- 
clavatis erectis apice capitatis glanduloso-pruinatis. Operbinn incumbens: 
densé plicatum pruinosum viridt-pallescens puncticulis minutissimis dense con- 
spersum: nectar. breve, dissepimento brevi carnoso crasso obsolete dentato 
subduplicato introrsiim pruinoso. Columna parim brevior calyce; stipes 
glaber, pauld brevior petalis: fil. ustulato-fuscescentes divaricato-recurva ; 
anth, lineari-oblonga, ustulato-nigricantes, polline flavo. Germ. subrotun- 
dum, opaco-virescens, obsolete trigonum: styli horizontales, atro-purpuras- 
centes, duplo longiores germine, filiformt-clavati, intits sulcati: stigmata 
orbiculata, pulvinato-pileata, cernua, intensissimé virentia, 
We find by a manuscript note of Mr. Dryander’s, that 
relying upon a figure in Miss Lawrance’s designs of this 
genus, he had been of opinion that our plant might be the 
PasSiFLORA capsularis, a species taken up by Linneus from 
