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PASSIFLORA Colvillii.
ColvilVs hybrid Passion-flower.
Natural Order. P a s s i f l o r e æ . J uss. ann. mus. 6 . 1 0 2 .
P A S S IF L O R A . Calyx inferus, basi urceolatiis, limbo 5-partito
magno colorato, laciniis sub apice mucronatis, simul cum corolla
mareescentibus. Corolla 5-petala, calyci inserta. Corona interior
ex imo calycis limbo enata sub petalis, colorata multipartita laciniis
numerosis filiformibus radiantibus v. erectis; duplex intùs altera
corona conformis sed brevior et depressior urceolo inserta; intima
sæpè circa stipitem centralem connivens. Germen stipiti erecto
insidens; fly li'ò , clavati ; stigmata 3, capitata. Stamina 5, summo
inserta stipiti sub gerinine ; filamentis basi brevitèr connatis, ultrà
distinctis horizontalibus ; antheree oblongæ incumbentes. Bacca
carnosa corticc interdùm solido, formà et mole varia, lævis, rarò
pilosa, 1-locularis polysperma receptáculo seminifero triplici parie-
tibus affixo; semina numerosa compressa, arillata arillo membranaceo
pulposo ; embryo planus albumine carnoso tectns.—Herbæ
scandentes, interdùm lignosæ; folia alterna stipulacea, Simplicia,
integra y . lobata v. rariùs partita, petiolo nudo v. utrinque glandu-
loso ; cirri axillares ; pedunculi 1-3 axillares \-fiori, infra calycem
plerumque articulati, involucro ad articulum sæpè triphyllo v. tripartito
laciniis iniegris v. rariùs dissectis, interdùm minimo v. \-folio
V. nullo. Juss. gen. 397.
P . Colvillii, foliis tripartitis palmato-quinquepartitisve subtus reticu-
latis ; .segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis serrulatis in summo petiolo bi-
glandulosis, stipulis sublunatis acuminatis serrato-ciliatis.involucro
tiipbyllo : bracteis ovatis obtusis serrulatis, fills coronse corolla pa-
rum brevioribus. The News o f Literature and Fashion, vol.3. p.OA.
Stem fruticose, nearly cylindrical or very slightly angular, climbing
and supporting itself by tendrils, branching: branches spreading
in various directions, slightly angular, smooth and somewhat
glossy, thinly clothed with short hairs, of a whitish transparent
green, or often tinged with purple. Leaves very variable, deeply
3-cleft or palmately 5-parted, of a bright green on the upper side,
lighter and slightly pubescent underneath, reticulately veined, the
larger veins generally more or less tinged with purple; segments
spreading, flat or slightly undulate at the margins, oblongly or
broadly lanceolate, not very acute, the margins serrulated with
numerous small sharp teeth. Petioles shorter than the peduncles,
slightly flattened on the upper side and convex on the lower; thickly
clothed with short, soft, crooked, or incurved hairs, and producing
2 shortish top-shaped glands near the summit. Stipules lunate or
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