PLATE DCLVII.
P A S S I F L O R A LUNATA.
Crescent-leaved Passion-flower.
CLASS XX. ORDER V. x
GYNANDRIA PENTANDRIA. Chives on the Pointals. Five Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
T R I G Y N I A . Calyx 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Nec.
tarium coroniforme. Bacca pedicellata.
THREE styles. Cap 5-leaved. Petals 5. Honeycup
forming a crown. Berry standing on a
footstalk.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PASSIFLORA floribus axillaribus, binis : foliis lunatis
: flore parvo^ albo : fructu succuleutOj
ovato.
PASSIFLOKA. Flowers axillary, by twos : leaves
crescent-formed; flower small and whitet
fruit ov^ and succulent.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE,
1. A flower spread open.
THIS Passiflora is (like every one of the genus) a graceful meandering plant, and calculated to make
an ugly wall look beautiful. It bears an abundant succession of delicate small flowers, which are fragrant,
and open early in the day, and during the summer and autumnal months is a great ornament to the
hot stove. Our drawing was made from the collection of the Countess de Vancles at Bayswater.
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