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Passiflora (i. e., passion flower). Including Disemma and Tacsonia.
 
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Passifloraceae. PassionFlower. Highly interesting herbs, shrubs, or
 
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trees, most of the cultivated kinds climbing by means of tendrils,
 
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with flowers of odd structure; some of them produce edible fruits.
 
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Mostly vines, but some species erect: lvs. alternate, rarely
 
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opposite, the petiole usually gland-bearing, the blade entire,
 
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digitately lobed or parted, stipules sometimes present: tendrils
 
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(sometimes wanting) lateral, simple: fls. solitary or racemose,
 
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mostly axillary, on articulated and often 3-bracted peduncles, mostly
 
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hermaphrodite, with colors in yellow, green, blue and red, often
 
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large and showy; calyx with short tube (also with long tube when
 
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Tacsonia is included), the lobes or petals 4 or 5 and narrow, often
 
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colored inside, bearing on the throat a simple double or triple showy
 
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fringe or crown; petals 4 or 5 (sometimes wanting, or 3), attached on
 
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the calyx-throat; stamens 4 or 5, the filaments joined into a tube in
 
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which is the gynophore or stalk of the ovary, the anthers
 
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linear-oblong and versatile; ovary oblong or nearly globular, with 3
 
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styles and 3 many-ovuled parietal placentae: fr. large or small,
 
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berry-like, many-seeded, oblong or globular; seeds flat, mostly
 
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ovate, with a fleshy aril.—Species probably 250-300. By some, the
 
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genus Tacsonia is separated from Passiflora, but it is here combined;
 
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it differs in having an elongated rather than very short calyx-tube
 
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or hypanthium; Andean species. See Tacsonia.
 
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With the exception of a few Malayan, Chinese and Australian species,
 
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the true passifloras are natives of tropical America, some of them in
 
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the subtropical and warm temperate parts. Many of them are cultivated
 
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as curiosities, and some of them for the beauty of their flowers and
 
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for their festooning foliage. The fruit is of many kinds, in most
 
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cases not edible. The ovary is
 
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supported on a long stalk, which is inclosed in or usually united
 
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with the tube formed by the union of the bases of the filaments. The
 
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structure of the fruit is well shown in Fig. 2768; the remains of the
 
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floral envelopes have broken from the attachment on the torus and
 
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rest on the fruit. A dozen passifloras occur in the United States,
 
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and one of them, P. lutea, grows naturally as far north as southern
 
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Pennsylvania and Illinois. From Virginia south, the Maypop, P.
 
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incarnata, is a very common plant in fields and waste places. Both
 
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these species are herbaceous perennials.
 
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In cultivation, the passifloras have been considerably hybridized,
 
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and they are also confused with Tacsonia. In 1871 Masters enumerated
 
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184 species (Trans. Linn. Soc. 27), but many species have been
 
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discovered since that time. Most of the passion-flowers are yellow or
 
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green in color of envelopes, but there are fine reds in P. racemosa,
 
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P. Raddiana,P. coccinea, P. alata,P. vitifolia, and others. The
 
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species known to gardeners are few, although many kinds are or have
 
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been in cultivation by fanciers and in collections. They usually
 
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require much rafter room in greenhouses. According to G. W. Oliver,
 
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P. caerulea and Constance Elliott are both hardy at Washington. Not
 
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many of the tender species and hybrids are grown to any great extent
 
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in this country. P. alata and P. quadrangularis are desirable
 
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climbers for a roomy warm greenhouse. P. quadrangularis var.
 
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variegata seems to flower quite as freely as the green- leaved one.
 
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Passifloras are propagated from cuttings of the half-ripened growth,
 
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with bottom heat. P. racemosa and P. Loudonii are a trifle difficult
 
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to root from cuttings; the growths should be as ripe as possible for
 
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this purpose. Keep the under surface of the leaves flat on the sand
 
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while rooting. The native P. incarnata grows very freely at
 
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Washington, becoming more or less of a weed and hard to eradicate.
 
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The peculiar charm of these plants lies in the odd flowers, the parts
 
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of which were fancied by the early Spanish and Italian travelers to
 
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represent the implements of the crucifixion (whence both the
 
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technical and popular names). Legend and superstition have attached
 
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to these plants from the first. The ten colored parts of the floral
 
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envelope were thought to represent the ten apostles present at the
 
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crucifixion, Peter and Judas being absent. Inside the corolla is a
 
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showy crown or corona of colored filaments or fringes, taken to
 
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represent the crown of thorns, or by some thought to be emblematic of
 
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the halo. The stamens are five, to some suggestive of the five
 
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wounds, by others thought to be emblematic of the hammers which were
 
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used to drive the three nails, the latter being represented by the
 
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three styles with capitate stigmas. The long axillary coiling
 
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tendrils represent the cords or the scourges. The digitate leaves
 
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suggest the hands of the persecutors. The following sketch of the
 
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passion-flower legend is from Folkard's "Plant Lore, Legends and
 
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Lyrics," and the illustration (Fig. 2769) is also produced from that
 
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book: "The passion-flower (Passiflora caerulea) is a wild flower of
 
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the South American forests, and it is said that the Spaniards, when
 
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they first saw the lovely bloom of this plant, as it hung in rich
 
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festoons from the branches of the forest trees, regarded the
 
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magnificent blossom as a token that the Indians should be converted
 
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to Christianity, as they saw in its several parts the emblems of the
 
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passion of our Lord. In the year 1610, Jacomo Bosio, the author of an
 
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exhaustive treatise on the Cross of Calvary, was busily engaged on
 
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this work when there arrived in Rome an Augustmian friar, named
 
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Emmanuel de Villegas, a Mexican by birth. He brought with him, and
 
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showed to Bosio, the drawing of a flower so stupenduously marvelous,'
 
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that he hesitated making any mention of it in his book. However, some
 
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other drawings and descriptions were sent to him by inhabitants of
 
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New Spam, and certain Mexican Jesuits, sojourning at Rome, confirmed
 
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all the astonishing reports of this floral marvel; moreover, some
 
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Dominicans at Bologna engraved and published a drawing of it,
 
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accompanied by poems and descriptive essays. Bosio therefore
 
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conceived it to be his duty to present the Flos Passionis to the
 
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world as the most wondrous example of the Croce trionfante discovered
 
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in forest or field. The flower represente, he tells us, not so
 
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directly the Cross of our Lord, as the past mysteries of the Passion.
 
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It is a native of the Indies, of Peru, and of New Spain, where the
 
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Spaniards call it 'the Flower of the Five Wounds," and it had clearly
 
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been designed by the great Creator that it might, in due time, assist
 
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in the conversion of the heathen among whom it grows. Alluding to the
 
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bell-like shape assumed by the flower during the greater part of its
 
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existence (i.e., whilst it is expanding and fading),Bosio remarks:
 
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'And it may well be that, in His infinite wisdom, it pleased Him to
 
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create it thus shut up and protected, as though to indicate that the
 
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wonderful mysteries of the Cross and of His Passion were to remain
 
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hidden from the heathen people of those countries until the time
 
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preordained by His Highest Majesty.' The figure given to the
 
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Passionflower in Bosio's work shows the crown of thorns twisted and
 
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plaited, the three nails, and the column of the flagellation just as
 
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they appear on ecclesiastical banners, etc. 'The upper petals,'
 
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writes Bosio in his description, 'are tawny in Peru, but in New Spain
 
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they are white, tinged with rose. The filaments above resemble a
 
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blood-coloured fringe, as though suggesting the scourge with which
 
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our blessed Lord was tormented. The column rises in the middle. The
 
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nails are above it; the crown of thorns encircles the column; and
 
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close in the center of the flower from which the column rises is a
 
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portion of a yellow colour, about the size of a reale, in which arc
 
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five spots or stains of the hue of blood, evidently setting forth the
 
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five wounds received by our Lord on the Cross. The colour of the
 
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column, the crown, and the nails is a clear green. The crown itself
 
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is surrounded by a kind of veil, or very fine hair, of a violet
 
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colour, the filaments of which number seventy-two, answering to the
 
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number of thorns with which, according to tradition, our Lord's crown
 
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was set; and the leaves of the plant, abundant and beautiful, are
 
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shaped like the head of a lance or pike, referring, no doubt, to that
 
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which pierced the side of our Savior, whilst they are marked beneath
 
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with round spots, signifying the thirty pieces of silver.' "
 
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Passifloras as gardener's ornamental plants.
 
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(J. J. M. Farrell.)
 
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These plants constitute a large family or group of evergreen
 
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climbers. They will show to best advantage when they can be planted
 
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out permanently in a warm conservatory and where they can have
 
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comparatively large space to climb. They may also be grown in pots
 
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when the conditions do not permit other methods of handling.
 
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Passifloras may be propagated either by cuttings or seeds. They may
 
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be rooted from young growth taken any time from the middle of January
 
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until April. These cuttings are placed in a warm propagating-bed, and
 
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kept shaded and moist, and in a short tune they will root; they are
 
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also inserted in small pots in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, in
 
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equal parts, and plunged in the propagating-bed. When rooted, the
 
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cuttings are potted off, using a compost of loam four parts, leaf-
 
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mold two parts, well-rotted cow-manure one part, and which should
 
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contain enough sand to keep it porous. Keep shaded until they become
 
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well established, when they may be given a place well up to the glass
 
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in full sun. The passifloras are also readily raised from seed sown
 
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in spring, and the plants potted off as soon as big enough.
 
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The plants will stand a night temperature of 65° to 70°: this can be
 
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increased until it reaches 80° to 85° for a day temperature with sun.
 
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Give ventilation daily, taking into account the state of the weather;
 
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while they like plenty of heat, they will not do well in a stagnant
 
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atmosphere; therefore, give air on all favorable occasions. Every
 
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morning in bright weather, give them a good syringing, as this is a
 
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great aid in keeping them in vigor and supplying the desired
 
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atmospheric moisture, but this does not mean a very humid atmosphere.
 
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By pinching, the plants are made to produce several growths. These
 
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plants can be shifted until they are in 10- or 12-inch pots. The
 
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growth may be trained on pillars or along rafters of the
 
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conservatory.
 
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When planted out in about 8 or 10 inches of soil, passifloras will
 
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cover a very large space, but sometimes to such an extent as to
 
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obscure the whole glass. The best place is on a back wall in some
 
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house where they may ramble at will. Keep well syringed until they
 
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show flower, when syringing should be discontinued until they are
 
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through blooming. After the plants have covered the position allotted
 
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to them, all that is required is the regulation of the young growth,
 
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so as to keep them from becoming entangled. In winter they may be cut
 
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back and the exhausted soil replaced by good rich compost. They will
 
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not need a high temperature, doing well in 55° to 60° at night. When
 
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they start off into growth again, keep raising the temperature until
 
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it has reached the figures already stated. They may now be given
 
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manure water regularly and throughout the growing season. Keep down
 
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thrip, red-spider, and mealy-bug by syringing and sponging.
 
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The edible-fruited passifloras. (F. W. Popenoe.)
 
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The principal species of Passiflora that are cultivated for their
 
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fruits in tropical and subtropical regions are P. quadrangularis, the
 
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granadilla, granadilla real of Costa Rica, barbadine of the French
 
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colonies, pasion- aria of Cuba, maracuja melao of Brazil; P. edulis,
 
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also called granadilla, as well as passion-fruit; and P. laurifolia,
 
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the water-lemon of the British West Indies, pomme-liane of the French
 
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colonies. While P. quad-rangularis is a common garden plant in
 
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tropical America, it is not so extensively grown in any region as is
 
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P. edulis in Australia. In the United States these species can be
 
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grown only in the warmest regions; in California P. edulis is the
 
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only one that is successfully cultivated in the open, the other two
 
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species being much more susceptible to frost; in south Florida all
 
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three can be grown, although the tropical species are sometimes
 
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injured by frost.
 
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The true granadilla (P. quadrangularis) is a strong rapid-growing
 
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climber, frequently planted for ornament in tropical regions and
 
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allowed to cover arbors and pergolas. Its brownish yellow ovoid
 
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fruits are sometimes 8 inches in length, and within the thin brittle
 
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pericarp is a large number of small flattened seeds surrounded by
 
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gelatinous pulp and subacid juice. When green, they are sometimes
 
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boiled and used as a vegetable; when ripe, the acidulous pulp is
 
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refreshing, and is used to prepare cooling drinks, or is eaten with a
 
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spoon directly from the fruit.
 
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The passion-fruit (P. edulis) is considerably smaller than the
 
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granadilla, rarely larger than a hen's egg, and dull purple when
 
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ripe. Its pulp is slightly more acid than that of the granadilla, but
 
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of very pleasant flavor, and highly esteemed in Queensland and New
 
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South Wales, where the plant is cultivated commercially. It is used
 
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for flavoring sherbets, for confectionery, for icing cakes, for
 
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"trifles,"—a dish composed of sponge cake, fruits, cream, and white
 
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of egg,—for jams, and for other table purposes. The pulp is also
 
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eaten directly from the fruit, after adding a little sugar, or is
 
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used to prepare a refreshing drink, by beating it up in a glass of
 
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ice-water and adding a pinch of bicarbonate of soda. The plants are
 
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grown on trellises about 6 feet high; at the top of the trellis is
 
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nailed a crosspiece 18 inches long, from the ends of which are run
 
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two wires, the long branches being allowed to hang down over these to
 
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the ground. The rows are placed 15 feet apart, with the vines 15 feet
 
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apart in the row_. The young plants must be protected in regions
 
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subject to frost: they begin bearing the second year, sometimes
 
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producing a few fruits the first season, and continue in profitable
 
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production four to six years, when they must be renewed.  By proper
 
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pruning, two crops a year can be secured, in regions not subject to
 
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frost.  The most suitable soil seems to be sandy loam, although other
 
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soils will grow the plant successfully.  Manure should be supplied
 
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liberally.  In Australia, the profits of passion-fruit culture are
 
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reported to run from $100 to $300 an acre annually.  Because of the
 
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short life of the vines, they are often planted as a catch-crop in
 
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young orchards which have not yet come into bearing. Like P. quad-
 
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rangularis, this species is often grown as an ornamental plant, and
 
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makes an excellent and rapid-growing cover for fences and trellises.
 
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The passifloras are easily propagated by seeds or cuttings, the
 
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latter method being preferable in most cases. Seeds should be removed
 
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from the fruit, dried in a shady place, and planted in flats of light
 
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soil. They do not germinate very quickly, but the young plants are
 
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easily raised, and may be set out in the open ground when six months
 
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to a year old. Cuttings should be taken from fairly well-matured
 
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shoots, and should be about 6 inches in length. They are easily
 
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rooted in sand, no bottom heat being required. Cuttings of P. edulis
 
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will often fruit in pots at the age of one to two years, and form
 
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very interesting greenhouse plants. While this species usually fruits
 
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prolifically, P. quad- rangularis sometimes requires hand-pollination
 
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when grown outside its native habitat.
 
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                              INDEX
 
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adenophylla, 22.         ignea, 30.       Parritae, 25.
 
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adenopoda, 2.                 incarnata, 18.       phaenicea, 12.
 
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alata, 12.                 insignis, 26.       princeps, 8.
 
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alba, 21, 24.                 Jamesonii, 28.       pruinosa, 20.
 
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amabilis, 8, 14.         kermesina, 9.      
 
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quadrangularis, 11.
 
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atomaria, 21.                 latifolia, 12.       racemosa, 8.
 
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aucubi folia, 11.         laurifolia, 15.      Raddiana, 9.
 
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brasiliana, 12.                 Lawsoniana, 12.       sanguinea, 17.
 
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Buchananii, 17.                 ligularis, 7.       Smythiana. 33.
 
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caerulea, 24.                 Loudonii, 9.       tinifolia, 15.
 
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coocinea, 16.                 Lowei, 7.       trifasciata,
 
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4.
 
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Decaisneana, 13.         lutea, 5.       tubi flora,
 
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32.
 
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edulis, 19.                 maculifolia, 6.       Van Volxemii,
 
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27.
 
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eriantha, 31.                 manicata, 30.       variegata, 11.
 
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exoniensis, 29.          mascarensis, 12.      velutina, 16.
 
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fulgens, 16.                 mauritiana, 12.      violacea, 23.
 
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gracilis. 1.                    mixta, 31.       vitifolia,
 
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17.grandiflora,24              mollissima, 32.      Watsoniana, 10.
 
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Hahnii, 3.                 oviformis, 12.
 
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P. alato-caerulea (P. Pfordtii, Hort.) is a hybrid from seed of P.
 
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alata by pollen of P. caerulea: lvs. much like those of P. alata,
 
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3-lobed: fls. fragrant, beautiful; sepals white; petals pink; corona
 
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of 3 series, the outer filaments being white at tip, blue-purple in
 
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the middle, and black-purple at the base. B.R. 848. R.H. 1847:121.—
 
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P. albo-nigra, Hort. Said to be a hybrid of P.alata and P.Raddiana:
 
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lvs.5-lobed: petals white:corona white above and blackish purple
 
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below. Gt. 1:68.—P. Allardii, Hort.=P. quadrangularis X P. caerulea
 
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Constance Elliott, raised by Mr. Allard of the Botanic Garden,
 
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Cambridge, England: lvs. usually with 3 broad lobes: free-flowering;
 
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petals white shaded pink; corona deep cobalt-blue.— P. ambigua,
 
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Hemsl. Possibly a hybrid of P. laurifolia and P. maliformis: fls.
 
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more than double the size of P. laurifolia (5 in. diam., pink and
 
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purple): petiole biglandular in middle: lf.-blades attenuate at base;
 
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stipules linear. Nicaraugua. B.M. 7822. G.C. 111.31:171.—P.
 
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atropurpurea, Hort. Hybrid: has foliage of P. racemosa, but infl. and
 
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fl. in general shape more like P. Raddiana: fls. about 3 in. diam.,
 
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tube less than 1/2.in. long; sepals deeply keeled, reddish violet or
 
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prune-colored; petals about length of sepals, dark blood-red; outer
 
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corona violet spotted white, the filaments or threads half the length
 
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of the petals; inner corona shorter, violet, each thread enlarged at
 
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top. G. 26:495.—P. Bellottii, Hort. Sepals flesh-colored; petals
 
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rose; corona blue. Thought to be a hybrid of French origin, having
 
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been received in England about 1847.—P. Bournapartea, Hort., hybrid
 
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of P. alata and P. quadrangularis, "possessing the sweet-scented and
 
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richly colored fls. of the former with the handsome foliage of the
 
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latter:" blooms freely when young: fls. solitary in the axils,
 
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reddish crimson, the corona of rich red, white, and blue filaments.
 
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J.H. III. 51:253.— P. capsularis, Linn. Tall slender pubescent
 
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climber with red tendrils: lvs. with 2 lunate ovate-oblong lobes:
 
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fls. solitary, 2 in. across, rose-red; calyx-tube 1/2in. long,
 
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cylindric, the sepals narrowly linear-oblong and obtuse; petals
 
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narrower and paler: outer corona much shorter than petals, white;
 
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inner corona, short and incurved, white; ovary hairy. Brazil. B.M.
 
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7751 (not 2868, which is P. rubra).—P. chelidonea. Mast. Lvs. oblong,
 
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forked at the end to one-fourth the length and with a small middle lobe, marked witn dots: fl. 2 in. across, reenish, with a folded corona. Ecuador. G.C. II. 12:40.—P. cinnabarina, Lindl. Branches terete: lvs. broard- ovate, 3-lobed, margins entire: fls. solitary, 2 1/2 in- across, red; corona short, folded, yellowish. Austral. G.C. 1855:724. B.M. 5911.—P. colimensis. Mast. & Rose. A Mexican species first described in 1899, but cult, for several years in Washington. It is an herbaceous
 
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species, with shallow-lobed obtuse denticulate lvs. and small whitish
 
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blue-marked fls. on single peduncles. Promising as an outdoor
 
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climber.—P. europhylla, Mast. Lvs. oblong, very broad, rounded and
 
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biglandular at base, 2-lobed at apex with small lobe between, upper
 
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surface dull green and lower surface purplish: fls. whitish, not
 
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specially attractive. British Guiana.—P. faetida. Linn. (P. hirsuta
 
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and P. hircina, Hort.). Allied to P. adenopoda: annual or sometimes
 
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perennial: lvs. pubescent, 3-lobed, the margins entire or obscurely
 
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angled: fls. whitish, small, the corona as long as the petals and
 
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colored purple and blue: fl.-bracta pinnatifid. Trop. Amer. L.B.C.
 
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2:138. B.M. 3635, the form known as var. nigelliflora, Mast.; and
 
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288, the var. ciliata, Mast. Perhaps in cult., but apparently not
 
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offered in the trade. Variable.—P.galbana, Mast. Sts. terete: lvs.
 
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lance-oblong, short-petioled, entire: stipules ovate-pointed: fl.
 
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solitary on a long peduncle, 3 in. across, greenish yellow, the
 
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sepals and petals very narrow, the not folded corona short. Brazil.
 
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G.C. III. 20:555.— P. Imthurnii, Mast. Lvs. broad, oblong, acute,
 
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entire, thick, glabrous above, but not beneath: fl. erect, 4-5 in.
 
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across, brilliant scarlet and rose-color, with white in the center;
 
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corona very short. British Guiana. G.C. III. 23:307. Very showy. — P.
 
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kewensis, Hort. "It is a cross raised by Mr. Watson, the assistant
 
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curator, between the hardy Passiflora caerulea and the Brazilian P.
 
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Raddiana. The fls. are larger than those of P. Raddiana, the petals
 
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and fringe longer, while the colour is carmine suffused with blue,
 
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which, though perhaps not so bright and pleasing as it is in the
 
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parent, is a lovely color. "—P. macro-carpa. Mast. Of the P.
 
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quadrangularis group: St. 4-angled. strong- climbing: lvs. oval,
 
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obtuse: fl. white and purple: fr. as large aa a small melon, weighing
 
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several pounds. Brazil. — P. maliformis, Linn. Of the granadilla
 
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section: st. described as cylindrical: lvs. ovate or ovate-oblong,
 
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entire, the petiole 2-glandular: fl. fragrant, large; petals white;
 
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corona blue: fr. yellow, round, and smooth, 2 in. diam., with
 
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agreeable pulp. W. Indies to S. Amer. — P. Miersii, Mast. Sts.
 
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slender and wiry: lvs. lance-ovate and entire, claret- colored
 
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beneath: fl. 2 in. across, white, shaded with pink, the corona half
 
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the length of the petals, white, barred with purple. Brazil. G.C.
 
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III. 4:353. — P. militaris, Hort.(Tacsonia militaris. Hort.). A showy
 
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winter-bloomer intro. from the Transvaal, supposed to be a hybrid of
 
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P. manicata X P. insignis or P. Van VolxemiixP. insignia: lvs. green
 
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and glabrous above, hairy beneath, deeply 3-lobed and sharp-serrate:
 
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fls. bright crimson taking on purplish tinge with age, 4-5 in.
 
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across, on hairy stalks 5 in. long; tube short, as in P. manicata,
 
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glabrous, inflated at base; outer calyx-lobes striped on outside,
 
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green in center, dull crimson on margins; corona small, purple;
 
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bracts 3 at base of tube, ovate, serrate. — P. penduliflora, Bert.
 
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Lvs. very broad, slightly 3-lobed: fls. yellow and green, solitary or
 
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twin, often pendulous; corona in 1 series and 12-14-parted. W.
 
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Indies. B.M. 4565. J.F. 2:114.—P. pinnatistipula, Csv. (Tacsonia
 
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pinnatistipula, Juss.). Resembles T. mollissima, but the bracts are
 
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free; stipules pinnatisect: fls. rose-colored. Chile. B.M. 4062. B.R.
 
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1536.—P. punctata, Linn. Herbaceous climber, minutely puberulous:
 
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lvs. nearly semi-circular or almost lunate, shallowfy 3-lobed, the
 
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middle lobe much smaller, variegated on both surfaces with purple:
 
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fls. in pairs, pale yellow, about 1 1/2 in. across; sepals
 
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ovate-oblong, obtuse, nearly 2/4 in. long; petals similar but much
 
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shorter; corona in 3 rows, yellow, the filaments of the outer row
 
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with violet heads. S. Amer. B.M. 8101.—P. quadriglandulosa,
 
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Rodschied. Fls. solitary, 4-5 in. diam., rose-color with a darker
 
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shade in the center: corona with an outer ring of dark red filaments:
 
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inner filaments tubular and paler; sepals and petals much alike, very
 
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long and narrow, acuminate-pointed. Habitat unknown. G. 28:575.—P.
 
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serratifolia. Linn. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrulate,
 
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pubescent beneath; petiole 4-glandular: fls. purple; corona pale
 
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purple and bluish. Mex. B.M. 651. H.U. 2, p. 71. —P. suberosa, Linn.
 
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Glabrescent, with corky bark: lvs. roundish or ovate, 3-lobed, the
 
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lobes ovate to oblong to lanceolate, the petiole 2-glandular above
 
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the middle: fls. greenish yellow, without petals; corona short: berry
 
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ovoid, small. W. Indies, Venezuela, etc.— P. triloba, Ruiz & Pav.
 
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Lvs. large, cordate-ovate, 3-lobed or entire: fl. 3 in. across, with
 
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violet reflexed sepals and petals, and a long cuplike corona, with
 
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filaments banded white and purple. Peru. LH. 36:83.—P. Webriana,
 
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Andre. Glandular-hairy: lvs. large, 3-lobed, the margin usually
 
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toothed: fl. solitary, 2 in. across, white, the corona banded with
 
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white: fr. setose, purple. Argentina. R.H. 1887:324.
 
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