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| + | Passiflora caerulea, Linn. Fig. 2772. Slender, but a strong |
| + | grower, glabrous and somewhat glaucous: lvs. divided nearly to the |
| + | petiole into 5 lanceolate or lance-elliptic entire sharp-pointed |
| + | segms. of which the 2 lower ones are sometimes again lobed: fl. 3-4 |
| + | in. across, slightly fragrant, greenish white, the sepals tipped with |
| + | a short point, the rays of the corona in 2 series, blue at the tip, |
| + | white in the middle and purple at the base, the styles light purple. |
| + | Brazil. B.M. 28. Gn. 31, p. 421; 34, p. 114; 46, p. 369. G. 3:611. |
| + | J.H. III. 47:57.— The commonest of passion-flowers in American |
| + | greenhouses, and now represented by several named forms and hybrids. |
| + | It can be grown in the open in the S. and in Calif, as far north as |
| + | San Francisco. Var. grandiflora, Hort., is only a somewhat |
| + | larger-fld. form. Constance Elliott (P. caerulea var. alba}, is a |
| + | white-fld. fragrant form. G.C. III. 43:186. Gn. 31:420. There are |
| + | hybrids with P. Raddiana, P. racemosa, P. alata, and others. P. |
| + | caerulea grows readily from seeds. |
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