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