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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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Dies to ground in cold winter areas.
Dies to ground in cold winter areas.
