. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. Passion Cross. PASSION CROSS, a cross of the form on whichour Saviour suffered, with a long stem and a shorttraverse near thetop. It is of occa-sidtial occurrence asa heraldic charge,thougli less frequentthan many othervarieties of cross. Apassion cross, whenelevated on threesteps or degrees (which have been said by heraldsto represent the virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity),ia called a Cross Calvary. PASSIONFLOWER {Passiflora), a genus ofplants almost exclusively natives of the waim partsof America, and belonging
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. Passion Cross. PASSION CROSS, a cross of the form on whichour Saviour suffered, with a long stem and a shorttraverse near thetop. It is of occa-sidtial occurrence asa heraldic charge,thougli less frequentthan many othervarieties of cross. Apassion cross, whenelevated on threesteps or degrees (which have been said by heraldsto represent the virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity),ia called a Cross Calvary. PASSIONFLOWER {Passiflora), a genus ofplants almost exclusively natives of the waim partsof America, and belonging to the natural orderPassifloracem; an order of exogenous plants, ofwhich more than 200 species are known, mostlyclijnbers, having tendrils which spring from theaxils of the leaves, herbaceous or half shruljby,natives of tropical and siibtroi^ical countries, butrare in Asia and Africa. The leaves of the Paasi-fioracece are alternate, simple, and variously flowers are generally hermaphrodite, with a. Passionflower {Passtflora carulca). coloured calyx, generally of five segments; thesegments of the corolla equal in number to those ofthe calyx or absent, and several rows of filamentousprocesses springing from within the cup which isformed by the consolidated calyx or corolla; thestamens, generally five, and generally united bytheir filaments, inserted at the of the tube ofthe calyx ; the ovary free, geuei-ally elevated on along stalk, one-celled; three thick styles withdilated stigmas; ovules numerous. The fruit iseither fleshy or ca])sular. In tlie Iassionflowers itis fleshy. This genus has received its name fromfanciful persons among the first Spanish settlers iuAmerica, imagining that they saw in its flowers arepresentation of our Lords passion ; the filamentousprocesses being taken to represent the crown of thorns, the nail-shaped styles the nails ot the cross,and the five anthers tlie marks of the wounds. Thespecies are mostly half shrubl^y evcrgreeu climbers,o
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