. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Genus i. PASSIOX-FLOWER FAMILY. 565 I. PASSIFLORA L. Sp. PI. 955. 1753. Climbing tendril-bearing herbaceous or woody vines, with lobed parted or entire alter- nate or rarely opposite leaves, and large showy axillary Howers, on jointed, often bracted peduncles. Calyx-tube cup-shaped or canipanulate, deeply 4-5-lobed, the lobes narrow, imbri- cated in the bud, its throa
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Genus i. PASSIOX-FLOWER FAMILY. 565 I. PASSIFLORA L. Sp. PI. 955. 1753. Climbing tendril-bearing herbaceous or woody vines, with lobed parted or entire alter- nate or rarely opposite leaves, and large showy axillary Howers, on jointed, often bracted peduncles. Calyx-tube cup-shaped or canipanulate, deeply 4-5-lobed, the lobes narrow, imbri- cated in the bud, its throat crowned with a double or triple fringe called the corona. Petals 4 or 5 (rarely none), inserted on the throat of the calyx. Ovary oblong, stalked. Filaments monadelphous in a tube around the stalk of the ovary, separate above; anthers narrow, versa- tile. Fruit a many-seeded berry. Seeds pulpy-arilled, flat, ovate; endosperm fleshy [Flower of the Cross, or Passion, as emblematic of the crucifixion.] About 300 species, mostly natives of tropical America, a few in Asia and Australia. Besides the following, about 7 others occur in the southern and southwestern States. Type species: Passi- flora incarnata L. Leaves deeply 3-5-lobed ; the lobes serrate ; petals whitish ; corona purple. i. P. incarnata. Leaves obtusely 3-Iobed above the middle, the lobes entire ; flowers yellowish. 2. P. lutea. I. Passiflora incarnata L. Passion- flower. Passion-vine. Fig. 2974. Passiflora incarnata L. Sp. PI. 959. 1753. Stem glabrous, or slightly pubescent above, striate when dry, climbing to a height of lo°-30°. Petioles ¥-2' long, with 2 glands near the summit; leaves nearly orbicular in outline, glabrous, or often somewhat pubes- cent, i's' broad, somewhat cordate at the base, deeply 3-lobed (rarely 5-lobed),the lobes ovate or oval, acute or acutish, finely serrate; flowers solitary, axillary, white with a purple or pink corona, lJ'-2' broad; peduncles longer than the petioles, usually 3-bra
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