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PASSIFLORACE^.outer rays of 2 rows, longest, filiform, flexuose ;inner ones placed attheir base, very short, of several rows, subulate compact. Nectaryslightly 2-chambered; outer wall springing from the foot of the shaftof the 'fructification, slightly coloured, deepish, quite entire, convergingobliquely towards the short white denticulated operculum or cover.Shaft of the fructification yellowish green, dotted with purple. Styleswhitish, wide-spreading, clavate ; stigmas nearly globular, green, nutant.Germen ovate, green, quite smooth, but little larger than thestigmas. Ker. Esteemed an emmenagogue, and is thought to beserviceable in hysteria ;the infusion of the flowers is also taken as apectoral medicine in the West Indies. 106

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