Passion flowers

Yeah, Adamisquia emarginata, A-D-A-M-I-S-Q-U-E-A.

Adamisquia emarginata, beautiful scale-like trichomes, and then all members of the Capparaceae have a gynophore, just like all Passifloras, all members of the genus Passiflora, the passion flower, have an androgynophore.

And how all members of the genus, uh, Hibiscus, or I think, is it all members of the Malvoideae subfamily, have an androphor.

Andro, male, gyno, female, phor, meaning a stalk.

Just confirm.

Um, God, but, but, uh-

That milkvine, that Passifloraceae vine, we saw that day too, I think.

What was the name of that?

Section twenty-three.

Passionflower by Victor J. Daley, read for LibriVox.org by Linda Marie Nielsen, Vancouver, BC.

Passionflower.

Choose who will the wiser part, I have held her heart to heart, And have felt her heart-strings stirred, And her soul's still singing heard For one golden-haloed hour Of Love's life, the Passionflower.

So the world may roll or rest, I have tasted of its best, And shall laugh, while I have breath, At thy dart and thee, O Death! End of section twenty-three.

This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

They ferment it into complex wines and mix the highly aromatic juice into exquisite high-end cocktails.

Botanically, the Passiflora vines of the Andes are among the most vigorous, rampant climbers on the planet.

They possess specialized tendrils that act like springs, reaching out, grabbing onto anything they touch, and coiling tightly to pull the vine upward with astonishing speed.

They just take over.

And so will you, won't you, Number Eight? she added, appealing to that young gentleman who stood with his pinafore full of dirty oyster shells not quite understanding the meaning of what was said i'll what inquired he oh never mind only throw the oyster shells down and come with aunt judy it will be much better fun than staying here number eight lowered his pinafore at the word of command and dropped the discarded oyster shells one by one where do you think why right in the middle of his little garden an operation which seemed to be particularly agreeable to him if one might judge by his face he was not sorry either to be relieved from the weight you see aunt judy continued number six to her sister who had now joined them it doesn't so much matter about the oyster-shell trimming but number eight's garden is always in such a mess that i must have a wall or something between us you shall have a wall or a path decidedly replied aunt judy a road is the next best thing to a river for a boundary line but now all of you pick up the tools and come with me and you shall do some regular work and be paid for it at the rate of half a farthing for every half hour think what a magnificent offer the little ones thought so in reality and welcomed the arrangement with delight and trudged off behind aunt judy calculating so hard among themselves what the conjoint half-farthings would come to for the half-hours they all intended to work and furthermore what amount or variety of goodies they would purchase that aunt judy half fancied herself back in the depths of the rule of false again she led them at last to a pretty shrubbery walk of which they were all very fond on one side it was a quickset hedge in which the honeysuckle was mixed so profusely with the thorn that they grew and were clipped together it was the choicest spot for a quiet evening stroll in summer that could possibly be imagined the sweet scent from the honeysuckle flowers stole around you with a welcome as you moved along and set you in a dreaming of some far-off region where the delicious sensations produced by the odor of the flowers may not be as transient as they are here There is an alcove in the middle of the walk, not one of the modern mockeries of rusticity, but a real old-fashioned lath-and-plaster concern, such as used to be erected in front of a bowling-green.

It was roofed in, was only open on the sunny side, and was supported by a couple of little ionic pillars, up which Clematis and Passionflower were studiously trained.

There was a table as well as seats within, and the alcove was a very nice place for either reading or drawing in, as it commanded a pretty view of the distant country.

It was also, and perhaps especially, suited to the young people in their more poetical and fanciful moods.

And so will you, won't you, Number Eight? she added, appealing to that young gentleman who stood with his pinafore full of dirty oyster shells not quite understanding the meaning of what was said i'll what inquired he oh never mind only throw the oyster shells down and come with aunt judy it will be much better fun staying here number eight lowered his pinafore at the word of command and dropped the discarded oyster shells one by one where do you think why right in the middle of his little garden an operation which seemed to be particularly agreeable to him if one might judge by his face he was not sorry either to be relieved from the weight you see aunt judy continued number six to her sister who had now joined them it doesn't so much matter about the oyster-shell trimming but number eight's garden is always in such a mess that i must have a wall or something between us you shall have a wall or a path decidedly replied aunt judy a road is the next best thing to a river for a boundary line but now all of you pick up the tools and come with me and you shall do some regular work and be paid for it at the rate of half a farthing for every half hour think what a magnificent offer the little ones thought so in reality and welcomed the arrangement with delight and trudged off behind aunt judy calculating so hard among themselves what the conjoint half-farthings would come to for the half-hours they all intended to work and furthermore what amount or variety of goodies they would purchase that aunt judy half fancied herself back in the depths of the rule of false again she led them at last to a pretty shrubbery walk of which they were all very fond on one side it was a quickset hedge in which the honeysuckle was mixed so profusely with the thorn that they grew and were clipped together it was the choicest spot for a quiet evening stroll in summer that could possibly be imagined the sweet scent from the honeysuckle flowers stole around you with a welcome as you moved along and set you in a dreaming of some far-off region where the delicious sensations produced by the odor of the flowers may not be as transient as they are here There is an alcove in the middle of the walk, not one of the modern mockeries of rusticity, but a real old-fashioned lath-and-plaster concern, such as used to be erected in front of a bowling-green.

It was roofed in, was only open on the sunny side, and was supported by a couple of little ionic pillars, up which Clematis and Passionflower were studiously trained.

There was a table as well as seats within, and the alcove was a very nice place for either reading or drawing in, as it commanded a pretty view of the distant country.

It was also, and perhaps especially, suited to the young people in their more poetical and fanciful moods.

The white thorn favors emotional resilience and cardiovascular calm.

Passiflora helps to calm accelerated thoughts and relieve insomnia.

California Amapola provides a mild sedation without the harsh side effects of pharmaceuticals for sleeping.

Each of these plants offers a different approach to achieve relaxation, and many can be used together in herbal formulas designed to favor the calm of the whole organism.