508 LXIII, PASSIFLOREH (MASTERS). — [ Tryphostemma. 
Capsule subsessile, subcoriaceous, oblong, glabrous, loculicidally 3 
valved; valves bearing the placentas in the centre. Seeds large, 
pendulous, included within a membranous aril; testa crustaceous, 
Bese brett or climbing perennial herbs, with or without tendrils. 
eaves simple, alternate, stalked, stipulate. Flower-stalks axillary, 
simple or tendril-like. Flowers small, greenish. 
A small genus, established by Dr. Harvey, on an erect species from Natal, in which 
the perianth is 5- or 6-parted, and in the latter case the perianth seemingly in 2 rows. 
In the Zanzibar species discovered by Dr. Kirk, the habit is that of the species 0 
Modecca, and the perianth is clearly in one row, though the segments are imbricate. 
1. T. zanzibaricum, Vast. A climbing tendril-bearing plant, with 
slender smooth angular furrowed branches. Leaves alternate, stalked, 
membranous, smooth, elliptic or lanceolate, subcordate or rounded at 
the base, acute at the apex, serrulate, serratures sometimes elandular, 
unicostate, 3-4 in. long, 1-1} in. wide. Leaf-stalk slender, one-fourth 
shorter than the blade, destitute of glands. Stipules linear, subulate, 
persistent, much shorter than the leaf-stalks. Tendrils axillary, simple, 
coiled in one direction only, thickened towards the apex, sterile or 
tloriferous. Flowers pedicellate ; pedicels very slender, somewhat 
shorter than the flower, borne on tendrils and provided at the base with 
3 stipule-like bracts. Calyx campanulate, 3-4 lines long, smooth, 
deeply 5-cleft, lobes obtuse, many-nerved. Corona double, attache 
to the base of the perianth, the outer one shorter than the sepals, upper 
half fimbriate and lobulate at the edge; lobules triangular, inflexed 5 
inner corona half the length of the outer corona, everted at the oe 
and encircled at the base by a thick glandular ring. Filaments r0- 
bon-like ; anthers included. © Ovary sessile, ovoid; ovules numerous. 
Styles 3, at the apex of the ovary ; stigmas capitate. Capsule an ime 
in length, yellow, oblong, pointed. Seeds rather large, pitted, oblong, 
enclosed within a white membranous aril. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! 1c in its 
This species differs from the Natal plant described by Dr. Harvey, mainly 1 
climbing habit ; the 6-parted 2-ranked perianth described by him not being @ constant 
se gi many of the flowers being 5-parted, as in the Zanzibar species here de- 
scribed. 
4. BASANANTHE, Peyr.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 812. 
Flowers dichlamydeous, hermaphrodite. Flower-tube very short. 
Sepals 5, lobes oblong, originally imbricate. Petals 5, perigynows 
linear, withering, shorter than the sepals. | Corona triseriate, the outer 
most series springing from the throat of the flower, tubular, membranous 
below, dividing at the upper edge into two divisions, an outer “a 
inner, the outer consisting of numerous fine erect or spreading fila 
ments, the inner of small inflexed pointed teeth; the middle row % 
the corona is either a fleshy ring or a spreading or reflexed membranes 
the innermost row is a membranous cup encircling the base © 
stamens, Stamens 5, hypogynous, opposite to the sepals ; flaaes 
distinct or connate at the extreme base, jigalate, erect ; anthers adnate, 
