Modecea. ; LXIII, PASSIFLOREZ (MASTERS). 517 
from near the base of the tendril, of similar form and size but less 
humerous than the male flowers and with narrower petals. Corona 
emerging from the base of the calyx-tube at the same point as the 
petals, membranous and jagged at the edge, and having numerous pro- 
Jecting folds coherent alike with the edges of the claws of the petals 
and with those of the inner series of staminodes, thus forming 5 
pouches concealing the 5 outer staminodes or glands of the disk, 
which are similar in position and form to those of the male flower, and 
are frequently recurved at the apex. Inner or true staminodes 5, in 
the form of antherless filaments alternate with the petals. Fruit cap- 
sular, spheroidal or ovoid, the size of a bantam’s egg, ultimately split- 
ung into three coriaceous orange-red smooth valves. Seeds numerous, 
compressed, pitted, surrounded by a membranous aril.—Modecca diversi- 
Jolia, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 435. M. tenuifolia (tamnifolia), 
Planch. Fl. Nigr. 366, 
Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter! Annabon, Burton! Fernando Po, Mann. 
Var. elegans. Leaves cordate-ovate, anthers with very long points. Kolbia elegans, 
P. de B. Fi. Ow. et Ben. ii. 91. t. 120. : 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Mann! Niger, Barter! Prince’s Isle, Mann! 
Barter! Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson! 
Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! by ees 
A variable plant, particularly as regards the form of the leaves, the disposition of the 
?wers, and the muticous or mucronate anthers. The plant is indistinguishable from 
that figured by Jacquin as WZ. lobata, and said by that botanist to have been introduced 
Into gardens from India. Lindley, however, who, in the Botanical Register, t. 433, 
figures the male plant of this species, refers to Jacquin’s figure as representing the 
female, and expressly says that his plant was derived from Sierra Leone. There is 
therefore reason to think that Jacquin’s statement as to the Indian origin of the plant 
Was erroneous, the more so as among the Indian species in the herbarium there is none 
that corresponds to the present one. Palisot de Beauvois’ Kolbia elegans is in all pro- 
bability referable to this species, although it is imperfectly described, and the figure is 
‘pparently more fanciful than accurate, especially as to the colour of the flowers. a 
In the Paris herbarium is a specimen of Modecca gathered at Zanzibar by Boivin, 
and having entire glabrous oblong acuminate leaves with two glands at the base, like 
those of M. Manni, but the flowers in outward shape more nearly resemble those of 
MN. lobata, 
8. OPHIOCAULON, Hook. f.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. i. 813. 
Flowers regular, dichlamydeous, unisexual. Calyx deeply 5-parted, 
lobes oblong, obtuse, marked with dark lines, valvate, entire, or slightly 
imbricate in the bud, the overlapped edges thinner and slightly fim- 
mated. Petals narrow, jagged at the edge, inserted into the base of 
the flower-tube. Corona and glands minute, rudimentary. Stamens 
all but hypogynous; filaments awl-shaped monadelphous at the base ; 
anthers linear, erect, 4-lobed, much longer than the filaments. Fe- 
male fl, ; Calyx and petals as in the male. Staminodes 5, subulate. 
Uvary ovoid or somewhat 3-sided, 1-celled, shortly stalked or sessile 5 
style none; stigmas 3, broad, fringed; ovules numerous, attached to 3 
Parietal placentas, Capsule sessile or nearly so, ovoid, 3-valved, valves 
orlaceous, smooth or tubercled. Seeds numerous, ovate, compressed, 
