520 LXIII, PASSIFLOREZ (MASTERS). [ Atheranthera. 
as long as the sepals, two innermost subcoriaceous, yellowish, much 
exceeding the remaining three, which, save in size, are like the sepals 
and flat. Rudiment of the pistila minute, awl-shaped process or style. 
Lower Guinea. Mata de Pungo district, Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
A highly curious plant, whose affinity seems to be with Modecca, from which it dif- 
fers in the irregular flowers and one-celled anthers. A fuller knowledge of this plant 18 
much to be desired. : 
10. MACHADOA, Welw.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 814. 
Flowers dichlamydeous, hermaphrodite, bell-shaped. Flower-tube 
short. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes imbricated, thinner and crested at the 
covered edges. Petals 5, proceeding from the rim of the tlower-tube. 
Stamens 5, connate at the base; filaments membranous, alternating 
with 5 small awl-shaped staminodes; anthers linear-oblong, erect, 
2-lobed, introrse, surmounted by a prolonged awl-shaped connective, 
and attached to the filament on the dorsal surface near the base. 
Gynophore shorter than the ovary; ovary 1-celled, with 3 parietal 
placentas, and surmounted by a short thick style; stigmas capitate, 
slightly 3-lobed; ovules anatropal. Fruit-stalk projecting beyond 
the persistent calyx, and bent downwards. Fruit pendulous, baccate, 
with a coriaceous rind, obovoid, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds ovoid, 
compressed ; testa pitted (Welm.).—A low-growing herb, with a thic 
fleshy rootstock, erect slender stem, and subsessile, long, linear, eglan- 
dulose leaves. Flowers in short axillary racemose cymes. Peduneles 
articulated near the summit, with short, awl-shaped bracts. 
1. M. huillensis, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 29, t. 10. 
Branches erect, terete, furrowed, glabrous, each about a span ™ 
height. Leaves 4—6in. long, 4—5 lines wide, membranous, linear- 
lanceolate, tapering at the base, mucronate at the tip, 1-nerved, arch- 
veined. Stipules minute, awl-shaped. Tendrils none. Flowers 8- 
lines long, erect, between funnel- and bell-shaped; tube very short. 
Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, hooded at the apex, subcoriaceous, except 
at the imbricated margins which are membranous and crested. P etals 
5, distinct, membranous, linear-oblong, 8-nerved, much smaller that 
the sepals. Anthers included, shorter than the filaments. Ovary 02 
a short stalk, oblong-obovoid ; style short, stout; stigma 3-lobed. 
Fruit-stalk elongated, curved downwards, projecting from the persis 
tent calyx. Fruit elliptical, baccate, with a smooth, leathery, yellow 
rind, marked at the apex with the scar of the deciduous style. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, alt. 3800-5500 ft., Dr. Welwitsch! 
In addition to the preceding Passiflore, certain species of Passiflora are now pr 
buted in cultivation or otherwise throughout tropical regions—e.g., P. quadranguia”” 
varieties, all known by the deeply cut and fringed bracts and the fetid odour; +- kits 
rosa, especially that form of it known as P. minima, distinguished by its corky bark, " 
oe leaves, minute bracts, small flowers, and small roundish or egg-shape pulp 
ruit, 
