326 s Ian. URBAN: 
latis; corona exteriore eylindrica margine superiore truncata nunc 
crenulata, non filamentosa, interiore 5 mm. longa inflexa. 
Passiflora orbieulata Cavan. Dissert. X (1790) p. 456 tab. 286!; 
Spreng. Syst. III p. 43. 
Murueuia orbieulata Pers. Syn. II (1807) p. 222; DC. Prodr. III 
.p. 333. 
Passiflora murucuia M. Mast. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XX VII (1871) 
p. 634 et in Mart. Flor. Bras. XIII, I (1872) p.557 (p.p.), — non Linn. 
Caules scandentes plus minus compressi sulcato-striati glabrescentes. 
Cirrhi simplices. Folia petiolis minute pilosulis, nervis supra tenuiter, 
subtus magis prominentibus, dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, glandulis 
impressis basalibus nullis, inter nervum medium et laterales uniseriatis 
pellucidis 2—4-nis, supra parum nitida, subtus opaca Pedunculi 
1 -flori; bracteae ad v. plerumque perpaullo sub articulatione pedicelli ternae_ 
‚lineares verticillatae v. subalternae, 2—3 mm. longae. Floris tubus 
5—6 mm. longus, 7 mm. crassus, 10-sulcatus, intus cavernas 10 praebens, 
apice paullo constrictus. Sepala ad basin et superne paullo angustata, 
apice obtusa, nervis 3 crassioribus et 8— 10 tenuioribus percursa, crassius- 
cule chartacea. Petala tenuia, coronae aequilonga v. paullo breviora, eique 
in sicco adhaerentia, linearia v. oblongo-linearia, nervis 5— 7 percursa. 
Corona exterior ex Sicco ad apicem flava, caeterum rubra, 1,3—2 cm. 
 longa, eylindrica 6 mm. crassa, nervis creberrimis; interior ex apice tubi 
floris abiens, fere usque ad ejus basin inflexa, 5 mm. longa, membranacea, 
multiplicata, antice truncata et irregulariter incisa v. scissa, efilamentosa 
enervis; basilaris nulla Gynandrophorum sepalis aequilongum, 3,5 — 4 cm. 
longum, vix 1 mm. crassum. Staminum tubus gynophoro 2—3 mm. 
brevior; filamenta 6—7 mm. longa; antherae oblongo-lineares, 6 mm. longae. 
Ovarium ovale glabrum; styli 7 mm. longi, apice clavato-globosi. unilatera- 
liter stigmatosi. Fructus globulosi v. ovali-globulosi, flavi (ex Pıc.). 
Hab. in Haiti in sylvis umbrosis montis Le Grand Fond: Jaeger 
n. 173, in Morne Tranchant 400—1800 m. alt., m. Jul., Aug. flor.: 
Christ n. 1753, 1753®, Picarda n. 772. 
Obs. I. Descriptio et icon ill. Cavanillesi cum nostris plantis bene 
quadrant praeter bracteas crassiusculas elongatas et corollam deficientem. Sed 
non dubito, quin cl. autor ulteriorem tenuem brevem coronae in sicco ad- 
haerentem pallidam ideoque difficile conspicuam negligentia praeterierit. 
Bracteas autem in P. murueuia (tab. 287) revera setaceas et alternas eodem 
modo auxit et vertieillatim dispositas praebuit. 
A Obs. IL P. murucuia L. (ex eadem insula) foliis transversim oblongatis 
varicato-bilobis, lobo intermedio non evoluto v. lateralibus breviore, 0,5 — 
1,5 cm. longe petiolatis, pedicellis 1,5—2 em. longis, ad v. sub medio brac- 
teatis, corona exteriore usque ad apicem rubra, interiore brevissima parum 
prominente, staminum tubo usque ad ovarium producto bene diversa est. 
Ä Passiflora eubensis Urb. (n. sp.) ramis hornotinis superne minute 
et parce pilosulis; stipulis lineari-subulatis 2—3 mm. longis persisten- 
tibus, plus minus reflexis v. horizontaliter sitis; foliis petiolos 10 —5 mm. 
