366 MR. SPENCER LE M. MOORE—PHANEROGAMIC BOTANY 
PASSIFLORA VITIFOLIA, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 188. 
Hab. Crescit ad Santa Cruz, neenon in ripà fl. Paraguay inter Santa Cruz et Tres Barras. 
(Nn. 498, 824.) [Amer. Trop. | 
PASSIFLORA CINCINNATA, Mast. in Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 966. 
Hab. Ad Corumbá floret mens. Jan. (Nn. 917, 961.) [Bras. Or.) 
CUCURBITACE X. 
Momorpica CHARANTIA, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. I. p. 1009. 
Hab. Vulgatissima, viget ad Corumbá. (N. 9042.) [Per regiones tropicas utriusque 
orbis late diffusa.] 
ANGURIA GLORIOSA (sp. nov.); foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis, 
margine lobulatis vel lobulato-dentatis, rarius fere integris, glaberrimis, lateralibus 
asymmetricis, semicordatis vel unilateraliter truncatis; floribus magnis ; calyce 
ventricoso ; antheris elongatis, rectis, anguste  lineari-lanceolatis, appendice 
lanceolata majusculá papillosà instructis. 
Hab. Crescit in sylvestribus ad Santa Cruz, ubi flores mens. Nov. prebet. (N. 659.) 
Caulis in sicco striatus, glaber vel minutissime puberulus.  Petioli crassi, patuli, 
glabri vel obsolete puberuli, plerique 2°5-3°5 cm. long., petioluli usque 1:0 cm. 
long. Foliola viva saturate viridia, sicca pallentia, subtus pallidiora, apice breviter 
cuspidato-acuminata, fol. terminalia lateralibus similia nisi basi equilaterali cune- 
atim angustata, pleraque 8'0-14:0 em. long., 45-70 em. lat.; cost; secundarise 
pauce, angulis latis inserte, aperte, arcuate; coste omnes utrinque planee. — Cirrhi 
nonnunquam usque ad 20:0 em. long., sat validi, striati, glabri vel ima basi obsolete 
puberuli. Pedunculus communis elongatus, basi obsolete puberulus, crassiusculus, 
13:0-22'0 em. long., apice circa 8-12-florus. Flores rubri, inferiores longe (usque ad 
2:5 em.) vel breviter pedunculati, superiores verisimiliter sessiles. Calycis viridis 
puberuli tubus inferne ventricosus, striatus, 1:2-1:5 em. long., basi 0:5-0:6 cm. lat., 
superne usque ad 0:27 em. sensim coarctatus, intus superne pubescens ; lobi lanceolati 
vel triangulari-lanceolati, erecti, 0:3-0:5 em.long. Petala oblonga vel ovata, obtusa, 
nervosa, basi late unguiculata, extus glabra, intus basi levissime pilosula, 2:3-3:3 
em. long. 1:2-2:0 em. lat.  Anthere (appendice inclusá) 1:1 cm. long., 0:12 em. 
lat., appendice 0:15 cm. long. Flores feminei et fructus non suppetebant. 
Sine dubio accedit ad 4. grandifloram, Cogn., cujus vix varietas ob foliola minora 
brevius petiolata, margine haud integerrima, calycis longioris tubum ventricosum 
nec cylindraceum, intus apice pubescens nec longe denseque villosum, petala minora 
nequaquam villosa, antheras longiores, angustiores, longius appendiculatas. [Peruvia, 
Bolivia.] j 
A iransverse section of this beautiful plant's stem shows ten vascular bundles, of 
course bicollateral. Four of these are larger and central, six smaller are peripheral. 
Comparing a section with one of such a familiar type as the vegetable marrow, 
the much closer arrangement of the central bundles will be noticed; this closeness of 
