8 PASSIFLOREJS. 



the very much larger bracts, much narrower petals arid in many other points ; 

 and from all other known species, this differs by the very narrow spathulate 

 petals and ovate spikes and nearly truncate calyx. 



Passifloreee. 



Modecca LAM. 



Modecca formosana HAYATA sp. iiov. =Adenia formosana HAYATA. 

 Herba volubilis validiuscula. Caulis teres glaber cavus in exsiccato longitudi- 

 naliter rugulosus. Folia alterna petiolata pahnatim 3-fida in circumscriptioue 

 pentagona maxima 11 cm. lata totiusque longa profuude 3-fida rarius 5-fida 

 3-nervia rarius 5-nervia, (nervis subrectis vel arcuato-divaricatis ad apicem 

 segmentorum attiugentibus a se angulo 45 divaricatis a basi usque 5 mm. 

 altum se conuatis), basi late truucata, parte truncata 6 cm. lata ad extremitatem 

 subito attenuata, parte attenuata 3 mm. longa totiusque lata basi utroque latere 

 auriculiforme cordata, auriculis supra in exsiccato rtigosissimis, subtusad centrum 

 glaudulis rotundatis subplauis mm. in diametro instructis ; uervis segment- 

 orum lateralium exceutricis, in basi 4mm. a margine interiore distautibus 

 basi a margiue exteriore 12 mm. distautibus ; segmeutis lateralibus interiore 

 falcato-divaricatis liuearibus, segmeuto centrali subrecto lineari vel lanceolate 

 vel lineari-lanceolato chartaceo 10 cm. longo 22 mm. lato apice acuminato basi 

 vix vel hand augustiore margine iutegro utraque glabro, costis venis venulisque 

 utraque pagine elevatis, venis lateralibus primariis mauifestis 8 a costa angulo 

 70 egressis; sinibns inter segmeuta obtusissimis, sub sinu subtus glandulis 

 minimis unis sitis; glandulis flavescentibus punctiformibus, petiolis circ. 

 2 cm. longis vel brevioribus subteretibus vel subtetragonis supra et utroque 

 latere tenuiter sulcatis basi vix vel liaud dilatatis glabris, stipulis fere ob- 

 soletis vel minutis late cuspidato-triaugularibus ^ mm. longis; cirrhis simplicibus 

 axillaribus 10 cm. longis deorsum teretibus supra medium 2-3-bracteatis 

 (bracteis minutis) sursum dorso complanatis. Racemi axillares 1-2-florati longe 

 pedunculati, pedunculis 3-6 cm. longis glabris teretibus supra medium flores 

 singulos vel geminos lateraliter gerentibus, supra partem floriferam elongatis 

 ad cirrhos simplices complanatos abeuntibus, bracteis sub basi pedicelli floris 

 singulis triangulari-acuminatis 2 mm. longis l mm. latis margine remote vel 



