1G Britton: Studies of West Indian plants 



** Peduncles much shorter than the leaves. 

 Leaves 2-lobed, mostly broader than long. 



Flowers solitary, slender-peduncled, 3-4 cm. 



broad; fruit 3-5 cm. in diameter. 16. P. rubra. 



Flowers clustered in the axils, 1.5-2 cm. broad, 



very short-peduncled, the pedicels slender; 



fruit about 8 mm. in diameter. 17. P. sexflora. 



Leaves entire or bluntly 3-lobed, longer than broad. 



Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, entire, 



rounded at the base. 18. P. multiflora. 



Leaves broadly ovate, obtusely 3-lobed, mostly 



cordate at the base. 19. P . holosericea. 



C. Published species not grouped. 



Leaves ovate to elliptic, dentate. 20. P. dasyadenia. 



D. Known only from foliage. Leaves deeply 3-lobed, the 



lobes dentate. 21. A plant of the Isle 



of Pines. 



i. Passiflora maliformis L. Sp. PI. 956. 1753 



Type locality: Near Port de Paix, Santo Domingo. 



Distribution: Oriente, collected by Wright: Hispaniola to 

 Barbadoes; Jamaica; South America. Perhaps not indigenous 

 in Cuba. 



2. Passiflora quadrangularis L. Syst. Ed. 10, 1248. 1759 



Type locality: Jamaica. 



Distribution: Uncommon at Santiago de las Vegas {Van 

 Hermann 616) : Native of Nicaragua; widely cultivated in tropical 

 America, and locally spontaneous. 



3. Passiflora laurifolia L. Sp. PI. 956. 1753 



Type locality: Surinam. 



Distribution: Thicket, upper valley of the Rio Navas, 

 Oriente (Shafer 4411) : native from St. Thomas and St. Jan to 

 Trinidad and South America. Spontaneous after cultivation in 

 Hispaniola and Jamaica. 



4. Passiflora pedata L. Sp. PI. 960. 1753 



Type locality: Santo Domingo. 



Distribution: Woods and thickets, Santa Clara, Pinar del 

 Rio: Hispaniola; northern South America. 



