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July, 1849, in fruit. The leaves fall away early from the 

 fructiferous plant, leaving the conspicuous stipular glands. 

 Petals one third of an inch long. Capsule scarcely over a 

 line in diameter. 



The collection of 1S49 furnishes an undescribed Passi- 

 flora, viz. : — 



Passiflora affinis (Engelm. Mss.) : " herbacea, scandens, 

 elata, glabra ; foliis trilobis subtus glaucis petiolisque eglandu- 

 losis, inferioribus subcordatis, superioribus basi subacutis, lobis 

 subaequalibus obovatis obtusis setaceo-mucronatis integris ; 

 stipulis setaceis ; pedunculis binis petiolum sequantibus vel 

 superantibus 3-bracteatis, cirrho intermedio elongato sim- 

 plici ; petalis calycis lobis obtusis brevioribus et angustioribus 

 (flavescentibus) ; baccis (cseruleo-atris) stipitem sequantibus. 

 — Comanche Spring, climbing high over trees, in shady 

 places. August- September. — Near P. lutea in aspect; 

 from which it is distinguished by the bracteate peduncles, the 

 deeply lobed leaves, the larger flowers, smaller seeds, &c. 

 Lower leaves 3 inches long, and 4 wide, less deeply lobed than 

 the upper, which are deeply divided. Petioles 4 -12 lines 

 long. Peduncles 12-15 lines long. Bracts 3, rarely 2, 

 subulate, oblanceolate, or obovate, mucronate, often distant. 

 Flowers 16 lines in diameter; the fimbrillse as long as sepals. 

 Stipe half an inch in length, longer in proportion than in any 

 other of our species. Berry of the same diameter. Seeds 

 ovate, mucronate, transversely rugose, smaller and more tur- 

 gid than in P. lutea. — De Candolle's division of the genus, 

 which would separate this species from P. lutea on account 

 of the bracts, must be erroneous ; moreover, P. lutea has not 

 " perigonium s. calycem 5-lobum, but 10-lobum,as well as our 

 species." — Engelm. 



[To be continued.] 



