Plate 1768. 



PASSIPLOEA CUPIFORMIS, M. T. M. 



Passjfloeace^j. 



P. cupiformis, Mast, (sp. nov.) (§ Decaloba, snbsect. Polyanthea) ; 

 ramis striato-sulcatis ; foliis longe petiolatis, petiolis versus basin 

 biglandulosis, laminis membranaceis ambitu cnpiformibus, basi cor- 

 datis, apice trnncato 3-lobis, lobis lateralibus adscendentibus, lobo 

 medio minimo mucronato ; peduncnlis petiolis multo brevioribus fasci- 

 tnlatim cymosis rufo-furfuraceis ; bracteis a flore remotis linearibus ; 

 floris tubo pateriformi ; sepalis oblongis obtusis ecornieulatis extus 

 puberulis ; petalis sepalis vix brevioribus conformibus, flavidis (?) ; 

 corona fauciali dnplici, fills extimis petalis vix dimidio brevioribus, filis 

 intimis minoribus, corona ruerabranacea arete plicata, margine iuflexo 

 dentato fimbrillifero ; ovario globoso albido-pilosulo. 



Hab. Prope urbem Fu, in prov. Szechwan, imp. Sinens., ubi legit 

 Rev. E. Faber ! . 



Fruticulus scandens cirrifer, rami pilosuli. Folia 5 poll, longa, 4 poll, 

 lata, palmatim 3 costata pilosnla. Petioli 3 poll, longi, versus basin 

 utrinque glandula majnscula pulviniforme muniti. Alabastra clavato- 

 oblonga. Flores expansi diametro * -pollicares. 



Allied to a hitherto nndescribed species, native of the Khasia Hills 

 and Munipur, and which has been confounded in herbaria with the 

 very different P. Leschenaultii D.C. from the Nilghirris. This species 

 may be defined as follows. 



P. perpera, Mast. (§ Decaloba, snbsect. Polyanthea); ramis angu- 

 latis glabris striatis ; foliis 2^ poll. long. 4 poll. lat. snbeoriaceis glabris 

 . pilosiuscnlis, basi cordatis palmatim 3-costatis, costa centrali insig- 

 niter pinnatim ramosa, apice truncato-bilobis lobis ovato-lanceolafis 

 divergentibns lobo mediano minimo, petiolis 2 poll, long., basin versus 

 glandulis duabus majusculis praditis; cymis axillaribns ramosis petio- 

 los aequantibus ; floribus 1 poll. diam. tubo pateriformi ; sepalis oblongis 

 obtusis glabris ecorniculatis glandula tamen prope apicem dor»<> 

 munitis; petalis conformibus sepalis suba?quilougis ; corona faucialis 

 1-serialis filis petalis tertia parte brevioribus angulatis, basi maculatis ; 

 corona membranacea arete plicata margine inflexo denticulato fimbril- 

 lifero ; ovario pyriforme glabrescente vel vix pilosula. 



P. obscura, Griffith, MSS. in Herb. Kew., haud Lindl. 



Hab. In Mont. Khasia, Griffith ! ; Nunklow, Hook, fil. et Thorns. 

 (No. 1671 !); in Manipur, Watt (No. 7310 !).— Maxwell T. Masters 



Fig. 1. BuJ. 2. Expanded flower. 3. Longitudinal section, showing corona. 

 4. Portion of inner plicata corona. Enlarged. 



v 



