Plate 2553. 



PASSIFLCRA FITCHSIIFLORA, Hemd. 



Passiflorace.e. 



P. fuchsiiflora, Hemd. (sp. nov.) ; species ex affinitate P. spicatce, a 

 qua cliffert floribus ad ramos annotinos vel vetustiores fasciculatis, 

 sepalis petalisque suberectis. 



Frutex alte scandens, undique glaber, ramulis ultimis teretibus, 

 Cirrhi axillares vel supra-axillares, simplices. Folia longe petiolata, 

 vix coriacea, ovato-rotundata vel cordiformia, absque petiolo usque ad 

 6 poll, longa lataque, integerrima, supra nitida, subtus glauca, rube- 

 scentia, venis primariis utrinque circiter 5 arcuatis et prope marginem 

 connexis ; petiolus teres, usque ad 3 poll, longus, apice biglandulosus. 

 F/ores aurantiaci, odorati, ad ramos usque ad 2 poll, diametro fasci- 

 culati 10-30 aggregati {Jenman), pedicellis gracilibus 3-5 lin. longis. 

 Col yds tubus cylindricus, leviter ventricosus ; lobi lanceolati, circiter 

 9 lin. longi, petala paullo longiores. Petala anguste lanceolata, acuta, 

 tenuiora. Corona faucialis pluriseriata, segmentis nuraerosissimis 

 anguste ligulatis acutissimis quam petalis dimidio brevioribus. Corona 

 interior fere basilaris, uniseriata, segmentis irregulariter fimbriatis. 

 Capsida cylindrico-clavata ; semina numerosissima, oblongo-ovoidea, 

 scrobiculata, arillo tenui oranino involuta. 



British Guiana: Demerara river, Jenman, 6540. 



Mr. Jenman describes this as an exceedingly ornamental species ; its 

 orange-coloured, sweet-scented flowers being produced in great pro- 

 fusion. It resembles Dilkea Wallisii, Mast (Mart. FL Bras. xiii. i. t. 

 106), both in foliage and flowers, and also in the latter being borne on 

 the old wood. The resemblance of the flowers to those of some species 

 of Fuchsia having included genitalia, such as F. dependents^ Hook., 

 for example, is very striking. — W, Bottixg Hkmsley. 



Fig. 1, portion of flower laid open ; 2, a filament of the upper corona ; 3, a portion 

 of the lower corona; 4, upper portion of andrceciura and gjnseceum ; 5, a fruit with 

 the remains of the andrcecium at the base; 6, a seed enveloped in the aril ; 7, a seed 

 from which the aril lias been removed. All enlarged except 5, which is natural 

 size. 



