514 lxiii. passiflore^: (masters). [Modecca. 



central lobule ovate, acuminate, contracted at the base so as to form a 

 wide sinus. Petioles 1 in. or more in length, cylindrical, channelled 

 on the upper surface, and with two roundish sessile glands at the 

 junction with the lamina. Stipules minute, subulate. Peduncle axil- 

 lary, as long as or longer than the petiole, dividing at the upper portion 

 into a branched tendril some of the divisions of which bear flowers. 

 Male fl. : Calyx about 1 in. long, orange-red, funnel-shaped, with 

 a long tube divided above into 5 linear-lanceolate or oblong, many- 

 nerved lobes. Petals 5, membranous, linear-oblong, attached below 

 the middle of the tube, shorter and narrower than the calyx-lobes. 

 Corona a membranous ring fimbriated at the free edge, projecting from 

 the sides of the tube near the base, and sending inwards a connective 

 process to each side of the filaments, thus forming a series of pouches. 

 Stamens 5, springing from the base of the tube, equal to the petals ; 

 filaments flattened, dilated at the base where they are connected 

 together into a short membranous tube, and confluent on either side 

 with the processes from the corona; anthers shorter than the fila- 

 ments, linear, erect, sagittate at the base, obtuse, muticous, 2-celled, 

 dehiscing laterally by two longitudinal chinks. Rudiment of the pistil 

 minute, styliform. Female fl. : Rather smaller than the male. Calyx 

 and petals as in the male, but smaller. Corona a thickened tuberculate 

 rim projecting from the tube below the centre. Filaments subulate, 

 membranous, connected into a tube at the base ; anthers none. Ovary 



? Capsule stipitate (stipes 1 in. or more long, girt by the 



remains of the flower), oval, 2-2J in. long, dividing into 3 leathery, 

 smooth, yellowish valves ; seeds compressed, ovoid ; testa tubercled. 

 Lower Guinea. Angola district, Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch! 



3. M. trisecta, Mast. A herb with a thick perennial rootstock 

 (Welwitsch). Branches elongate, climbing, slender, terete, sulcate- 

 striate. Leaves membranous, 2 in. long, rather less wide, deeply 

 palmately 5-lobed, lobes oblong-lanceolate, tapering at the base, 

 repand-dentate, occasionally slightly lobulate, central lobe longest, 

 petiolulate. Petiole 1 \ in. long, terete, with two large sessile glands 

 at the junction with the blade. Tendrils thickened at the extremity. 

 Stipules J in. long, subulate ; peduncle longer than the leaf-stalk, 

 cymosely divided at the upper end. Male fl. : J— j- in. long, cam- 

 panulate. Calyx 5-lobed ; lobes oblong:, shorter than the tube. 

 Petals shorter than the calyx-lobes, membranous, oblong, dilated at 

 the base, 3-nerved ; corona none. Filaments membranous, connate 

 at the base into a shallow tube ; anthers linear- oblong, erect, apiculate, 

 shorter than the filaments. Pistil rudimentary. Female fi\ : Fruit 

 shortly stalked, subglobose, the size of a bantam's egg, capsular, 3- 

 valved; valves leathery, smooth, reddish ; seeds ovoid, compressed; 

 testa tuberculate. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch! 



4. M. abyssinica, Hochst. ex Rich. Flor. Abyss, i. .297. Stem sub- 

 arborescent, branches elongate, twining, tendril-bearing, glabrous, 



