516 lxiii. passiflore^: (masters). [Modecea. 



7. M. Mannii, Mast. A climbing" herb or undershrub, witb cylin- 

 drical striated branches. Leaf-stalks 1 in. long-, shorter than the blade, 

 provided with two sessile glands at the apex on each side ; leaves 

 thin, glabrous, membranous, ovate-lanceolate, entire, rounded at the 

 base, unicostate, 4-8 in. long. Flower-stalks axillary, simple below, 

 dividing- above into a cyme and terminating- in a_ tendril. Male fl. : 

 Calyx tubular or bell-shaped, \ in. long, limb dividing into 5 shal- 

 low ovate lobes, imbricate in aestivation, the free edges entire, the 

 covered margins thinner, membranous, laciniated. Petals half the 

 length of the calyx. Corona membranous, laciniate, forming- a shallow 

 ring at the insertion of the petals. Inner corona (glands of disk) of 5 

 short filiform threads, surrounding the base of the staminal tube. Sta- 

 mens 5, filaments subulate, monadelphous below ; anthers erect, in- 

 nate, oblong, obtuse, 4-lobed, longer than the filaments. Female 

 fl. : Calyx as in the male flower. Ovary stipitate ;- stipes encircled 

 by 5 subulate staminodes ; style very short, dividing into three fili- 

 form stigmatic divisions j stigmas capitate. 



Upper Guinea. Ambas Bay, Mann! 



This species has smaller flowers than the other African species of this genus. I have 

 only seen imperfect female flowers. 



8. M. lobata, Jacq. Fragm. 82, t. 131. A woody climbing plant, 

 20-40 ft. high, old stems often an inch in diameter, trigonous, tuber- 

 cled ; branches long, slender, herbaceous or somewhat woody, terete, 

 striated, furrowed. Leaf-stalks of variable proportion, furrowed on the 

 upper surface and furnished with a pair of large sessile glands at the 

 apex; leaves membranous, smooth, polymorphous, oblong or round- 

 ish, cordate or hastate at the base, entire or more or less deeply 3-7- 

 lobed, lobes obtuse or slightly pointed. Stipules minute, awl-shaped, 

 caducous. Tendrils axillary, floriferous or sterile, simple or branched, 

 thickened at the clasping end. Male-flowered cymes branched, many- 

 flowered from near the centre of the tendril. Pedicels articulate at the 

 apex, as long as or rather longer than the flowers. Calyx bell-shaped, 

 somewhat dilated at the base, green, sweet-scented, J-f in. long, seg- 

 ments of limb shallow, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, the covered edges in- 

 duplicate, thin, membranous and jagged at the edge's, ultimately 

 renexed. Petals 5, at a distance one from another, somewhat shorter 

 than the calyx, each with a long slender claw terminating in a spathu- 

 late 1-nerved laciniated limb. Corona a shallow membranous jagged 

 ring projecting from the calyx-tube at the point of attachment of the 

 petals, and concealing five shallow pits in the base of the calyx-tube. 

 Glands of the disk, or staminodes, 5 springing from the base of the 

 calyx-tube opposite the pits, each flat, thick, capitate, somewhat re- 

 curved at the apex, much shorter than the petals. Stamens 5, included 

 or scarcely protruding ; filaments awl-shaped, coherent at the base ; 

 anthers basifixed, much longer than the filaments, erect, linear-oblong, 

 4-lobed, sagittate at the base, obtuse or more generally mucronate at 

 the apex, often studded with glandular dots. Female fl. : springing 



