520 lxiii. passiflore^ (masters). [Ather anther a. 



as long as the sepals, two innermost subcoriaceous, yellowish, much 

 exceeding the remaining three, which, save in size, are like the sepals 

 and flat. Rudiment of the pistil a minute, awl-shaped process or style. 



Lower Guinea. Mata de Pungo district, Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 

 A highly curious plant, whose affinity seems to be with Modecca, from which it dif- 

 fers in the irregular flowers and one-celled anthers. A fuller knowledge of this plant is 

 much to be desired. 



10. MACHADOA, Welw. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 814. 



Flowers dichlamydeous, hermaphrodite, bell- shaped. Flower-tube 

 short. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes imbricated, thinner and crested at the 

 covered edges. Petals 5, proceeding from the rim of the flower-tube. 

 Stamens 5, connate at the base j filaments membranous, alternating 

 with 5 small awl-shaped staminodes ; anthers linear-oblong, erect, 

 2-lobed, introrse, surmounted by a prolonged awl-shaped connective, 

 and attached to the filament on the dorsal surface near the base. 

 Gynophore shorter than the ovary ; ovary 1-celled, with 3 parietal 

 placentas, and surmounted by a short thick style ; stigmas capitate, 

 slightly 3-lobed; ovules anatropal. Fruit-stalk projecting beyond 

 the persistent calyx, and bent downwards. Fruit pendulous, baccate, 

 with a coriaceous rind, obovoid, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds ovoid, 

 compressed; testa pitted (Welw.). — A low-growing herb, with a thick 

 fleshy rootstock, erect slender stem, and subsessile, long, linear, eglan- 

 dulose leaves. Flowers in short axillary racemose cymes. Peduncles 

 articulated near the summit, with short, awl-shaped bracts. 



1. M. huillensis, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 29, t. 10. 

 Branches erect, terete, furrowed, glabrous, each about a span in 

 height. Leaves 4-6 in. long, 4—5 lines wide, membranous, linear- 

 lanceolate, tapering at the base, mucronate at the tip, 1-nerved, arch- 

 veined. Stipules minute, awl-shaped. Tendrils none. Flowers 8-10 

 lines long, erect, between funnel- and bell-shaped; tube very short. 

 Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, hooded at the apex, subcoriaceous, except 

 at the imbricated margins which are membranous and crested. Petals 

 5, distinct, membranous, linear-oblong, 3-nerved, much smaller than 

 the sepals. Anthers included, shorter than the filaments. Ovary on 

 a short stalk, oblong-obovoid ; style short, stout ; stigma 3-lobed. 

 Fruit-stalk elongated, curved downwards, projecting from the persis- 

 tent caljx. Fruit elliptical, baccate, with a smooth, leathery, yellowish 

 rind, marked at the apex with the scar of the deciduous style. 

 Lower Guinea. Huilla, alt. 3800-5500 ft., Dr. Welwitsch ! 



In addition to the preceding Passijlorce, certain species of Passijlora are now distri- 

 buted in cultivation or otherwise throughout tropical regions — eg., P. quadrangularis, 

 a species grown for the sake of its fruit, which has an edible pulp. It is readily known 

 by its square winged stem and large ovate acute leaves ; P. foetida, or some of its many 

 varieties, all known by the deeply cut and fringed bracts and the fetid odour; P. sube- 

 rosa, especially that form of it known as P. minima, distinguished by its corky bark, its 

 3-lobed leaves, minute bracts, small flowers, and small roundish or egg-shaped purple 

 fruit. 



