Paropsia.~\ LXIV. PASSIFLORE^;. (M. T. Masters.) 601 



above ; petiole under in. Peduncles | in. Flowers nearly in. Calyx-segments 

 leathery. Petals narrow at the base, ciliated. Ovary turbinate, villose. Fruit the 

 size of a hazel nut, subglobose ; rind dry, leathery. Seeds ovoid, flattened, pitted. 

 Larger in all its parts than P. malayana. 



3. IVIODECCA, Lam. 



Twining hfirbs or undershrubs. Leaves entire or palmilobed, usually with 

 two or more flat, circular glands on the under surface and with similar glands 

 at the apex of the petiole. Cymes axillary, few- or many-flowered, on long 

 peduncles one or more of which is sterile and tendril-like. Male flower : Calyx 

 tubular or bell-shaped ; limb 5-lobed, lobes leathery, imbricate. Petals 5, free, 

 membranous, 1-nerved, springing from the calyx-tube. Corona a ring of threads 

 arising from near the base of the calyx-tube, or wanting. Glands of the disc 6, 

 opposite the sepals, strap-shaped or capitate. Andrcecium cup-shaped, mem- 

 branous beneath ; filaments 5, linear -subulate ; anthers linear-oblong, 2-celled. 

 Ovary rudimentary or 0. Female flower : Calyx and corolla as in the male. 

 Corona a membranous fold, springing from near the base of the calyx- tube or 

 none. Glands of the disc 5, strap-shaped, capitate, opposite the sepals. Stami- 

 nodes 5, forming a membranous cup surrounding the base of the ovary, above 

 dividing into barren filaments. Ovary globose or elliptic, sessile or stalked ; 

 style cylindrical or none ; stigmas 3, capitate or flat and dilated. Fruit capsular, 

 3-valved. Seeds numerous, attached by long funicles to parietal placentas. 

 DISTKIB. A small genus, native of the tropics of the Old World. 



SECT I. Xtficroblepharis, W. fy A. Petals springing from the throat of 

 the calyx-tube, stigmas sessile. 



1. XK. Wig'htiana, Wall. Cat. 6764; leaves membranous uniform or 

 diverse all cordate ovate acute or some more or less palmately 3-lobed. Wight 

 Ic. 179 ; W.Sf A. Prodr. i. 353 ; Thwaites Enum. 128. M. diversifolia, Wall. 

 Cat. 6763. 



Hills of the WESTERN PENINSULA, and CEYLON. 



Soot tuberous. Branches striated, roughish. Leaves 2-3 by 2 in., glabrous, from 

 ovate entire rounded or slightly cordate at the base to hastate or palmately lobed ; the 

 central lobe longest, obtuse; nerves remote; petiole about 1 in., with a sessile gland 

 on each side at the top. Peduncles axillary, filiform. Flowers not seen. Calyx, 

 according to Wight's figure, small ; tube short, lobes ovate. Petals broad, shorter 

 than the sepals, attached to the throai of the calyx. Ovary subglobose, surmounted 

 by three cuneate, fringed, reflexed stigmas. Fruit glabrous, the size of a small plum, 

 subglobose or ovoid, 3-valved. Seeds flattened, heart-shaped, rugulose, with parallel 

 ridges around the margins. Wight and Arnott refer Wallich's M. diversifolia to 

 Vitis lanceolaria, but the type specimen in Wallich's herbarium clearly belongs to the 

 present species. 



2. BX. sing aporeana, Mast. ; leaves leathery shortly petioled oblong 

 acuminate, flowers elongate, anthers apiculate. Passiflora singaporeana, Wall. 

 Cat. 1232. 



MALACCA. Singapore, Wallich. DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Glabrous. Leaves 3-4 by 2 in., coriaceous, oblong-obovate, obtuse, tapering to 

 the base, Midrib prominent, secondary nerves remote ; petiole \ in., with a large 

 sessile gland on either side at the top. Tendrils as long as the petiole. Male flowers 

 \ in., elongate-fusiform. Calyx leathery, shortly 5-lobed, lobes ovate, connivent 

 (? always). Petals thick, leathery, oblong acute, springing from the calyx-tube jv.st 



