PASSIFLOREjE. VIII. MODECCA. IX. DEIDAMIA. X. 



1 M. PALMA'TA (Lam. diet. 4. p. 209.) leaves glabrous, 

 variously palmately lobed, glandular beneath ; stipulas spines- 

 cent ; pedicels bractless. *? <^- S. Native of Malabar. 

 Flowers yellowish. Probably many species are confused under 

 this name. 



Var. a, Nardla (D.C. prod. 3. p. 336.) lobes of calyx acumi- 

 nated ; petaloid lobes or petals wanting ; fruit globose. Rheed. 

 mal. 8. t. 20. 



Var. ft, palmodecca (D. C. 1. c.) lobes of calyx acutish ; pe- 

 taloid lobes or petals feathered palmately ; fruit globose, tj . w . 

 S. Rheed. 1. c. t. 21. 



Var. y, Motta (D. C. 1. c.) lobes of calyx very much acumi- 

 nated ; petaloid lobes or petals wanting ; fruit ovate. Rheed. 

 1. c. t. 22. 



Palmate-leaved Modecca. Shrub cl. 



2 M. LOBA'TA (Jacq. fragm. t. FIG 8 

 131.) leaves glabrous, cordate at 



the base, 3-5-7-lobed, glandless ; 

 petioles biglandular at the apex ; 

 pedicels bractless. Jj . w . S. 

 Native of Sierra Leone. Ker, 

 bot. reg. t. 131. Flowers yel- 

 lowish, (f. 8.) 



Zoierf-leaved Modecca. Fl. 

 Aug. Clt. 1812. Shrub cl. 



3 M. INTEGRIFOLIA (Lam. 

 diet. 4. p. 209.) leaves glabrous, 

 ovate-lanceolate, usually entire, 

 much acuminated; pedicels bract- 

 less, very short, few-flowered ; 

 fruit globose. Jj . w . S. Native 

 of Malabar. Rheed. mal. 8. t. 

 23. 



Entire-leaved Modecca. Shrub cl. 



4 M. WIGHTIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 6764. ) smooth ; leaves cor- 

 date, triangularly ovate, entire ; tendrils simple ; capsule blad- 

 dery ; seeds scrobiculate. Tj . w . S. Native of the East Indies, 

 on the Gingee Hills. Like M. integrifolia, Lam. 



Wight's Modecca. Shrub cl. 



5 M. ALIE'NA (Wall. cat. no. 6766.) leaves deeply cordate at 

 the base, oblong, acuminated ; lobes at the base rounded ; pedi- 

 cels umbellate on the top of shortish peduncles ; tendrils simple. 

 Tj . w . S. Native of Silhet. 



Alien Modecca. Shrub cl. 



6 M. ACUMINA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 940.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, somewhat cordate at the base, and biauriculate ; 

 flowers racemose, rising from elongated axillary tendrils ; fruit 

 ovate, acuminated, f? . ^. S. Native of Java, on Mount Salak. 

 Allied to M. integrifolia according to Blume. 



Acuminated-fruhed Modecca. Shrub cl. 



7 M. HETEROPHY'LLA (Blum, bijdr. p. 940.) leaves undivided 

 or 3-lobed, acuminated, somewhat cordate at the base, and some- 

 what biauriculate ; fruit oblong, acuminated at both ends. ^ 

 w . S. Native of Java, on Mount Cede. 



Variable-leaved Modecca. Shrub cl. 



8 M. DivERsirbLiA (Wall. cat. no. 6763.) smooth; lower leaves 

 triangularly ovate ; upper ones 3-lobed, peltate at the base : 

 lateral lobes sometimes bifid; pedicels 1 -flowered, bractless; 

 tendrils simple. J? . w . S. Native of the East Indies. Fruit 

 bladdery, 3-valved. Root tuberous. Momordica heterophy'lla, 

 Wight, mss. 



Diverse-leaved Modecca. Shrub cl. 



9 M. CORDIFOLIA (Blum, bijdr. p. 939.) leaves membranous, 

 on short petioles, cordate, mucronulate, biauriculate at the base ; 

 flowers corymbose, dichotomous, rising from elongated axillary 

 tendrils. Tj . w . S. Native of Java, on Mount Salak. 



VARECA. 59 



Heart-leaved Modecca. Shrub cl. 



10 M. OJBTU'SA (Blum, bijdr. p. 939.) leaves coriaceous, ob- 

 long-cordate, obtuse, biauriculate at the base ; flowers corym- 

 bose, dichotomous, rising from short axillary tendrils. T? . ^. S. 

 Native of Java, on Mount Salak. 



Obtuse-leaved Modecca. Shrub cl. 



11 M. PARVIFLORA ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous ; tendrils simple ; peduncles axillary, dichoto- 

 mous. f? . w . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers small, 

 yellow. 



Small-jloreered Modecca. Shrub cl. 



12 M. MACROPHY'LLA (Blum, bijdr. p. 939.) leaves coria- 

 ceous, oval, bluntish at both ends, somewhat auriculated at the 

 base ; flowers corymbose, dichotomous, rising from axillary ten- 

 drils. Tj . w . S. Native of Java, on Mounts Salak, Parang, &c. 



Long-leaved. Modecca. Shrub cl. 



13 M. AUSTRA'LIS (R. Br. ined. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 337.) 

 leaves glabrous, somewhat peltate at the base, cordate, running 

 down the petiole in an auriculated manner at the base, acute, 

 entire, glandless. Tj . w . S. Native of New Holland, in the 

 gulph of Carpentaria. 



Southern Modecca. Shrub cl. 



14 M. ? BRACTEA'TA (Lam. diet. p. 210.) leaves scabrous 

 from tubercles on both surfaces, palmately lobed, emarginate at 

 the base ; pedicels bracteate, racemose ; calyxes somewhat ser- 

 rated. Tj . w . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Bracteated Modecca. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See Passiflora, p. 56. for culture and propagation. The 

 flowers of the species are by no means showy. 



IX. DEIDA^MIA (a mythological name, daughter of Lyco- 

 medes, king of Scyros). Pet. Th. gen. pi. afr. 2. p. 61. t. 20. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 337. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Penta-Octdndria. Calyx 5-8-part- 

 ed ; lobes petaloid ; crown a simple series of filamentose appen- 

 dages, rising from the interior part of the calyx. Stamens equal 

 in number to the lobes of the calyx ; filaments joined at the 

 base into a column. Ovarium ovate. Styles 3-4. Capsule 

 pedicellate, 3-4-valved. Seeds arillate. Climbing Madagascar 

 shrubs, with axillary tendrils, impari-pinnate leaves, and glan- 

 dular petioles. 



1 D. NORONHIA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 337.) leaflets obovate, 

 somewhat cuneated at the base, emarginate at the apex ; pedun- 

 cles 2-3-flowered ; flowers pentandrous. b . ,_,. S. Native of 

 Madagascar. D. alata, Pet. Th. 1. c. t. 20. Flowers brownish. 



Noronli's Deidamia. Shrub cl. 



2 D. COMMERSONIA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets elliptic, mucro- 

 nate at the apex ; peduncles 5-7- flowered ; flowers pentandrous. 

 lj . w . S. Native of Madagascar. 



Commerson's Deidamia. Shrub cl. 



3 D. THOMPSOKIA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 337.) leaves elliptic, 

 hardly mucronate, rather coriaceous ; peduncles 5-7-flowered ; 

 flowers octandrous. ^ . w . S. Native of Madagascar. Passi- 

 flora octandra, Thompson in herb. Lamb. 



Thompson's Deidamia. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See Passiflora, p. 56. for culture and propagation. 



(altered from Walnareka, the name of the 

 Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 219. t. 6. f. 6. D. C. 



X. VARE'CA 



fruit in Ceylon). 

 prod. 3. p. 337. 



LIN. SYST. unknown. Flowers unknown. Berry 1 -celled; 

 pulp divided into numerous partial cells for the reception of the 

 seeds. Placentas 3, parietal, many-seeded. 



1 V. ZEYLA'NICA (Gsertn. 1. c.) Native of Ceylon. Nothing 

 but the fruit of this plant is known. 



Ceylon Vareca. Shrub cl. ? 

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