8 PASSIFLOIIE.T:. 



the very mucli largei- bracts, much narrower petals ancl iu mau}' other poiuts ; 

 and from all other kuowu species, this differs by the veiy uarrow spathulate 

 petals and ovate spikes aud uearly tnmcate calyx. 



Passifloreae. 



3Iodecca LAnr. 

 Modecca formosana Hayata sp. nov. =Adenia formosana Hayata. 

 Herba vohibilis vaHdiuscula. Oaulis teres glaber cavus iu exsiccato longitudi- 

 nahter nigulosus. FoUa alterna petiolata pahnatim 3-fida iu circumscriptione 

 peutagoua maxima 11 cm. lata totiusque louga profunde 3-fida rarius 5-fida 

 3-nervia rarius 5-nervia, (nervis subrectis vel ai'cuato-divaricatis ad apicem 

 segmentorum attingentibus a se angnlo 45° divaricatis a basi usque o mm. 

 altum se couuatis), basi late trancata, parte truucatix 6 cm. lata ad extremitatera 

 subito atteuuata, parte atteuuata 3 mm. louga totiusque lata basi uti"oque latere 

 amiculiforme cordata, anriciilis supra in exsiccato rugosissimis, subtusad centrum 

 glandulis rotimdatis subplanis ^ mui. iu diametro iustructis; uervis segment- 

 omm lateralimn excentricis, iu basi 4 mm. a margine iuteriore distautibus 

 basi a luargine exteriore 12 mm. distantibus ; segmentis laterahbus ± interioi'3 

 falcato-divaricatis liuearibus, segmeuto centrali subrecto lineari vel lanceolato 

 vel lineari-lauceolato chartaceo 10 cm. longo 22 mm. lato apice acuminato basi 

 vix vel haud angustiore margiue integro utraque glabro, costis venis vennlisque 

 utraque pagine elevatis, venis lateralibiis primariis mauifestis 8 a costa angulo 

 IQP egressis ; sinibus inter segmsnta obtusissimis, sub sinu subtus glaudulis 

 minimis unis sitis ; glanduhs flavescentibus pimctiformibus, patioUs circ. 

 2 cm. longis vel brevioribus subtaretibus vel sul)tetragouis supra et uti-oque 

 latere tenuiter sulcatis basi vix vel Iiaud dilatatis glabris, stipuUs fere ol)- 

 soletis vel miuutis late cuspidato-ti-iaugularibus -J mm. lougis; cirrhis simplicibus 

 asillaribus 10 cm. lougis deorsum teretibus supra medium 2-3-bracteatis 

 (bracteis miuutis) sursum dorso complauatis. Racemi axillares 1-2-florati longo 

 Ijedunculati, ]^)edimculis 3-6 cm. lougis glabris teretibus supra mediiun flores 

 singulos vel gemiuos lateraHter gerentibus, supra partam floriferam elongatis 

 ad cirrhos simplices complanatos abeimtibus, bracteis sub basi psdicalli floris 

 -singulis triaugulari-acumiuatis 2 mm. longis li ram. latis raargine reraote vel 



