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40° egressis, petiolis 13 mm. longis pubescentibiLs Lasi plas miniis dilatatLs. 

 Racemi terminales vel axillares cum pedunciilis 2-5 cra. longi haud raraosi, 

 jjedimculis 1-3 cm. longis hirsutis, pedicellis 1-3 mm. longis post anthesin pro- 

 longatis, fructiferis lcm. longis, bracteis minutis, pedicellis basi cum rliachibus 

 articulatis subglabris vel tenuissime hirsutis ajiice ad calycis tnbum abeiintibus. 

 Calycis tubiis olx)voideus § mm. longus -^ mm. latus glaber ajiice constrictus basi 

 gradatim ad pedicellum attenuatas, limbo basi cam^ianulato, partibiis basilaribiis 

 indivisis ^ mm. longis carapanulatis sursum 2-lobis, lobis oblongis deorsum 

 reflexis extus valde concavis intus convexis I5 mm. longis § mm. latis apice 

 acutis glabris. Petala 2 obtriangularia IJmm. longa totiiLsque lata apice ob- 

 cordata 2-lobata, lobis a2)ice rotundatis -J-^ mm. longis latisque, glabra basi 

 valde ciLspidato-cuneata ad insertionem i mm. lata 3-nervia, nervis a basi iiaullo 

 sursum connatis ibique divaricatis. Stamina 2, filamentis glabris filiformibus 

 erectis rectis Imm. longis, antheris globoso-reniformibus imm. longis latisf[ue ; 

 stylo cohimniformi Imm. longo glabro apice stigmatifero, stigmate globoso 

 ina?qualiter 2-lobato. Fructus oTwvoideo-eUipticus 2 mm. longus l^ mm. latus 

 apice obtusissinius basi attenuatus valde complanatus pilis uncifonnibus dense 

 obtectus 1-spermus. fiemina obovato-lanceolata vel oblanceolata valde compla- 

 nata 2 mm. longa § mm. lata apice obtiisissima basi acuta, testa IebvI coriacea 

 membranacea fulvescenti : albumen paucum ; embryo elongato-oblongus, radi- 

 cula infra cotyledones ^-plo in longitudine ajquanti, cotyledonibus amplis 

 1 mm. longis f mm. latis oblongis complanatis albis. Ovarium 1-loculare 1- 

 ovulatum, ovulis e pariete ovarii a basi ad § altitudinem oriundis subjieudulis 

 amphitropis : micropyle ad extremitatem inferiorem sita. 



Hab. Horisha : Taltalai, ad 6000 ped. alt., leg. W. R. Price. 



Xear Circcea cdpina Ldcx., but differs from it by the ovate, but not 

 cordate, leaves ; from C. Kaiuakamii Hatata, in having nearly globose ovaiy, 

 when it is yet young. Remarkable for its having uni-celocular ovaiy with a 

 solitary ovule. 



Passiflorese. 

 Jlodecca Lam. 

 Modecca formosana Hayata Ic. Pl. Formos. IV. p. 8. 



