374 Ign. Urban: 



Passifloraceae. 



Passiflora Tulae Urb. (n. sp.) ramis hornotinis ad apicem pulve- 

 rulentis, cito glabrescentibus ; stipulis e basi triangulari lineari-subulatis 

 1 mm. longis valde deciduis; foliis 3 — 1 cm. longe petiolatis, semiovali- 

 bus v. semiellipticis, basi rotundatis, autice obtusangule excisis et bi- 

 lobis v. subtruncatis v. lobo intermedio plus minus evoluto subtrilobis, 

 5 — 9 cm. longis et 5 — 10 cm. latis, chartaceis v. subcoriaceis, 3-ner- 

 vibus, subtus ocellatis, glabris; pedicellis ad axillas euphyllorum soli- 

 tariis v. geminis 2,5 — 5 cm. longis, in 2 / 3 — 5 /e a ^- articulatis; floribus 

 in alabastro oblongo-cylindraceis, sanguineis; sepalis petalisque aequa- 

 libus 3,5 — 4 cm. longis oblongo-linearibus; Corona exteriore cylindrica 

 margine superiore undulato-crenulata, non filamentosa. 



Murucuja ocellata Bello Ap. I (1881) p. 274; — non Pers. 



Passiflora Murucuja Stahl/ Est. IV (1886) p. 151; Krug Ic. 

 t 292!; — non Linn. 



Caules scandentes sulcato-striati glabri laeves. Cirrhi simplices. 

 Folia petiolis eglandulosis, lobis lateralibus breviter triangularibus usque 

 ovatis acutis v. rotundatis, saepius obsolete apiculatis, intermedio, si adest, 

 breviter v. brevissime triangulari v. semilunari obtusissimo lateralibus fere 

 semper breviore, nervis utrinque prominentibus et dense reticulato-anastomo- 

 santibus, glandulis impressis inter nervum medium et laterales uniseriatis 

 4 — 6-nis, supra nitida, subtus opaca. Pedunculi 1-flori; bracteolae ad 

 v. plerumque sub articulatione pedicelli ternae filiformes, nunc binae oppo- 

 sitae nunc omnes alternae 2 — 3 mm. longae. Floris tubus 4 — 5 mm. 

 longus, 7 — 8 mm. crassus, brevissime pateriformis. 10-sulcatus, intus ad 

 basin cavernas 10 praebens, apice paullo constrictus. Sepala 6 mm. lata 

 subaequilata apice obtusa, parallele 12 — 15-nervia. Petala sepalis aequalia 

 et aequilonga, sed paullo tenuiora, 8 — 10-nervia, nervis ad marginem et 

 superne magis ramosis et anastomosantibus. Corona exterior subcoriacea 

 ca. 2 cm. longa aurantiaca, nervis creberrimis; intermedia e medio tubo pro- 

 diens membranacea multiplicata horizontaliter usque ad stylum incurva, antice 

 truncata et crenulata v. incisa, efilamentosa enervis; basilaris carnosula bre- 

 vissime cupuliformis, basin gynandrophori cingens. Gynandrophorum pe- 

 talis subaequilongum, 1,3 mm. crassum striatum. Antherae oblongae ca. 

 5 mm. longae. Ovarium breviter v. subgloboso- ovale glabrum: styli 5 mm. 

 longi, apice clavato-globosi unilateraliter stigmatosi. Fructus globulosi v. 

 ovali-globulosi, 12 — 14 mm. diametro. Semina suboblique ovata convexa, 

 angustissime marginata, 3 mm. longa, fere 2 mm. lata, in seriebus subhori- 

 zontalibus tuberculata. 



Hab. in Portorico in sylvis primaevis et ad margines sylvarum, 

 nunc in sylvulis Coffeae arab. in Sierra de Luquillo, Sierra de Naguabo 

 in monte Piedra pelada, Sierra de Tabucoa in monte Cerro Gordo, prope 

 Adjuntas in monte Cienega ad La Lucia, prope Utuado circa Isabon, 

 prope Maricao, prope Lares ad Espino et ad Buenos Aires, m. Nov., 

 Jan., Mart, April, flor., m. April, fruct: Eggers hb. pr. n. 1306, Sin- 

 tenis n. 343, 1171, 2597, 4176, 6010, 6081, 6479, Stahl s. n. 



