640 DR. M. T. MASTERS ON THE PASSIFLORACEE. 
2. S. LEVIGATA, R. Br., DC. Prod. ii. 322. 
Hab. Afric. trop. oecident. 
VIII. BARTERIA, Hook. fil. Journ. Linn. Soc. 
v. 14, t. 2. Benth. et Hook. 1. 812. 
1. B. viGrITIANA, Hook. fil. loc. cit. 
Hab. Afric. trop. occid. 
2. B. risrULOsA, Mast. in Oliv. Flor. Trop. 
Afne, n. DIE. 
Hab. Afric. trop. occid., Fernando Po. 
IX. CROSSOSTEMMA, Planch. in Hook. Niger 
Flora, 364. Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. i. 813. 
1. C. LAURIFOLIUM, Planch. /. c. 
Hab. Afric. trop. occid. 
X. DEIDAMIA, Thouars ex Benth. et Hook. f. 
Gen. Pl. 1. 811. 
Species 5, Madagascarienses, a me non visze. 
XI. THOMPSONIA, R. Br. ex Benth. et Hook. 
Gen. Pl. i. 811. 
Genus a me non visum, a cl. Brown nomine 
tantum indicatum. 
XII. ATHERANTHERA, genus novum, e tribu 
Modeecearum, Modecce affine. 
Flores dichlamydei, unisexuales, masculi hucus- 
que tantum recogniti. Sepala 5, æqualia, primo 
inter se æqualiter distantes, postea, ob petalorum 
inæqualitatem, sepala duo a reliquis sunt amota. 
Petala 5, imbricata, concava, demum inæqualia. 
Corona nulla. Stamina 10, quorum 5 sterilia, 
basi cohærentia, petalisque adnata. Filamenta 
plana, liguliformia, superne demum torta. An- 
there subglobosæ, uniloculares (connectivo in 
mucronem curvatum exeunte), primo introrsæ, 
postea, tortis filamentis, extrorse rimaque lon- 
Fig. 2. Fig. 3. 
Pollinis cellule 
sphæricæ. Pistilli rudimentum minutum.— Herba 
cirrata, late scandens. Folia alterna, petiolata, 
cordata, late ovato-acuta, repando-dentata. Petioli 
Stipule nulle. Flores paniculatim 
gitudinali unica dehiscentes. 
eglandulosi. 
dispositi. 
Genus hucusque floribus masculis recognitum 
sepalis, petalis, staminibusque, ab affinibus valde 
diversum. | Quoad habitum Modeccam refert. 
A. WzLwrrscuu, Mast. in Oliv. Flor. Trop. 
Afric. 11. 520. 
Hab. in dumetosis ad sylv. oras Mala de Pungo, 
Angola (Welwitsch !). 
Fig. 4. 
Fig. 5. 
1, Flos masc. a latere visus. 2. Altero latere visus. 3. Flos arte explanatus, 4. Diagramma. 5. Stamina fertilia tria 
et staminodia duo monstrat, 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
. In the ‘ Flora Brasiliensis’ I have given a Table showing the distritos: of the species 
of Passifloree, so that a few general remarks are all that is necessary in this place. The 
i: em x 2 
ro me | Africa; i but the bones are there pi few. On the other hand, 
a are almost wholly tropical in their distribution, which extends in America from : a 
bout lat. 40° N. to lat. 40° S. The largest number of distinct genera are to be found - 
