Undescribed plants from Guatemala and other Central 
merican Republics. XVI. 
JOHN DONNELL SMITH. 
WITH PLATE XXXVI. 
Passiflora porphyretica Mast.—($ DECALOBA). Scandens 
cirrata, ramulis teretibus setis longiusculis patentibus fulvidis 
dense vestitis; foliis 5-6" long. x34 lat; superioribus 
gradatim minoribus, crassiusculis superne scabriusculis, infra 
molliter setuloso-tomentosis, subrotundis palmatim trinerviis, 
basi breviter cordatis, lobis rotundatis divergentibus ultra 
medium trilobatis lobis obtusis integris, medio parum lon- 
giore; petiolis 25™" long, eglandulosis; stipulis 8—-10o™ long. 
oblique ovatis acutis violaceo-purpureis; floribus numerosis 
secus apices ramulorum racemoso-fasciculatis; pedicellis 2”; 
bracteis floribus approximatis circa 1™ long. ovato-oblong!s 
acutis petaloideis violaceo-purpureis; floribus diametro a 
tubo lato expanso; sepalis oblongis 3-nerviis, petalis conformi- 
bus paulo brevioribus; corona faucialj univel biseriali filis 
crassiusculis purpureo-maculatis petalis vix brevioribus; corona 
media membranacea dimidio breviore erecta tubulata plicata 
margine anguste inflexa; corona infra mediana annulari cras- 
siuscula; gynandrophoro gracili glabro; ovario ovoideo setu- 
loso; stylis gracilibus. — P/are XXXVI. 
Species ob stipulas bracteasque coloratas, necnon ob inflor- 
escentiam racemoso-fasciculatum commemorabilis. 
“Sunny places in forest near Jutiapa, Depart. Jutiapa, Guat., 
alt. 1,200", Apr. 1894, Heyde & Lux, no. 6,334. ; 
egonia conyallariodora CC. DC.; erecta glabra follis 
modice petiolatis ovato-acuminatis basi inaequali utrinque f0- 
inflorescentia cum pedunculo folium fere aequante multiflora, 
oblongis cum filamentis fere aequilongis, fl. fem. 2-lobi lobis 
rotundatis integris stilis 3 bifidis laciniis spiraliter papilli- 
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