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July, 1849, in fruit. The leaves fall away early from the 
fructiferous plant, leaving the conspicuous stipular glands. 
Petals one third of an inch long. Capsule scarcely over a 
line in diameter. 
The collection of 1849 furnishes an undescribed Passi- 
flora, viz.: — 
PassirLora aFFinis (Engelm. Mss.) : “herbacea, scandens, 
elata, glabra ; foliis trilobis subtus glaucis petiolisque eglandu- 
losis, inferioribus subcordatis, superioribus basi subacutis, lobis 
subeequalibus obovatis obtusis setaceo-mucronatis integris ; 
stipulis setaceis; pedunculis binis petiolum equantibus vel 
superantibus 3-bracteatis, cirrho intermedio elongato sim- 
plici; petalis calycis lobis obtusis brevioribus et angustioribus 
-(flavescentibus) ; baccis (czruleo-atris) stipitem zquantibus. 
— Comanche Spring, climbing high over trees, in shady 
places. August—September.— Near P. lutea in aspect; 
from which it is distinguished by the bracteate peduncles, the 
deeply lobed leaves, the larger flowers, smaller seeds, &c. 
Lower leaves 3 inches long, and 4 wide, less deeply lobed than 
the upper, which are deeply divided. Petioles 4—12 lines 
long. Peduncles 12-15 lines long. Bracts 3, rarely 2, 
subulate, oblanceolate, or obovate, mucronate, often distant. 
Flowers 16 lines in diameter; the fimbrillze as long as sepals. 
Stipe half an inch in length, longer in proportion than in any 
other of our species. Berry of the same diameter. Seeds 
ovate, mucronate, transversely rugose, smaller and more tur- 
gid than in P. lutea. — De Candolle’s division of the genus, 
which would separate this species from P. lutea on account 
of the bracts, must be erroneous; moreover, P. lutea has not 
“‘ perigonium s. calycem 5-lobum, but 10-lobum, as well as our 
species.” — Engelm. 
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