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the smaller ovate. Petals orbicular, 13% 1. long, glabrous, pellucid-punctate. 
Stamens 2 1. long, anthers globose. Ovary flavo-sericeous, 134 1. high, 
bracteoles minutely subulate, disk glabrous, ovules about 8 to the cell, style 
2%-31. long. Mature berries not seen. 
Forests of Santa Rosa, Depart. S. Rosa, Guatemala, alt. 5000 ft., July 
1887, von Tiirckheim, no. 1318 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. e m. 
Jussieua geminiflora Donnell Smith. (§ eas Micheli) 
—Fruticosa glabrescens. Folia subsessilia elongato-lanceolata 
ad basin acuminata. Flores singuli aut bini brevissime pedicel- 
latitetrameri parvi. Calycis tubus in medio lineari-bibracteolatus 
lobos aequans petala orbiculari-ovata paulo superans. Discus 
leviter elevatus. Stylus crassus brevissimus. Capsula obovoideo- 
globosa. 
Shrub 6-8 ft. high, branching freely, branchlets subterete, the younger 
ones pubescent. Leaves membranaceous, puberulous on midrib and nerves, 
otherwise smooth and shining on both surfaces, 3-4 X 3-1 in., slenderly and 
acutely elongated, decurrent to the very short petiole. Pedicels most often 
geminate, puberulous, in anthesis ¥%4 1. long, in fruit 21. long. Bracteoles 21. 
long, & |. broad, free from the small subulate stipels. Calyx sparsely pilose; 
the tube tetragonal-obconic, 2 1. long; lobes triangular-lanceolate, 1 |. broad, 
Petals 1'4-13(X1% 1. Disk pubescent, % 1. high. Stamensa little exceeded 
by stigmas ; anthers subsessile, torulose, 3% 1. long. Style 4 1. long, ecostate. 
ovate leaves, solitary flowers, lanceolate bracteoles, petals broader than long, 
and very elevated disk. 
Confluence of the rivers Puerto Viejo and Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, Jan. 
Ps Biolley, no. 7379 herb. nat. C. R.—Swampy thickets, Atirro, Prov. 
Cartago, Costa Rica, alt. 1800 ft., Apr. 1896, Donn. Sm., no. 6502 Pl. Guat., 
etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm. 
Passiflora Pittieri canis § Sey ceriescnls ut videtur 
fere ecirrata; r. puberulis; petiolis 
15 mill. superne sulcatis ad basin laminae glandulosis ; stipulis 
petiolis dimidio brevioribus lineari-subulatis ; foliis g—10 x 4 cent- 
subcoriaceis glabris oblongis abrupte acuminatis; pedunculis 
axillaribus petiolis duplo longioribus supra medium articulatis ; 
bracteis dissitis setaceis ses ee diamet. 6 cent., tubo glabro 
12 mill. infundibuliformi; sepalis 40 mill. long. crassiusculis 
oblongo-obtusis exappendiculatis ; petalis sepalis conformibus 
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