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‘¢Grows in forest-mould and climbs high upon trees; flowers 
greenish-blue.” (Vo. 2442.) 
Passiflora Bangii Masters, sp. nov. 
Sect. Granadella); ramulis glabris sulcatis cirrhatis; foliis 
distantibus, membran macciey glabris ; petiolis 4-5 cm. longis, glan- 
oblongis, acutis; laminis 9-10 cm. diam. S aeoicdantas, cordatis, 
palmatim 3~5-nerviis, ad aes trilobis, lobis oblongis acutis; 
pedunculis 6—7 cm., gracilibus, r-floris; bracteis (ut videtur) de- 
ciduis, a flore parum ‘remotis ; floribus diametro 5—6 cm., tubo glabro 
lato poculiformi; sepalis oblongo- lanceolatis, foliaceis, trinerviis, 
dorso ie foliaceo- Lire petalis albidis (?), oblongis, 
membranaceis, quam sepala parum brevioribus; corona fauciali 
filamentosa, ae eT filis Cae liguliformibus violaceis petalis 
paulo brevioribus, filis intermediis 2-3-serialibus violaceo-purpureis, 
capitatis, precedentibus dimidio brevioribus, filis intimis longioribus, 
versus apices uncinatis, inflexis; corona media a medio tubi em- 
ergente, membranacea, annulari; gynophoro crassiusculo, brevi, basi 
corona “cupulari albida membranacea circumdato ; filamentis latis- 
simis oblongis obtusis apice filo brevissi nitis 
ovario oblongo villosulo; stylis 3, crassiusculis apice dlavate-dilata: 
tis superato; fructu ut videtur oblongo, 6 cm. longi, glabro. (Vo. 
2224.) 
i) 
Passiflora erosa sp. nov. 
Minutely and rather sparsely puberulent, or the upper leaf-surfaces 
strigose; branches slender, pale, strongly sulcate; ee arg s nearly 
ng, ovate with attenuate acumination; tendrils simple; 
petioles 2-5 cm. long, slender; blades 0.5—1 dm. ae and broad, 
cordate, deeply and angularly 3-lobed, the lobes acute, the margin 
sinuate, distantly toothed, the teeth very short, acute or apiculate, 
thin, deep-green, paler underneath, where the very slender pale- 
yellow venation is rather prominent and continued into the teeth; 
pedicels mostly geminate, 0.5-1.5 cm. long, recurved, setaceous- 
bracted; calyx-tube depressed-globose, 1 cm. broad, the lobes 1.5 
cm. long, tapering from the base, which is 7 mm. broad; La 
wanting in my specimens; crown treble, the outer about 
and delicate, white, the divisions ovate with toothed or lacerate 
margin, the inner nea with a free somewhat fleshy border; 
gynophore mm. long; stamens 4, the filaments 5 mm. long, 
eciaeiae gs dare white, much dilated at the base, the anthers 2 2. 
. broad, triangular, obtuse; ovary globose-ovoid, 
5 mm. long, downy style filiform, 5 mm. ion ng, the stigma ca pi- 
tate, 0.5 mm. broad; fruit 2 cm. broad, dark-blue, glaucous. 
(No. 2272.) 
