PASSIFLORACEAE 

 Passiflora pertriloba sp. nov. § Decaloba-Polyanthea. 



Planta ut videtur herbacea, scandens, cirrhosa, ramis gracilibus, plus 

 minusve villosis glabrescentibus, vix 2 mm. diametro, ramulis gracilionbus; 

 foliis alternis, perspicue 3-lobatis, fere hastatis, ad 7 cm. longis et 8 cm. latis, 

 basi latissime subtruncato-rotundatis, minute cordatis, 3-nerviis, subcharta- 

 ceis, in sicco olivaceis, utrinque glabris vel junioribus ad costam nervosque 

 leviter pubescentibus, margine breviter hirsutis, lobis ovatis, acutis vel leyi- 

 ter acuminatis, lobis terminalibus majoribus, 2.5-5 cm. longis, 2-4 cm. latis, 

 lateralibus patulis, ad 2.5 cm. longis latisque; petiolo plus minusve hirsute, 

 1.3-4 cm. longo, infra medio biglanduloso, glandulis subsessilibus vel brevis- 

 sime stipitatis, ad 0.8 mm. diametro, subpatelliformibus; stipulis Imean- 

 lanceolatis, graciliter acuminatis, pubescentibus, 4-5 mm. longis; flonbus 

 circiter 1.5 cm. diametro, plerumque 2-3-fasciculatis, axillaribus, pedicellis 

 gracilibus ad 1 cm. longis, leviter pubescentibus, articulatis; calycibus gla- 

 bris, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, sursum angustatis, acutis, leviter acuminatis 

 vel subobtusis, distincte reticulatis, circiter 6 mm. longis; coronae laciniae 

 numerosae 2-4 mm. longae, 0.25 mm. latae, deorsum leviter angustatae; 

 androgynophoro glabro, 4 mm. longo; staminibus 5, filamentis 2.5-3 mm. 

 longis, 'antheris oblongo-ellipticis, 3 mm. longis; ovario glabro, subellip- 

 soideo, stylis 2-3 mm. longis, stigmatibus capitatis. 



iNDO-CHix'k. Tonkin, Hanoi, in hedges at the Mot Cot pagoda, Pélelot 2482, Feb. 

 1938. -^Ke^.^a^ JJ :/fé ■ y^y-2 ,..^^ 



A species belonging in the gênerai group with Passiflora Leschenaultii DC. 

 and strikingly différent from ail the species hitherto described from Indo- 

 China and côntiguous areas. The leaves are prominently 3-lobed, almost 

 hastate in shape, ail lobes acute or slightly acuminate, the terminal one 

 larger than the latéral ones, the latter distinctly spreading. The leaf shape 

 in gênerai reminds one of some of the species of Acer with 3-lobed leaves 

 and some forms of Hcdcra hélix Linn. 



