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PASSIFLOREAE. 
Passiffora coccinea Aubl.; Mast. Gard. Chron. (1873) 605. Ma- 
piri, July-Aug., 1892 (1557)—Rusby's 492. 
PASSIFLORA VENOSA sp. n. (Sect. Astrophea). 
Glabrous, erect, non-cirrhose, the branchlets elongated, slen- 
der, flexuous, striate, green, the internodes 2 or 3 cm. long; 
petioles I-1.5 cm. long, blades 7-12 cm. long, 5-7 cm. broad, 
ovate, with rounded base and acutely short-pointed apex, coria- 
ceous, bright green, conspicuously reticulate-veined, the 5 pairs of 
cels mostly geminate, I-1.5 cm. long, articulated at the junction 
of the lowest third, the upper portion dark ; calyx-tube less than 
mm. long, one-half broader, the lobes 1.5-2 cm. long, oblong- 
oblanceolate, obtuse; petals a little longer (apparently violet or 
light-purple), linear- oblanceolate, obtuse; crown single, of two 
series, the divisions of the outer a little more than half the length 
of the petals, darker, linear-oblanceolate and falcate, the upper 
margin oblique and obscurely sinuately-lobed, those of the inner 
scarcely a third as long, filiform or narrowly linear; column Ic 
long to the base of the style-branches ; stamens 5, the limes. 
and anthers each about 5 mm.long, the former inserted a little 
above the middle of the column; style-branches 3, nearly as long 
as the column, the stigma large; fruit not seen. 
Between Tipuani and Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1656). Near P. 
Mandont. : 
PASSIFLORA URNAEFOLIA sp. n. (Sect. Disemma ?) 
Glabrous, climbing, stems slender, green, very strongly an- 
gled, the internodes 5 or 6 cm. long ; petioles 2-3 cm. long; 
blades (length of midrib) 5-6 cm. long, 6-8 cm. broad, urn-shaped 
by the abbreviation of the terminal lobe, which is exceeded 1 
or more by the two lateral, the outline below the acute dolor f 
the latter regularly rounded, thinly revolute; me Seen, 
strongly reticulate, bright green, 3-ribbed ; tendrils simple, slen 
er; pedicels geminate in the axils, 2 or 3 cm. long, slender; 
bracts none; sepals (light-blue?) 2 cm. long, oblong, obtuse ; 
petals about half as long; crown double, the outer of two series; 
divisions of the outer series linear, 8 mm. long, those of the i inner 
rudimentary, filiform ; inner crown a fimbriate thick annulus; sta- 
mens 5, inserted at the base of the obovoid Wap the peas I 
m. long, thick and fleshy, white, the anthers 3 or 4 mm. lon 
iier 3, very slender, green, about 8 mm. long, the stigmas large. 
fruit on a stipe half its own length, globose. 
Mapiri, July-Aug., 1892 (1517). Near P. Andersonii DC.; also 
near P. capsularis Lam. 
