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PASSIFLOREAE Juss. 



PASSIFLORA Juss. 



1. Passiflora (Decaloba) surinamensis. Canle podiincu- 

 lis foliisque subtiis toncrrime piiberulo -iiispersis i'ilo glabra- 

 tis, liis lato-scmiorbiciilaribns basi lata snbeoucavatis, apice 

 triincato - snbbilobis ( lobis siiigiilis iini -bi -siiniatis ), triner- 

 vlis norris mncronatim prodiictis, snbtns glaucis , basi iiilcr 

 nervös biglaudulosis glandiilisquc paucis in pagiiia sparsis, 

 petiolis brcvibns hirtellis, cirrho axillari solitario, podicpllls 

 plcmmqiie geminis petiolo pariiin breviöribns, infra medium 

 bibracteoiatis, calyce tcncrrirae pubernio- insperso. 

 Crescit in Suriaarao , m. Oct. fl. 



P, hemicijcJae Mej/,Esseq. p. 225. manifeste affinis, pube 

 aiitom, foliis majoribus iisqiie tolo apice siuuatis, et basi 

 latissima roncavis nee acntis haud difdcili negotio discernen- 

 da et ab aliis cognatis (P. Vespertilio Linn., P. hißora 

 Lam., P. Maximiliana Bory, rel.) propositis oharacteribus 

 diatinguenda. 



Caiilis herbaceus angulatus puberulus sensira giabrlor. 

 Pet toll ant'ice canaliculati dense hirlelli 1 — 1 ^/.^ cent. longi. 

 Folia crassius et rigidinscnle membranacea supra safurate 

 viridia nitida glabra praeter iraara basin praesertira ad mar- 

 ginem inqiie nervo fenere hirtellara, subtus glauca tenerri- 

 iiiis pilis mox deeidnis in^pcr i, dense reticulata, nervis 3 e 

 basi egressis, qnorura laterales ex extimis folii augulis acn- 

 tis mncronatim, medius in sinu medio cxcurrunt ; duobusque 

 nervis ad '/a ^''- ^ medio exortis prope apicem cum latera- 

 libus illis confluentlbus, qnandoque adhuc 2 minoribus prope 

 apirera accossoriis, omuibus crcbris anastomosibus jiinctis, 

 5 — 51/2 Cent, longa, 9 — 11 lata, vertice truncata medio 

 sinu lato in 2 partes scu lobos truncatos diremta, quorum 



