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NEW PASSIFLOREA. 
By Maxwett T. Masters, M.D., F.R.S. 
Tur following note comprises a description of . , ee 
undescribed Passi assifloree, of which specimens are to b ont in the 
herbaria at Kew and in the British Museum (Natur story) at 
South Kensington. The new genus proposed ‘mma, together 
with Passiflora decipiens, P.platystyla, and P.ian deaeiaoite eworthy 
not only as additions to the or der, but also o econon 
se and from the Seah of view of mensiad distebutian. 
Mitostemma Mast., gen. nov. PassirLoremarum. — Flores 
hermaphroditi, 4-5 meri. Floris tubus brevissimu s late cam- 
etala 
 liberis sapaone tveehie: acutissimis ecied ava tate. series 
in alas 
intermedia e preeced ra 
membranaceas albidas altas s superne laceratas extensis, series intima 
e processubus omnino membranaceis oblongis obtusis lacero- 
fimbriatis conflata; stamina 8-10 hypogyna, filamenta erecta liber 
vel plus minus intersese Mantis anthere versatiles oblong 
ea es. Gynophorum erectum sulcatum enode. variu 
ellipsoideum suleato-lobatum ‘L. loculare, placentis parietalibus 4, 
styli 4 graciles, stigmata majuscula sein tglegs -capitata. -Ovula 
anatropa. Fructus et semina ignot.—Frutices v. arbores? Rami 
teretes. Folia breve petiolata oblonga coriacea glabra 1-costata, 
nervi secondarii approximati late divergentes ad apices arcuati, 
issi lense intertexte. Ori... ? 
sie corona, and the rere pd stamens wholly separate 
from the gynophore. The corena springs from the mouth of the 
very short flower-tuhe, and Spaacats of a large number of separate 
thread-like thick propesoed arranged in a — series; the 
outermost are terete, acute, fleshy, reddish orange, somewhat 
shorter than the petals; next to these is a airs of lobes like 
those just described, but each has a membranous lacerate wing on 
either side, so that the thick fleshy thread is, as it were, a midrib 
between the two membranous wings; the third and innermost 
seein sales of a number of oblong processes, nea membranous, 
crisped, and lacerate at the edges. ‘There is no other corona, ——_ 
bo oe series at the throat of the tube. The 8 or 10 stamen 
hypogynous and more or less coherent at the base, durcixtoding: 
a Wee 21. [Fepruary, 1883.) D 
