Paropsia-I lxiv. passifloebj!. (M. T. Masters,) 601 



above; petiole under 1^, in. Peduncles I in. Flowers neaxlj ^ tin. CWyairsegments 

 leatliery, Pe^a^s narrow at the base, ciliated. Ooaj-y turbinate, .villosei. ^njj< the 

 size of a.hazel nut, suhglobose ; rind dry, leathery. Seeds ovoid, flattened, pitted. — 

 Larger in; all its parts than F.maiayana. 



S. DEODECCA, Lam. 



Twining herTas or undershrubs. Leaves entire or palmiloljed, usually with 

 two or more flat, circular glands on the under surface and, with, similar glands 

 at the apex of the petiole, Cymes axillary, few- or many-flowered, on long 

 peduncles one or more of wliicli is sterile and tendril-like. Malfi flower : Calyx. 

 tubular or hell-shaped ; limb 5-lobed, lobes leathery, imbricate. Petals 6, free, 

 membranous, 1-nerved, springing from the calyx-tube. Corona a ring, of threads 

 arisilng from near the base of the calyx-tube, or wanting. Glands of the disc 5, 

 opposite the sepals, strap-shaped or capitate. Andrcecium cup-shaped, mem- 

 branous beneath ; filaments 5, linear -subulate ; anthers linear-oblong, 2-celled. 

 Oiiosj-y rudimentary or 0. female flower : Ccdyx and corolla as in the male. 

 Corona a membranous fold, springing from near the base of the calyx-tube or 

 none. Glands of the disc 5, strap-shaped, capitate, opposite the sepals. Stanii- 

 nodes 5, forming a membranous cup surroundjng the base of the ovary, ahove 

 dividing into barren filaments. Ovary globose or elliptic, sessile or stalked ; 

 style cylindrical or none ; stigmas 3, capitate or flat and dilated. Fruit capsular, 

 3-valved. Seeds numerous, attached by long fimicles to jarietal placentas. — 

 DisTBBB. A small genus, native of the tropics of the Old World. 



Sect li nxicroblepharis, W. 8r A. Petals springing from the throa,t of 

 the calyx-tube, stigmas sessile. 



1. nX. Wig'Iitiana, Wall. Cat. 6764; leaves membranous uniform or 

 diverge all cordate ovate acute or some more or less palmately S-lobed. Wight 

 le. 179; jr. ^ A. Prodr. i. 35.3 ; Thwaites Enum. 128. M. diversifoHa, Wall. 

 Cat. 6763. 



Hills of the Westben Pentosula, and Ceylon. 



Soot tuberous. iraMcto striated, roughish. Leaves 2-3 b^ 2 in., glabrous, from 

 ovate entire rounded or slightly cordate at the base to hastate or palmately lobed i the 

 central lobe longest, obtuse; nerves remote; petiole about 1 iu., ■with a sessile gland 

 on each side at the top. Peduncles axillary, filiform. Flowers not seen.. Calyx, 

 according to Wight's flguie, small ; tube short, lobes, ovate. Petals broad, shorter 

 than the sepals, attached to the throat of the calyx. Ovary subglobose, surmounted 

 bythiee cvineate, fringed, reBexed stigtaas. FruU glabrous, the size of a small plum, 

 s'ttbglobose or ovoidj 3-valved. Seeds flattened, heart-shaped, rugulose; with parallel 

 ridges around the margins. — Wight and Arnott refer Wallich's M. diversifolia tp 

 Vitis lanceolaria, but the type specimen in Wallich's herbarium clearly belongs to the 

 present species. 



2. nx, slngraporeana, Mast. ; leaves leathery . shortly petioled oblong 

 acumiiiate, flowers elongate, anthers apiciilate. Passiflora singaporeana. Wall. 

 Cat. 1233. 



. Mai/aooa. Singapore, ITaZ&'cA.— tDistrib. Borneo. 



GJabrous. . Leaver 3-4 by 2 in., rcorjacepus, oblong^obDvate, obtuse, tapering to 

 the base, midrib prominent, secondary nerves remote; petiole '^ in., with a large 

 sessile glaind on either side at the top. Tendrils as long as the petiole. Male flowers 

 i .iu.,'.eionga,te-fusiform. Calyx leathery, shortly 5-lobed, lobes ovate, connivent 

 (J.always). PetcUe thick, leathery, oblong acute, springing from the calyx-tube .just 



