1902.] Gr. King— Maleiiah for a Flom of (he Unhujim Peiufisnla. 41> 
Ovdm LL PASSIFLOHE^E. 
Twining hei'bs or shrubs, mroly erect. Leaves alfrornafce, ^tipnlate^ 
eutire or lobisd, peimi- or palmi-uerveil, frequently glaiidular beiionth. 
Pe/w/e uauaily befirtng gbbuds. SHpules foUa>Qeom minute, Tcmlrila 
axillary or 0. In^orescence axillary, cymose^ sometiDies with one or 
more branchea ciiThoae, rarely Rowers aolitai-y. Bmcteoles 3, niinute aud 
scattered, or foliaceoiis and forming an epicalyx, rai'ely 0. FlotverH 
regnlai*, unisexual, or bisexual. Calij.€ tubular at tlie ba,s0j lle.sliy, aub- 
coriaeeouH oi- mombranouB ; segments imbricate, 5. Feialis 0 or sit* many 
aa the cjilyx-lohcsv springing from the tube of the calyx, membraooiia 
or fleshy, imbricate, marcescent. Corona of one or moie rows, filament- 
ous or membi-ftnous or both, arising from various portions of the calyx- 
tube, mrcly 0; bitsilar corona urceolate or cup-shaped, surrounding the 
base of the andrtBcimn, sometimefi represented by five separate gliinds 
of the disc; rarely 0, Stamem 5, ir» a tube or fi-ce to the base, perigyn- 
ous; anthei-s ohloog, 2*cellud, basi- or dorsi-fixed, dehiscing laterally or 
introsely. Ovary superior, on a gynophore or snbseaaile, I -celled with 
3 parietal pUcentas, rmliuientary or absent in the male flowers. Sfijles 
1 or 8 ; stigmas reniform, capitate or ttattened. Oxides uuniBrons, pen- 
dulous, anatropna; funicJe expanded into a cup-shaped arillns, Frttit 
baccate or capsular. Seeds numei'ou.s, ovoid or fattened, often pitted, 
covered with a fteshy arillns; albumen fle.Hhy, rarely scanty ; embryo 
straight, cotyledons flat leafy, radicle short terete. — Distkib. : Chiefly 
tropical ; most numerous in South Amei ica. Genera about 18 ; species 
about H20. 
Erect Bhruhs, withont tendrils 
Suimilent, wiLli teudriia:— 
Fruit patpy, Endeliiaceut ; flowers large 
Frait debiBcijui ; flowers sbtiall 
L PAJiOrajA, Noroiih. 
Shrubs. Leaves simple. Fhtvers in dense axillary cymes. Oatyx- 
tube short; limb 5-parted. Putah 5, springing from the base of the 
tvilyx-tube. Corona of fine threads .springing from the tube of the caly.t 
and more or less divided into five phalangi?s. Otjmphore short; fila- 
ments flat; anthers oblong. Ovarif snbglobose. Sfyte short, dividing 
into three branches; attgnias leniforniL-capitate. F'rwtV capsular. — Dis- 
TKIB. Species -If or 5, natives of tropical Africa and Malaya. 
P. VARECifORMia, Mast, in Trans. Linn. Soc., XXVH, 639. A shrab 
or small tree. Leaves subceriaccouH, obloiig or oblong- lanceolate, acute 
or shortly acuminate, the base cuneiitci, the edges entire or (rarely) 
miuuteiy serrate ; both surfaces gUbroay except the glaudular puberuloua 
J, II. 7 
... 1 PAKUrSIA. 
... 2 PissiFtoaA, 
... 3 .inKNiA. 
