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PASSIEFLORA albida. 
White long-stalked Passtonflower. 
a 
MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. PASSIFLOREE. Jussieu in ann. du mus. 6. 102. 
PASSIFLORA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 18; et vol. 7. fol. 574. 
Div. Foliis indivisis. - 
P. albida, foliis subrotundo-cordatis petiolo bicalloso; floribus solitariis pe- 
dunculo robusto longo aliquoties brevioribus; involucro foliaceo ante 
anthesin caduco; calycis carinis undulato-alatis; operculo radiato; co- 
lumnd inclinat4; staminibus secundis. - 
Frutex alt@ scandens: rami teretes, pallide virentes, glabri, superné ,fio- 
vifert. Fol. distantia, intervallis longiora, membranacea, luteo-virentia, 
subrotundo-cordata, mucronata sub-5-nervia, reticulato-venosa, supra nitida, 
subtriuncialia, transverse pariim angustiora: pet. folio ter fere brevior, sulco 
supra inscriptus, rubro crebré puncticulatus, medium versits bicallosus eallis leté 
virentibus subrotundis approximatis cum disco glanduloso lutescente in apice: 
stipule gemine, tenuitér foliacee, erecta, subdimidiato-cordate, acuminate, 
mucronate, basi oblique rotundate, venose, uncia breviores, nervo longitu- 
dinali. eccentrico. Pedunculi aaillares, solitarii, uniflori, 5-G-unciales v. 
ultra, pallide virides, robusti, teretes, rigidi, articulo inter florem et tnvo- 
lucrum medio. Involucrum ante anthesin caducum, foliaceum, florem c@sti- 
vantem includens, unciale v. ultra; foliola 8 tenuia, pallide viridia, elliptico- 
lanceolata utrinque attenuata, subverticillata, sessilia, erecta, nunc margine 
vage glandulosa v. sepé levia, cicatrices 3 conspicuas post casum lin- — 
quentia. Flos albidus, distanter radiatus, diametro triuncialt v. majore, 
inodorus. CAt.: urceolus pallidissime virens oblato-cylindraceus, limbo mul- 
totids (4-5iesve) brevior, exsulcus, ecostatus, estriatus, subtis intrusus; 
limbus chloroleucus segmentis elongato-oblongis ( sesquiuncialibus latitudine 
trilineari) obtusis, concaviusculis, carina subvirente undulato-alata superne 
profundiore aristato-rostrata. Cor. calyci equalis alba tenuior mutica. Co- 
rona corolle concolor, triplo ferme brevior, patens, radiis laxids biseriatis, 
exterioribus jfiliformibus, flexis, interioribus duplo brevioribus crassioribus 
compressis. Opexculum corone concolor, radiatum, radiis stipitem laxée ob- 
vallantibus, clavatis, supra compressis. Nectarium septulo brevi crasso 
denticulato fundum circumambiente subbicameratum, areolé columnifera 
centrali elevatd supra marginatd. Columna corolle subequalis, curvatus, 
inclinatus, pallidissimé virens; stipes crassitudine penne corvine, germine 
duplo longior. Germ. opacum pallidissimum, ovali-oblongum, obsolete 3-go- 
num. Stam. irregularia, inequalia, secunda: filamenta viridia, linearia, 
punctis rubris vage picta: anth. lineari-oblonge, polline flavo. 
An unpublished Brasilian species, found wild by Messrs. 
‘Cunningham and Bowie, the King’s collectors, in the vici- 
nity of Rio Janeiro. Introduced into Kew Gardens in 1816, 
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