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444 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY BOTANY, VOL. XIX
narrowly oblong, 0.5 to 1.5 cm. wide, acute, aristulate, glandularserrulate
in sinus), rounded or cordulate at base, membranous;
peduncles very long and rather stout, 25 to 35 cm. long; bracts
borne at apex of peduncle, verticillate, ovate, 1 to 1.2 cm. long,
6 to 7 mm. wide, acute and aristulate at apex, subacute at base;
flowers about 10 cm. wide, rose-colored; sepals lance-oblong, about
1 cm. wide at base, obtuse, dorsally keeled, the keel terminating
in a foliaceous awn 1 to 1.3 cm. long; petals linear, 1.5 to 2 cm. long,
about 3 mm. wide, obtuse; corona filaments narrowly liguliform,
in 2 series, the outer 2 to 2.5 cm. long, the inner 5 to 7 mm. long;
operculum about 2 cm. long, erect, filamentose nearly half its length;
limen cupuliform, closely surrounding base of gynophore; ovary
ellipsoidal.
DISTRIBUTION: Western Venezuela, at an altitude of about 2,500
meters.
VENEZUELA: Me'rida: Near MeYida, collector not known, No. 1202
(P). Tachira: La Grita, 2,500 meters, Karsten (V, type).
This and another Karsten species, P. meridensis, Masters knew
only from description, and their identity has never been well established
since. The type of P. gritensis, in the Vienna Herbarium,
though consisting only of the upper part of the stem, with a stipule,
leaf, and peduncle attached, agrees perfectly with an excellent specimen
from an adjacent Venezuelan state, which I decided was a
new species but fortunately had not described. The coronal structure
indicates that the species was correctly placed in Granadilla by
Karsten, though the very long peduncle suggests certain tacsonias;
indeed, the vegetative parts are very similar to those of P. semiciliosa,
the type of the subgenus Granadillastrum.
275. Passiflora Sprucei Mast, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 13, pt. 1: 568.
1872.
Plant glabrous throughout; stipules semi-ovate, 1.5 to 3 cm. long,
0.5 to 1.2 cm. wide, mucronulate, rounded at base, undulate; petioles
up to 3 cm. long, bearing 2 to 4 sessile glands less than 1 mm. long;
the leaves 3-lobed to or below middle (lobes lanceolate or oblonglanceolate,
acute or acutish, serrulate or subentire, the middle lobe
produced, the lateral lobes divergent), 5-nerved, peltate about 2 mm.
from lower margin, green or glaucous beneath; peduncles up to 5 cm.
long; bracts oblong or lance-oblong, about 1.5 cm. long, 5 to 8 mm.
wide, acute, borne close to base of flower; flowers up to 7 cm. wide;
calyx tube campanulate; sepals linear-oblong, 5 to 7 mm. wide,