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AMERICAN PASSIFLORACEAE 473
The shape of the leaves of this species is quite uniform, and very
different from that of other representatives of Dysosmia. The bracts
are of the P. foetida,*not the P. pectinata, type.
300. Passiflora vestita Killip, sp. nov.
Herba scandens tota rufo-hirsuta; folia trilobata, lobis ovatolanceolatis,
acutis vel acuminatis, lateralibus suberectis, sinu cum
lobo medio acuto vel subacuto, ad basin truncata vel cordata, dense
glanduloso-ciliata; bracteae 1-2-pinnatisectae, segmentis paucis,
ultimis glanduliferis; fructus globosus, rufo-hirsutus; semina obcuneata,
8 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, apice tridentata, margine laevia,
medio 10-reticulata, brunnea, nitida.
Herbaceous vine, densely rufo-hirsute nearly throughout; stem
subterete; stipules semi-annular about stem, laciniate-cleft to about
1 mm. from base into filiform, gland-tipped segments; petioles 6 to
15 cm. long, rufo-hirsute, bearing in addition numerous gland-tipped
hairs about 3 mm. long; leaves 7 to 15 cm. along midnerve, 5 to 12
cm. along lateral nerves, 6 to 12 cm. wide, 3-lobed (lobes ovatelanceolate,
acute or acuminate, the lateral lobes suberect, the ^inus
between them and the middle lobe acute or subacute), truncate or
cordate at base, densely glandular-ciliate at margin, membranous,
dark green above, paler beneath; peduncles solitary, 4 to 5 cm. long,
stout; bracts 4 to 5 cm. long, pinnatisect or obscurely twice pinnatisect,
the segments relatively few, the ultimate segments filiform,
gland-tipped; calyx tube and sepals densely grayish-hirsute without;
fruit globose, about 4 cm. in diameter, deep yellow, rufo-hirsute;
seeds obcuneate, about 8 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, tridentate at apex,
reticulate at middle of each face with about 10 reticulations, smooth
toward margin, dark brown, lustrous.
Type in United States National Herbarium, No. 1,356,534, collected
in forest between Yurimaguas and Balsapuerto (lower Huallaga
basin), Department of Loreto, Peru, altitude 135 to 150 meters,
August 26, 1929, by E. P. Killip and A. C. Smith (No. 28126).
Duplicates at F and Y.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from type locality,' northern Peru.
The material here described was past its prime when collected,
the flowers being badly withered. It clearly represents a species of
the subgenus Dysosmia, but it can not be referred to P. foetida, even
taking that species in the widest sense possible, or to any other
described species. The lateral leaf lobes are erect, nearly as long as
the middle lobe, and the sinuses between the lobes are acute; the