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AMERICAN PASSIFLORACEAE 493
Fendler 475 (Bo, G, Gen, K, Ph, Y). Falcon: La Vela de Coro,
Curran & Haman 479 (G, N, Y). Lara: Barquisimeto, Saer 11 (N).
El Tocuyo, Pittier 13109 (Gen, N, Ph, 7).
COLOMBIA: Magdalena: Santa Marta, Kittip & Smith 21088 (N).
In all probability this is the plant figured (pi. 212, f. 1} by Plukenet
and later by Hermann (pi. 176), these references having been
the cause of much confusion. Plukenet's description is indefinite,
but Hermann says, "Albus folio Ibisci sericeo-trilobatis. Calyx
tribus par vis foliolis sed integris constat," the last sentence evidently
referring to the involucre. The figure shows a 10-parted corolla,
and is substantially a reproduction of Plukenet's illustration. Linnaeus
listed both these references under P. hirsute, in the Species
Plantarum, but his first reference, to the Amoenitates, and a Plumier
figure also cited, show that this is P. suberosa, in the present broad
concept of that species. De Candolle in proposing P. Hermanni,
which he placed among doubtful species, said, "Foliis velutinis trilobatis
involucre minimo foliolis 3 integris, calyce 10-partito; in
Curacao. Affinis hinc P. hirsutae, illinc P. hibiscifoliae." The
difficulty, of course, has been the reconciling of the small bracts and
the hibiscus-shaped leaves, like those of variants of P. foetida.
In the typical form the bracts are very small for Dysosmia, and
are only once pinnatifid. In a few specimens, as Johnston 63 and 85
and Fendler 475, they are twice pinnatifid, these specimens being
intermediate between this variety and typical P. foetida.
301k. Passiflora foetida var. hirsutissima Killip, Carnegie Inst.
Wash. Publ. 461: 326. 1936.
Plant densely lanuginous-hirsute throughout; leaves subhastate
(midnerve: lateral nerves, 5:3), the middle lobe ovate or oblongovate,
abruptly acute; bracts about 2 cm. long at anthesis,
tripinnatisect,
the segments closely interwoven, densely long-pilose;
flowers about 2.5 cm. wide, pale pink, the sepals and petals densely
spotted with deep pink within; ovary glabrous.
TYPE LOCALITY: Sepacuite", Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.
GUATEMALA: Alta Verapaz: Sepacuite", Owen 9 (N, type).
The indument is denser than in most other varieties of P. foetida;
the bracts are closely interwoven, in this respect resembling var.
hispid a.