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AMERICAN PASSIFLORACEAE 517<br />
306. Passiflora campanula ta Mast, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 13, pt. 1:<br />
615. 1872.<br />
Passiflora Bolstadii Duse"n, Archiv. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 13 :<br />
50. 1905; Arkiv Bot. 8, No. 7: 5. 1909.<br />
Stem slender, terete, hirsutulous; stipules semi-ovate, about 15<br />
mm. long, 5 mm. wide, cuspidate-acuminate, denticulate especially<br />
toward base, subrevolute, reticulate-veined (veins impressed on<br />
upper surface), sparingly hirsutulous or glabrescent above, sparingly<br />
hirsutulous on veins beneath; petioles up to 3 cm. long, bearing 2 to<br />
4 inconspicuous, stipitate glands near middle; leaves 5 to 12 cm.<br />
along midnerve, 4 to 9 cm. along lateral nerves, 6 to 12 cm. wide<br />
between apices of lateral lobes, 3-lobed to or beyond middle (lobes<br />
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, minutely mucronulate),<br />
rounded or subcordate at base, entire, or slightly serrulate<br />
at base, 5-nerved, reticulate-veined (nerves and veins impressed on<br />
upper surface, blackish on under surface), subcoriaceous, dark green<br />
above, grayish glaucous beneath, hirtellous on nerves and veins and<br />
at margin, or glabrous above; peduncles solitary, up to 3 cm. Jong,<br />
slender; bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 1.5 to 2 cm. long,<br />
about 1 cm. wide, acuminate, dentate or serrate in lower half, membranous,<br />
hirtellous at margin, and on nerves and veins beneath;<br />
flowers 5 to 6 cm. wide; sepals oblong-lanceolate, about 2.5 cm. long<br />
and 8 mm. wide, obtuse, 5-nerved, the nerves blackish and hirsutulous<br />
on outside, the middle nerve terminating in an awn about<br />
3 mm. long; petals oblong-lanceolate, subequal to the sepals, obtuse;<br />
corona in 3 series, the 2 outer rows of filaments 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long,<br />
those of the third series about 4 mm. long, capitellate; operculum<br />
membranous, filamentose, the filaments about 4 mm. long; limen<br />
cupuliform, closely surrounding base of gynophore; ovary subglobose,<br />
brownish-hirsute-villous.<br />
TYPE LOCALITY: Organ Mountains, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<br />
ILLUSTRATION: Arkiv Bot. 8, No. 7: 7.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Brazil.<br />
BRAZIL: Minas Geraes: Serra de Itatiaia, 2,100 meters, Dusen in<br />
1902 (S, type collection of P. Bolstadii?). Rio de Janeiro: Organ<br />
Mountains, Lobb (K, type). Sao Paulo: Puiggari (P). Parana:<br />
Monte Alegre, Dusen 14078 (S). Ypiranga, Dusen W37a (S).<br />
Santa Catharina: Ule 207 (B).<br />
The very dark nerves and veins are conspicuous on the under<br />
side of the leaves and bracts of this species. Though originally placed