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378 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY BOTANY, VOL. XIX
6 lateral secondary nerves to a side), membranous or subcoriaceous,
rufo-hirtellous, especially beneath; peduncles solitary, 1 to 1.5 cm.
long, articulate; bracts narrowly oblong, 0.8 to 1.5 cm. long, 2 to 6
mm. wide, undulate; flowers 5 to 8 cm. wide; sepals narrowly oblong,
3 to 3.5 cm. long, about 1 cm. wide, obtuse, keeled without, the keel
terminating in a short awn; petals equaling sepals, white; corona
filaments in several series, the outermost liguliform, 6 to 8 mm. long,
those of the succeeding series filiform, 2 to 3 mm. long; operculum
membranous, 4 to 5 mm. long, inclined inward, erose at margin;
nectar ring a low, annular ridge midway between operculum and base
of gynophore; limen(?); ovary ovoid, tomentose.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brazil.
ILLUSTRATION: Mart. Fl. Bras. 13, pt. 1: pi. 117, f. 2.
DISTRIBUTION: East-central Brazil.
BRAZIL: Ilha Santa Catharina, Gaudichaud (P). Bahia: Blanchet
10 (F), J$8 (Y). Minas Geraes: Lagoa Santa, Warming 1178
(Cop, type).
The vegetative characters of P. malacophylla and P. bahiensis
are very similar, but the bracts and the flowers of the former are
much larger and the peduncles are solitary, not fascicled.
224. Passiflora serratifolia L. Sp. PI. 955. 1753.
Granadilla serratifolia Medic. Malvenfam. 97. 1787.
Passiflora denticulata Sesse" & Moc. Fl. Mex. 227. 1887.
Stem terete, striate, hirtellous; stipules linear-subulate, about
7 mm. long, serrulate toward apex; petioles 5 to 12 cm. long, densely
hirtellous, bearing 6 clavate glands about 1 mm. long; leaves ovate
or ovate-oblong, 8 to 12 cm. long, 4 to 7 cm. wide, acuminate,
rounded or cordulate at base, serrulate, membranous, or subcoriaceous,
glabrescent above, short-hirtellous beneath; peduncles
solitary, 5 to 7 cm. long; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 3 cm. long,
0.8 to 1 cm. wide, acute, finely pubescent, green; flowers 4 to 6 cm.
wide; calyx tube campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 2.5 to 3 cm. long,
5 to 8 mm. wide, carinate, the keel terminating in an awn about
2 mm. long, purplish; petals oblong-lanceolate, 1.5 to 2 cm. long,
4 to 6 mm. wide, obtuse, purplish; corona filaments in several series,
the outermost filiform,
2.5 to 3.5 cm. long, radiate, purple at base,
white toward apex, those of the succeeding 3 or 4 series liguliform,
1 to 2 mm. long, banded with purple and white, those of innermost
series 8 to 10 mm. long, connate at base; operculum membranous,