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388 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY BOTANY, VOL. XIX
long, biglandular near base, the glands orbicular, sessile; leaves
3-lobed two-thirds to three-quarters their length (lobes oblong, 3
to 6 cm. long, 1 to 3 cm. wide, rounded, almost truncate at apex,
glandular in sinuses between lobes, the middle lobe slightly longer
than the ascending lateral lobes), subcordate at base, entire at
margin, subcoriaceous, the nerves and veins impressed above;
peduncles up to 4 cm. long, recurved; bracts oblong-lanceolate,
about 1 cm. long and 5 mm. wide, acute, narrowed at base, 1-nerved,
borne about 1 cm. below base of flower; calyx tube campanulate;
sepals oblong, about 1.5 cm. long and 5 mm. wide, obtuse, concave,
carinate, the keel winged, terminating in a horn 4 to 5 mm. long;
petals linear-oblong, slightly shorter than sepals; corona filaments
in several series, the outermost about 1 cm. long, slender, radiate,
the inner erect, very short; operculum membranous, filamentose
above; ovary ovoid, glabrous.
Brazil.
TYPE LOCALITY: Rio Preto,
State of Pernambuco, Brazil.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality
in eastern
BRAZIL: Pernambuco: Rio Preto, Gardner 2877 (K, type).
This species is
intermediate between the series Laurifoliae and
Lobatae, having the narrow stipules of the former and leaves shaped
like those of many species of the latter.
231. Passiflora prolata Mast. Bot. Jahrb. 8: 219. 1887.
Stem obtusely angular,
glabrous or puberulent; stipules linearsetaceous,
4 to 15 mm. long, deciduous; petioles 1 to 2 cm. long,
2-4-glandular near middle, the glands subsessile; leaves 3-lobed to
middle, 5.5 to 12 cm. along midnerve, 5 to 9 cm. along lateral nerves,
6 to 13 cm. wide (lobes lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, caudateacuminate),
rounded or cordulate, serrulate, membranous or subcoriaceous,
glabrous, or finely puberulent beneath; peduncles 3 to 4
cm. long; bracts free to base, ovate-lanceolate, 4.5 to 5 cm. long,
1.5 to 2 cm. wide, entire, membranous, green, glabrous or puberulent;
flowers 5 to 7 cm. wide; calyx tube campanulate; sepals oblong,
2 to 2.5 cm. long, 8 to 10 mm. wide, dorsally long-aristate just
below apex, white within; petals oblong-spatulate, slightly shorter
than the sepals, obtuse, white; corona filaments filiform, purple,
in several series, those of the 2 outer series about 2 cm. long, the
innermost half as long, the intermediate ones very short; operculum
membranous, arising at base of tube, cleft into numerous linear-