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AMERICAN PASSIFLORACEAE 409
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern and Central Cordilleras of Colombia.
COLOMBIA: Norte de Santander: Ocana, Kalbreyer 1202 (B,
Santander: Las Vegas, Killip & Smith 15911 (G, N). La Baja,
Funck & Schlim 1384 (Gen, P). Cundinamarca: Bogota, cultivated,
Goudot (P); Triana (Gen, K, P), 2943 (EM, type of P. longipes
var. retusa, HNC). Anolaima, Lindig 610 (BM). Tequendama
Falls, Schultze 66 (B, N). Tolima: Quindio Trail, Humboldt &
Bonpland (B, P, type).
This and the next following species are readily distinguished by
the stout peduncles and the long, narrow sepals. The operculum of
P. longipes is quite unlike that of any near relatives.
This is the type species of Bory's Anthactinia, a genus proposed
for the granadillas with entire leaves and glandular petioles. No
other species were formally transferred by Bory, but Roemer applied
the generic name to several Old World species of Passifloraceae.
LOCAL NAME: "Flor del campo."
246. Passiflora mucronata Lam. Encycl. 3: 33. 1789.
Passiflora albida Ker, Bot. Reg. 8: pi. 677. 1822.
Passiflora pallida Veil. Fl. Flumin. 9 : pi. 70. 1827. Not P. pallida L.
Decaloba pallida M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. 2: 152. 1846.
Passiflora aetheoantha Barb. Rodr. Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de
Janeiro 3: 60. pi. 8. 1902.
Plant glabrous throughout; stem terete, stout, about 2 mm.
thick, slightly flexuous; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long,
0.5 to 1.5 cm. wide, subacute, mucronate, oblique (midnerve excentric),
cordulate at base, strongly reticulate-veined, often glaucous,
coriaceous; petioles 1 to 2 cm. long, obscurely 2-4-glandular near
middle; leaves ovate-cordate, 4 to 12 cm. long, 2.5 to 6 cm. wide,
rounded at apex, subpeltate, 3-5-nerved, conspicuously reticulateveined,
thick-coriaceous; peduncles solitary, up to 8 cm. long,
articulate about 1 cm. below apex, terete, often arcuate above, very
stout, fully equal to the diameter of the stem; bracts oblong-lanceolate,
2 to 2.5 cm. long, about 1 cm. wide, acute, apiculate, narrowed
at base, sessile, reticulate-veined, thin-membranous, usually glaucous,
borne at least 1 cm. below base of flower; flowers 8 to 10 cm. wide,
white; calyx tube campanulate; sepals linear, up to 8 mm. wide,
in an awn 2 to
obtuse, dorsally broadly keeled, the keel terminating
3 mm. long; petals linear, about as long as the sepals, obtuse; corona
filaments in 2 series, the outer very slender, about 10 mm. long, the
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