Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba ... - Passion Flowers

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of sepals reflexed at anthesis; petals absent; coronal filaments in 1 series,
adnate to the calyx tube, 25-30, the free portions 2.0-5.7 mm long, 0.1-0.3 mm
wide, linear to narrowly ovate, erect, appearing red with yellow apices when
dried, ratio of coronal (portion not adnate to sepal) to sepal (free portion) 0.25-
0.44; rarely a trace second coronal row of filaments may be present just outside
the operculum; operculum 1.4-2.0 mm long, plicate, appearing red when dried,
the margin with narrow minutely fimbrillate teeth; nectary 0.1-0.5 mm high, 0.7-
2.5 mm wide, sulcate; limen slightly recurved to erect, 0.1-0.7 mm high, 0.1-0.5
mm wide, red when dried, limen floor 2.9-5.0 mm in diameter, red when dried;
androgynophore 17.8-23.5 mm long, 0.8-1.1 mm wide, red when dried gradually
getting lighter distally or with the red coloration nearly reaching the apices of the
staminal filaments; free portions of the staminal filaments 5.4-8.0 mm long, 0.3-
0.6 mm wide, linear, greenish yellow or red; anthers 2.8-3.5 mm long, 0.7-2.0
mm wide; styles 4.2-5.5 mm long including stigmas, 0.1-0.3 mm wide, greenish
yellow; stigmas 0.73-1.33 mm in diameter; ovary 3.6-8.0 mm long, 1.0-2.7 mm
wide, fusiform, greenish yellow. Berry 25.0-26.0 mm long, 5.9-9.0 mm wide,
ellipsoid and tapering at both ends (fusiform), very dark purple. Seeds ca. 20,
obovate in outline, 3.1-3.7 mm long, 1.6-1.8 mm wide, 1.2-1.3 mm thick, acute at
both ends, reticulate-foveate with each face marked with 15-17 foveae. Fig.
8.13-8.14.
Distribution and Ecology
Endemic to Jamaica, in the parishes of St. Andrew and St. Thomas. Tropical
dry forests in roadside thickets and wooded limestone hills near Lucky Valley (St.