Passiflora misera Kunth

(Thomas Morona 896)
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SSIFLORACEAE	[203]
ssi flora misera Kunth
det. IMichaele Milward-de-Azevedo 2017
PLANTS OF SOUTH AMERICA
Collected by Thos. Morong, 1888-1890.
9	Pilcomayo River, Paraguay.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
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Passiflora Maximiliana, Bory, Ann. Sci. Phys. Gen., ii, 149, t. 24. j
Pilcomayo River (896 and 1032). January-May.
Stem 4-angled, downy, climbing over low shrubs. The leaves .]
quite curious, being composed of 2 long linear leaflets, which are
thoroughly united at the base, spreading divaricately so as to appear!
; as if there were only a single leaf 7-15 cm. in length, standing at
right angles to the petiole. This is 8-20 mm. wide at the widest!
I part, and obtuse or acuminate, sometimes aristate at each end.
I Flowers very light purple, not over 4 cm. io diameter. Fruit aboutl
as large as a plum and dark purple when mature. I found this on ,
the banks of the Pilcomayo near the “Junta,” and very common J
in the water of the great laguna above the Falls, w'here its numer-i
ous dark berries were very conspicuous.
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