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CISSAMPELOS. Linn. 



Flores dioeci ; masculi : Calyx tetraplivllus, patens. Corolla nulln. Drscus 

 hypogykus orbicularis. Stamina quatuor, in columnam brcvem scutelli- 

 formem connata. AiNTHERyEuniloculares, transverse adnatse et externe dehis- 

 centes. Flores feminei : Calyx : ibliolum i , laterale, spathaeforme. Corolla : 

 petalum i, lrypogynum, fbliolo calycino oppositum '. Ovarium i, oblique 

 ovatum. Stylus brevissimus. Stigmata 3. Fructus drupaceus, orbicularis, 

 compressus, monospcrmus. Semen lunatum, fundo prominenti loculi 

 circumpositum, utraque extremitatc inferne spcctans. 



Frutices volubiles. Folia alterna, exstipulacea, petiolata, simplicia, 

 integra, in plurimis peltata, integerrima, in C. crenata Dec. crenato- 

 sinuata, saepissime reniformia autcordata. Flores minuti; masculi cjmosi, 

 cymis axillaribus solitariis geminis aut ternis bracteolatis ; feminci race- 

 mosi , racemis axillaribus solitariis bractcatis, pediccllis fasciculatis. 



i. CISSAMPELOS pareira. 



C. foliis subrotundo-reniformibus, peltatis (interdum apicc cmarginalis?), supra glabris, 

 subtus pubescentibus; racemis femineis folio longioribus; fructibus nmricato- verrucosis, pubes- 

 ccntibus. 



Cissampelos Pareira. Lam. ill. t. 83o. DeCJnd. Syst, veg. i.p. 533.. 



Cissampclos Pareira var. a. Linn. Sp.pl. ed. 7V. 4- p- 86 1. 



Crescit prope coznobium Caripense, alt. l\5o hex. [Nova Jndalusia.) {? Floret Septembri. 



Calles rainique filiformes, striati, glabri. Folia alterna, peiiolala, subrotundo-reniformia, supra basim 

 pcltata, apicc emarginata ct mucronata, integcrrima, rcticulato-G-S-ncrvia, membranacea, supra glabru 

 et hctc viridia, subtus pubescentia et pallidiora. 2 pollices longa et lata. Petioli filiformes, slriati, glabri, 

 2-2Tpolbces longi. Specimina mascula a me baud visa; feminca. Racemi axillarcs. solilarii, 3-3-^ pollices 

 iongi, bracieati ; rhacbi filiformi pediccllisque glabris. 1'lores minuti, pcdicellati, 4*7 ftsciculato-congesti, 



' Ex Aub. du Pctit-Thouars. 



