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oribus, petalis 5 albis oblanceolatis ad faucem calycis insertis, corona 

 nulla, staminibus 5 antheris linearihus, filauientis brevibus applanatis infra 

 oram calycis insertis. 



A glabrous climber, with slender terete woody stems with a 

 membranous brown epidermis. Leaves distant, simple ; petiole 

 slender, about an inch long, attached a little above the base of 

 the ovate membranous blade, which is 2-3 in. long. Male 

 flowers only seen, arranged in axillary cymes ; pedicels slender, 

 4-J in. long. Calyx greenish, glabrous, with a funnel-shaped 

 tube 3 in, long, and 5 reflexing lanceolate segments rather 

 longer than the tube. Petals 5, whitish, lanceolate, | in. long, 

 inserted at the throat of the calyx. Anthers 5, linear, erect, 

 j in. long, with short flattened filaments inserted a little below 

 the throat of the calyx-tube,— Baron 2827 ! 



Mklotiiria (§ Zkhneria) emtene> t sis, u. sp. 



Volubilis, glabra, dioica, foliis longe petiolatis cordato-ovatis acutis 

 denticulatis cuspidatis membranaceis facie obscure scaberulis, floribus 

 masculis copiose racemosis, fcemineis in umbellas axillares paucifloris 

 saepissime dispositis raro solitariis, fructu subgloboso lacunoso, sennnibus 

 discoideis obscure marginatis. 



A glabrous herbaceous twiner, with slender angled smooth 

 stems, with a long simple tendril from each node much twisted 

 spirally towards the tip. Petiole 1-2 in. long ; blade 2-3 in. 

 long, cordate-ovate, with a deep basal sinus, irregularly patent 

 deltoid-cuspidate teeth, and a distinct mucro, thin in texture, 

 green on both surfaces, obscurely scattered over with white 

 points and rudimentary bristles on the upper surface. Male 

 flowers in copious axillary racemes ; calyx minute, campanulate. 

 Female flowers in peduncled axillary umbellate cymes, rarely 

 solitary. Ovary oblong, narrowed into a short cylindrical neck. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate, under ^ in. long and broad, densely 

 hairy inside; teeth minute, deltoid. Petals 5, small, oblong, 

 inserted at the throat of the calyx-tube. Stigma placed opposite 

 the tip of the petals. Berry \-\ in. in diam., brown when 

 mature, conspicuously pitted all over the epidermis. Seeds 

 whitish, obuvoid-diseoid, \ in. long, obscurely margined. — Baron 

 390! 3971 2821! Porker ! Mr. Baron has also rediscovered 

 (2318 ! 2020 ! 2001 !) M. Butcnbergiana, Cogn. in Eel. Kutenb. ii. 

 p. 251. 



