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 6-^jn., on stalks |-1| in., terminal leaflet lanceolate, the two lateral obliquely ^-cordate, 

 ierrate', covered above with stifl' spreading liairs, beneath with a rust-coloured felted 

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; 3. p. clssoides, Blume Bijd. 193; leaves 3-foliolate, V^nches leaves 

 and peduncles covered vpith a sparse white deciduous flocculent^down. 

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 pt. li. 44. ^ Embamma cordigera, Griff. NotuL iv. 694 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 646 

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' A slender climber. Leaves membranous ; petiole 1^-3 lii. ; leaflets shortly staiKe , 

 3-4 by 2-2i in. ; terminal obovate, lateral oblique, half cordate-ovate, distantly and spi- 

 nosely serrate, speedily becoming glabrous above, permanently pubescent on the nerves 

 beneath. Tendrils short, bearing the glabrous expanded inflorescence. Flowers ^merons. 

 Fruit globose, J in. diam., subfleshy, 2-celled, 4-seeded, Seed i by i in., tnangular, 

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.: A slender climber, with glabrous branches. Leaves membranons ; petiole ^i-^,^^'! 

 leaflets very shortly stalked, 24-3 by 1-1 j in., oblong-obovate, tipped with a naiu 

 bristle, distantly andspinosely serrate, at' length nearly glabrous above, nerves beneai 

 #veredwith a dense rusty tomentum. Tendrils short, bearuig the glabrous w^^ 

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 mmal tube, revolute. Stamens united at the base into a 5-lobea tuu*, 

 filaments inserted between the lobes of the tube, inflexed ; anthers 

 and exserted, or connate and included in the tube. Ovary inserted on •"" 

 disk, 3-6-celled ; style short, stigma swollen ; ovules sohtary in "'^''^ <^*="» 

 erect. Berry 3-6-celled, 3-6-seeded, usually succulent, subgl 

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