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glaucous. Leaves alternate, petiolate, subcordate at the base, palmately 
5-lobed, lobes unequal, oblong, sub-oval, obtuse, entire or sublobu- 
late, especially the central lobe, sinuses obtuse, glabrous, glaucous, 
with one large gland at the base of the limb on the upper surface, and 
avery small one at the base of each sinus; tendrils simple. Male 
fl.: forming a thick, cylindrical, axillary spike. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper. 
. Only known from Richard’s description above translated. Hochstetter proposed that 
1t should be made the type of a new genus, Podiotheca. 
5. M. Kirkii, Mast. A herbaceous climbing plant, with slender, 
flexuose, angular, furrowed branches. Leaves membranous, covered 
on both surfaces with reddish, glandular dots, and with sessile glands 
in the axils of the nerves on the under surface, deeply 5—7-lobed, 
obes linear-oblong, obtuse, irregularly pinnately divided, the median 
obe largest, the basal lobes directed towards the stem. Petiole 1 in. 
°r more in length, less than half the length of the blade, thickened 
and decurrent at the base for a short distance along the stem, and pro- 
vided at its apex with two large glands on the upper surface. Tendrils 
thickened at the end. Peduncle axillary, slender, terete, longer than 
the adjoining leaf, bearing at the top a much-branched, many-flowered 
syme, the central branch of which ends in a tendril. Male fi.: 
lower-buds elliptic. Pedicels slender, longer than the flowers. Calyx 
nnel-shaped, about din. long; limb 5-parted, segments imbricate, 
oblong, obtuse, thinner at the edges where overlapped. Petals emerg- 
ing from below the centre of the calyx-tube, membranous, 3-nerved, 
crenulate at the edges. Filaments monadelphous; anthers protruding 
yond the mouth of the calyx, basifixed, about the same length as the 
‘ments, linear ; connective only slightly prolonged. Staminodes or 
glands of the disk 5, short, liguliform, capitate, enclosed in mem- 
Tanous pouches formed by petaloid processes extending from the 
he of the petals to the staminal tube. Pistil rudimentary. Female 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! 
hi x = stricta, Mast. An erect branching herbaceous plant, 2-4 ft. 
gh, with cylindrical, sulcate-striate, hispidulous, fistular branches. 
‘ af-stalks 2-3 in. long, terete, sulcate above, with two sessile olands 
af the apex ; leaves cordate at the base, deeply palmately 5-lobed, 
ge oblong-spathulate, sinuate denticulate, hispid, nerves prominent 
ay the upper surface. Stipules minute, linear-subulate, deciduous. 
mnarils axillary, hispidulous, floriferous in the centre. Flowers. . .? 
“ase axillary, 1—2 in. long, cylindrical, supporting an ovoid 
in ci fleshy berry, 2-3 in. long, encircled at the base by the persistent 
ee ae calyx. Seeds numerous, compressed, pitted, arillate. 
“*tyledons flat; radicle directed to the hilum; albumen horny. 
Mozamb, Distr. Zambesi, Tette, Dr. Kirk! Murchison falls, Dr. Meller! 
et ty & distinct species, though the flowers are not known. Thongh described 
* €Tect, it is supported by its tendrils, which cling to the branches of adjacent bushes, 
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