shoots pubescent. Leaves three to five inches long, hastate- 

 ovate, or ovate-cordate, deeply lobed at the base, membranous, 

 reticulated ; petioles half an inch to one and a half inches' 

 long. Racemes axillary and terminal ; peduncles running out 

 into very slender branched hooked tendrils ; bracts subulate ; 

 pedicels slender, half an inch long. Sepals half an inch long, 

 bright rose ; outer cordate, acute, margins reflexed ; inner 

 much smaller, oblong, acute. Staminal tube with, a triangular 

 tooth between the bases of the filaments ; filaments pubescent, 

 three longer than the rest. Ovary ovoid; styles three, 

 stigmas reniform.-— /. D. ff. 



Fig. 1 Flower and pedicel; 2, staminal column; 3, the same laid open, 

 snowing the ovary ; 4 } transverse section of young fruit ;— <dl magnified. 



