obtuse, quite entire, the basal pair smallest; terminal 
segment much larger, three-lobed, base cuneate, narrowed 
into a channelled petiolule; lobes oblong, tips rounded; 
petiole shorter than the leaf, deeply channelled in front, 
and with two large, oblong glands, one on each sidejof the 
apex. Cymes axillary, dichotomous, few-fld., with a 
slender tendrilin the fork. Male flowers shortly pedicelled, 
an inch long. Calyx narrowly campanulate, pale yellow, 
five-lobed ; lobes spreading and recurved, ovate, sub-acute ; 
tube pubescent within, and with stipitate glands at the 
very base. Petals very small, linear-oblong, inserted half 
way down the tube of the calyx. Filaments united in a 
slender tube, bearing five linear anthers.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, base of leaf and apex of patiole showing the glands; 2, vertical 
section of male flower; 3 and 4, stamens :—all enlarged. : 
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