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Cissus ANTARCTICA. KaNncGurRU VINE. — 
KR KK EERE EEE KEKEKEEK 
Clase and Order. | 
TerranpriA Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
p Cal. \-phyllus, 4-partitus. Cor. 4-partita. Bacca 1- 
‘Sperma (rarissime 4—5-sperma), calyce cincta. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cissus antarctica ; foliis ovatis laxe serratis glabriusculis 
_- subtus glandulosis. Vent. Choix. t. 21. Hort. Kew. 
ed. alt. 1. p. 259. 
Cissus antarctica; foliis ovatis subcordatis remote serratis 
subtus biglandulosis, ramulis ferrugineo-pilosis. Willd. 
) Enum. 163. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 3. p. 308. 
Cissus glandulosa ; foliis ovatis glabris laxe dentato-ser- 
| ratis, nervis basi glandulosis, petiolis ramisque pubes- 
centibus, caule fruticoso. Poir. in Encycl. Bot. 
Suppl.1. p. 105. n. 14. 
Sees 
__ This climbing shrub is described and figured by M. Ven- 
_TENAT, as quoted above; the ee ee is also repeated 
by Rormer and Scuutres in the New SystemaVegeta lium, 
towhich we have nothing to add, but to remark that the 
reason our figure does not represent any tendril, is because 
in the branch from which our drawing was taken, the pe- 
duncles all bore flowers, in which case the tendrils are of 
course wanting, these always having their origin in abortive — 
peduncles. a 
Native of New South Wales, and known in our gardens 
y the name of the Kanguru Vine. Introduced into the 
Kew Garden in 1790, by Sir Joser# Banks. Is a hardy 
Sreenhouse plant, only requiring to be kept from frost. 
mmunicated by our friend Joan Waxker, Esq. from his 
€ction at Southgate. 
