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LopHOSPERMUM SCANDENS. CLIMBING 
LopHOSPERMUM. : 
SEK EK EERE EEEEEER 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—ScropuunaRineE&. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla campanulata ; limbo 5-lobo, 
subequali. Capsula bilocularis, irregulariter dehiscens. 
Semina imbricata, membranaceo-alata. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Lopnospermum®* scandens ; foliis cordatis acuminatis inciso- 
serratis, pedunculis ebracteatis, caule herbaceo. 
L. scandens. Don in Linn. Trans. v. 15, p. 353. Sweet 
Brit. Fl. Gard. N. S. t. 68. 
Besieria scandens. Sesse et Mocino. MSS. 
Descr. Plant herbaceous, climbing, chiefly by its peti- 
oles. Stem round, brownish-green, In a very luxuriant 
state pushing out roots from near the base ; bark smooth, or 
somewhat cracked. Branches round, opposite, villous, 
purple at the base, young shoots green. Leaves five inches 
and a half from the base to the apex, and rather more 
across, numerous, opposite, petioled, deltoideo - cordate, 
acute, inciso-toothed, villous on both sides, bright green 
above, paler below, three-nerved, the lateral nerves branch- 
ed, slightly reticulated, chiefly at the margins, teeth mucro-_ 
nate. Petioles purple, villous, as long as the leaf, stout, 
round 
* From Aces, @ crest, and cmeppa, a seed, from the structure of the 
seeds. 
