HisppertTiaA CuNNINGHAMII. Mr. CUNNING- 
HAMS HispperTtia. 
Class and Order. 
Potyanpris Potyeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Ditientacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Stam. numerosa libera filiformia equalia; anthere ovato- 
oblonge. Ovaria 1—15; stylt filiformes inflexi. Carpella 
membranacea dehiscentia, sepius 1—2-sperma. Semina 
exarillata. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Hiepertia Cunninghamii ; subvolubilis glabra, foliis alter- 
nis linearibus basi cordatis amplexantibus marginibus 
revolutis, staminibus exterioribus sterilibus, carpellis 
5 glabris 4—5-spermis. _ 
Himzertia Cunninghamii. Ait. MSS. apud Hort. Reg. Kew. 
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. Descr. A somewhat twining shrub, with slender, branch- 
Mg stems, clothed with reddish, smooth bark ; branches 
slender, straggling, zigzag. Leaves two to three inches 
long, glabrous, (as is the whole plant,) linear, more or less 
acuminated, entire, broader and cordate at the base, and 
Somewhat amplexicaul, spreading, the margins somewhat 
Teflexed. Young leafy shoots often spring from the axils, 
» Sela an appearance of the leaves being fasciculated. 
wers axillary, solitary, large, handsome. Peduncles 
an mch or more long. Calyx of five, imbricated, unequal, 
teddish-green, ovate, at length reflexed leaves. Petals 
"ight yellow, obovate, much waved, especially at the 
Margins. Stamens yellow, in two or three series, the outer 
of short, abortive filaments, the inner gradually larger, 
and bearing perfect, oblong anthers. Pistils five. Germens” 
