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rarius pentapetalis, petalis liberis parum puberulis, staminibus corolla 
brevioribus, stylo brevissimo, stigmate dilatato lobulato, baccis 
ovatis majuseulis, seminibus ovatis basi sensim attenuatis. 
In silvis a flumine Burnett usque ad rivum Hastings. Beckler. 
F. M. 
Frutex altior, seandens. Ramuli striati. - Cirri pauci- v. pluri- 
pollicares. Petioli sepius unciales. Foliola pleraque 2—3" longa, 
glabra, exsiecatione fere chartacea, recentia paulo carnulenta, 
denticulis glanduloso-callosis remote notata, nervis lateralibus 
pertenuibus valde divergentibus percursa, subtiliter venosa; foliolum 
medium petiolulo paucilineari v. subunciali przeditum.  Stipulz fere 
triangulares, callum arcuatum relinquentes. Panicula 1-2" longa, 
pluri- v. multiflora. Pedunculus primarius brevis vel obliteratus, 
braeteis fere sesquilineam longis przditus ; peduneuli secundarii 
ut plurimum gemini, sesqui- ad paucilineares, szpius iterum divisi. 
Pedieelli eireiter 1" longi, basi minutim bracteolati. Flores bi- 
sexuales. Calyx brevissimus, obscure repando-lobatus. Petala 
circiter 12" longa, semilanceolata, apice conspicue cucullata. 
Stamina circiter lineam longa. Filamenta lineari-filiformia. 
Anthere minute, flavze, subovatz. Discus tantum basin ger- 
minis eingens, Stigma subsessile, circa 3" latum, quadrilobulatum, 
papillosulum. —Bacea nigrescens, circiter 3" longa. Semina 4-6" 
longa, non subito in basin attenuata, rugulosa. 
Vitis clematidea. 
(Sect. Cissus.) 
Ramulis angulatis striatis, cirris bifidis, foliis glabris pedato- 
ffoliolatis longe petiolatis, stipulis lineari-subulatis, foliolis herbaceis 
rhombeo- v. lanceolato-ovatis acuminatis grosse serralis v. lobatis, 
medio longe petiolulato, lateralibus in petiolulo diviso geminis ter- 
nisve passim profunde incisis, paniculis longe peduneulatis bi- v. 
trichotomis puberulis, pedicellis plerisque perbrevibus cymosis, 
alabastris subglobosis, floribus hermaphroditis tetrapetalis, stami- 
nibus corolla brevioribus, stylo filiformi, stigmate minimo, baecis 
parvis subglobosiseseminibus lato- v. cordato-ovatis. 
In Australia boreali et orientali tropiea et extratropica, hine 
usque in Novam Angliam progrediens. 
Stirps altior. Cirri bi- v. paueipollicares. Petioli 1-13" longi. 
Stipule diu persistentes, cirea 2" longz.  Foliola 1—2" metientia, 
subtus parum pallidiora. Pedunculi sepe biuneiales. Petala viri- 
dula, 1" paulo breviora. Antherz subovatz, flavze. Stylus circiter 
/ VEU PUER Pia : 
t£ longus. Bacca pisi majoris magnitudine, nigrescens, sueculenta. 
Semina circiter 2 longa, nuüc levia, nune rugosa. Endopleur& 
in plicas albuminis intrans. 
V. lanceolariz propinqua. 
