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18. Iodes madagascariensis. 



Frntex long^e sarmentosiis (test. Chapelier) ; caiile riimisquo 

 terclibus v, ancipili-conipressis tetrngonisvc, dense fernigineo v. 

 tulvido-hirsiitis ; corlicc {Cannabis more) filamontoso, l)asi caiilis 

 tuscato insequali-fisso. Folia opposila, breviter (ad 1 cent.) pclio- 

 lata, longe ovalo-acuta v. sublanccolata (ad 4 2 cent, longa, 5 cent, 

 lata), basi cordata ; apice pleriimque acuminato ; integerrima 

 membranacea, supra dense viridia, subtus pnulo pallidiora ; petiolo 

 costaque cum nervis primariis obliquis vcnisriuc laxc reliculalis 

 pilis iisdem rufescentibus ac ramis obsitis. Rainiiliis adcst iinns ad 

 inlernodia fere omnia, qiioad folia lateralis, incirrlmm gracilom lon- 

 giim, apice simplicem ramosumve, mntatus, ciijiis ope planta, Goua- 

 niarum v. Ampelidearum more, arboribns in vicinitate crescen- 

 tibus adfixa remanet. Ad internodia noniiiilla, praecipue in siipre- 

 nnis ramis, ramiilus ille fertilis evadit (unde cirrhornm nosciliir 

 natura, quge eadem acin Vitibus est). Flores cymosi diœci; cymis 

 basi pedunculatis valde ramosis pilis iisdem rufescentibus ferru- 

 gineisve accaule indntis. Flores minuti crebri 3-5-mori ; periau- 

 tliio (?) duplici ; exteriore brevi in8eqiiali-o-5-dentato ciliato hir- 

 suto; interiore longiore; foliolis 3-5, basi connatis, apice Hberis, 

 longe lanceolalis parcius hirsutis; prsetloratione valvala. Slamina 

 3-5 sub gynaeceo rudimeutario breviter conico inserta ; fdainonlis 

 brevibus ereclis ; antheris iuœquali-obovatis (tbtusissiuiis, dcmum 

 reOexis, inlrorsmn 2-riniosis. In tlore fœminco androcaei vcsti- 

 gium nullum. Gyngeccuiu libcrum ; germine basi atteiiuato 1-locu- 

 lari 2-ovulalo, apice stigmate sessili excentrico lineari longitudine 

 sulralo coronatn. Frnrtiis dnipacei basi perianthio persistente 

 muiiiti ellipsoidei (1 cent, lougi, J, cent, lati) glaberrimi ; meso- 



