No. 11. 



Iltliecocteiiium clematideum (Giiseb.). 



Tab. 7. 



PIthecoctenium clematiihum Grisebacli, Symb. ad Hör. Argent., p. 257, u. 1586; llieronymus, 

 Plant, iliaiili., p. 206, et in Bolet. Acad. Cieuc. eu Cördoba, p. 400; syu. Anentoiuieyhia dematideinn 

 Grisebacli, Plant. Lorcntz., p. 174, n. 653. 



Diag'iiosis. 



Frutex voliibilis, scanclens. 1 — 2 metralis. 



Eami torti; noselli aiiguloso-striati, tetragoni, parce et niiiiute lepidoti; 

 senescentes, angulis solulnlibiis. teretes, peridermate albicante tecti. 



Folia opposita, petiolata; plcraquc trilbliolata, noniuilla tbliok» termiiiali in 

 ciiTliuni mutato vel deiiciente 1)itbliolata, paiica -i — 5-foliolata. Petiolus quin- 

 quang'ulai'is, supra lepidoto-pubescens, c. 1 — 2V2 cm longus, persistcns. Foliola 

 integeiTima, ovata et in acmnen obtusiusciümn protensa, basi brevissime cimeata, 

 rotundata vel cordata, utrinque parce et miniite lepidoto-punctulata. niargine et 

 nei'vis puberula, sed denique saepius glalwata, petiolulata. petiolulo lepidoto-piiberulu, 

 '2 — IV2 cm longo, decidiia: maxima 5 cm longa. 3 — 4 cm lata. Cirrhus per- 

 sistens, teres, supra pu1)escens; adultus 4 — 7 cm longus, V2 — 7* mm crassus, 

 apice trifidus, rarius Itilidus, ramis ^li- — • - cm longis. 



Flore s c. 6 — 10 in racemos simplices in axillis bractearum dispositi, 

 bracteis oppositis, parvulis, 2 — 3 mm longis, lanceolatis, puberulis, pedunculati; 

 pedunculo 7i — VU cm longo, subangulato. bibracteolato; novello lepidoto-pubescente, 

 terete; fructilero incrassato, 2 — 2V2 mm crasso. Calix late tu1)uloso-campanulatus, 

 truncatus. quinque-denticulatus, lepidoto-puberulus, 7 — 10 nun longus: denticulis 

 parvis, vix 1 mm longis, obtusiusculis, saepe evanidis. l*orolla allta, puberula. 

 C'orollae tubus 3^2 — 4 cm longus, supra basin cylindraceam ampliatus, incurvus. 



