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apice abrupte acuta basi acuta, 20 em. longa, 6 em. lata, subtus 
glauca, costis et venis prominentibus. 
Has. Mt. Choran, leg. G. Nakanara, Aug. 1905, (No. 270). 
Opserv. A large twining plant; near U. clusiflora MErrtiy, 
of the Philippines. 
Menispermaceee. 
Stephania Lovr. 
Stephania tetrandra Moore; Marsum. et Hayata Enum. PI. 
Formos. p. 16. 
Has. Tamsui, leg. B. Hayata, 1908. 
Distrip. East China. 
OsseRV. Caulis lignosus volubilis striatus, glaber. Folia 
reniformia, irregulariter repundata, vel integra, apice subito 
acuta, ad summum obtusa, et mucronata, basi reniforme-cordata, 
peltata, (sinibus rotundatis) glabra, subtus glauca, chartaceo-mem- 
branacea, 7 cm. longa, 8 cm. lata, petiolis gracilibus striatis 6 cm. 
longis, prope basin laminarum insertis. Paniculee superaxillares 
petiolum in longitudine zquantes, pubescentes; flores ad apicem 
ramorum panicularum capitatim et umbellatim dispositi, pedicellis 
brevioribus, 4mm. longis. Drupz compresso-globose, 5 mm. in 
diametro, glabre. | 
Near Stephania dahurica DC. and also S. hernandifolia; but 
differs from the former in having nearly rounded, but not lobed, 
leaves, and from the latter in roundly sinuated base of the 
leaves. In S. hernandifolia, the sinus at the base of the leaves 
is acute but not rounded. 
Sp. Suffrutex, scandens, tomentosus. Folia alterna, ovata 
vel elliptica, obtuse acuminata, breve petiolata, 7 em. longa, 4 cm. 
