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Leaves three-foliate or the uppermost simple ; leaflets 

 ovate 2j^ to 5 inches long, entire acute or acuminate, with 

 obtuse or cordate base, and 5 to 9 basal nerves ; petiole a 

 little shorter. Flowers lYz to 2 inches diameter, solitary 

 in the axils or terminal, on stalks of 3 to 4 inches with a 

 pair of broad bracteoles near the base. Sepals 4 to 6, 

 obtuse, tomentose on both sides, red inside, brown outside. 

 Filaments of stamens as broad as the anthers, which are 

 twisted spirally after dehiscence ; connective hardly 

 produced. Achenes ovoid with a long feathery tail. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor, etc., Neduvattam. Flowers March to 

 September. 



The above is taken from Dunn's Latin description in the Kew Bulletin. 

 The species is very like both C. smilacifolia and C. munroana in which 

 however the leaves are mostly or all simple, the sepals glabrous inside, and 

 .the connective of the stamens distinctly produced beyond the anthers. The 

 former species has dark purple erect flowers, the latter white nodding ones. 

 Both seems to occur at lower levels. 



MENISPERMACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. II. 



KEY TO MALE SPECIMENS 



/Stamens connate in a terminal ring or head (Vol. II t. 9). b 

 * iStas. Area, flrs. in i foot drooping panicles . diploclisia. 

 , /Flowers in umbelled heads (Vol. II t. 9) . . stephani'a. 



Irirs. panicled, petals connate, calyx campanulate . cyclea. 



KEY TO FEMALE SPECIMENS. 



f Ovary of one carpel only b 



a \ Carpels 3 or more, drupes sessile on the pedicel ; flowers 



i in I foot drooping panicles diploclisia. 



f Flowers in panicles cyclea. 



b-j Firs, in umbellate heads (Vol. I p. 12, and II t. g) . . . 



[ STEPHANIA. 



DIPLOCLISIA. 



Climbing plants with large drooping panicles, free 

 stamens, globose anthers, a curved ovate seed, and 

 cotyledons lying close against each other. 



