Stephania.] vii. menispermace.e. 113 



Leaves pubescent beneath ; flowers crowded in heads (3) S. hernandifolia 

 Leaves thin glaucous beneath; umbel lax, 



spreading . . , . . . . (4) S. rotunda 



(i) S. corymbosa Waif. Rep. i. 96 ; Diets, Pflanzenreich, 267. 

 S. ramuliflora Miers, Contrih. Bot. iii. 232. Clypea corymbosa 

 Bl. Bijdr. 27. 



Glabrous. Leaves membranous to subcoriaceous rounded ovate, 

 base rounded, apex sub-acute 4 to 4*2 in. long, "3 in. wide ; petioles 

 4'5 to 6 in. long; nerves about 11 radiating from petiole apex, 

 beneath glaucescent. Male inflorescence sub-paniculate 2 to 3 in. 

 long. Peduncle i in. long. Flowers crowded at ends of branches. 

 Sepals 4, outer linear, puberulous recurved, 4 inner obovate glabrous. 

 Petals 4, conchiform tomentose. Female inflorescence larger com- 

 pound corymbose. Branches about 3 in. long. Drupes flattened 

 obovate with transverse tubercled ridges. Hab. In forests. Rare. 

 Perak, Maxwell's Hill, at 3000 ft. altitude (Wray). Disirih. 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



(2) S. capitata Spreng. Syst. iv. Cur. Post 316; Diels, Pflanzen- 

 reich, 281. 



Rather a stout species, glabrous. Leaves membranous or papery, 

 ovate to nearly lanceolate, base rounded or sub-cordate, apex 

 acuminate 3 to 5 in. long, 2 to 2*2 in. wide; petioles 2 to 2'2 in. 

 long. Inflorescence very short '4 in. long, simple or few-branched; 

 peduncles filiform -5 in. long; in females cymules contracted to a 

 discoid head, "2 in. across. Sepals sub-connate yellow. Drupes 

 very crowded, much compressed, obovate red '2 in. long, whole 

 head 1*5 in. through. Endocarp with four rows of processes on 

 the back. Hab. In lowland woods. Johor, Genuang. Perak, 

 Thaiping Hills, about 500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(3) S. hernandifolia Walp. Rep. i. 96; Hook. fit. F.B.I, i. 

 196 in part. 



Slender climber more or less pubescent. Leaves membranous 

 ovate, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded, glabrous or partly 

 pubescent, glaucous beneath; nerves about 5, 3 to 4*5 in. long, 

 2*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles i to 4 in. long. Inflorescence more or 

 less puberulous ; peduncle slender, 2 to 3 in. long, rays of umbel 

 about 6. Sepals 5 to 8 elongate obovate, yellow. Petals 3 or 4 

 widely obovate. Female heads discoid "i in. across. Drupes 

 flattened when dry; endocarp with transverse ribs with tubercles 

 at each end. Hah. Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). Disirib. India, 

 Cochin-China, Malaya, Australia. 



(4) S. rotunda Lour. Fl. Cochinchine, 608; Diels, I.e. 275. 

 Slender glabrous climber. Leaves ovate obtuse membranous, base 



rounded; nerves 10, beneath glaucescent, 3 in. long, 275 in. wide; 

 petioles 2 to 5 in. long, slender. Inflorescence umbellate ; peduncle 

 slender 375 in. long. Branches 6, i'5 -in. long, rays of umbellule 

 •3 in. long. Flowers racemo.se on short slender stalks, "i in. across. 



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