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anguste obovata, apice obtusa rotundata vel paullo emarginata, 
saepius mucronulata, versus basin sensim angustata. minute 
glanduloso-serrulata, chartacea, utrinque pallide glaueo-viridia, 
venis et venulis supra occultis subtus prominulis, lateralihus 
utrinque circa f> ; lamina L\> -2-5 cm. longa, u-S mm. lata; petiolus 
2-3 mm. longus, supra exeavatus. Ci/tni dtmsissimi, e spinis orti. 
F/nrrs prutameri; pedieelli 3-3'3 mm. longi. Sepithf anthesi 
patentia, suborbicularia, 0'5-l mm. diametro, lacerato-deuticulata, 
supra leviter concava, submembranaeea. Vdnhi umdem patentia 
vel paullo deflexa, elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, rotundata, 
2;75-3-5 mm. longa, 1-75-2-5 mm. lata, minutissimo denticukua. 
JJisrtt* annularis, 0-3-0-4 mm. latus. FUammtn 1 - 7 -"> - -J • J T> mm. 
longa, basi dilatata; antberae reniformes, 0'75 mm. diametro. 
Ovarium triloculare, 0-75 mm. altum ; stylus brevissimus ; 
stigmata 3, circa 0-5 mm. longa ; ovula pro loculo 2 erecta. 
Transvaal. Olifant's River, Hurley, 1. 
867. Cissus adenopodus, Sprague [Ampelidaceae] ; a ceteris 
speciebus sectionis Cyphostemmae, subsectionis Planchonianae 
octavae, pedicellis conspicue glanduliferis, inflorescentia ceterum 
pilis ordinariis vestita recedit. 
Planta herbacea, ope cirrborum scandens. Radix tuberosa 
(fide Dawe). Caulis teres (exsiccatus costatus), ut petioli et 
petioluli cirrhique patule pilosus et pilis glandulosis paucioribus 
vestitus. F -i' -li Bubteretes, 3-5 cm. longi ; 
petioluli 4-7 mm. longi, medii quam laterales paullo longiores ; 
foliola ovata, acute acuminata, grosse serrate, lateralis basi 
inaequaliter rotundata vel subcordata, 5-S cm. lonira, 3-4 cm. lata, 
terminale basi obtusum vel rotundatum, 7-10 cm. longum, 
4-5-5*5 cm latum, utrinque setulosa, si pi i vii d i \ ni,< it m-'- 
phyllo depressis (exsiccundo i»n.minulis), sunrus ruljida venis 
prominentibus (exsiccando paullo); venae laterales utrinque 5 6. 
Htipi'lae f: ■ ■■ . t-h) mm. longa.-. circa _ :'. min. 
latae, extra pilosae. Panicula oppositifolia, plana, ambmi tri- 
angularis, 3-5 cm. ped . , longa, vivide rubra, 
patule pilosa, ramis alternis 0-5-1-5 cm. distantibus. Bracteae 
inconspicuae. Pedieelli circa 4 mm. longi, pilis glanduloso- 
capitatis paucis conspicuis et oi 
induti, post anthesin recurvi. Alabastra circa 3 mm. i 
pilosa. Calyx cupularis, 0*75-1 mm. altus, basi puberulus. Petnla 
oblonga, obtusa, apice 1-1*5 mm. cucullata, 4 mm. longa, vix 
1-5 mm. lata, cucullo rubro extra longiuscule piloso, ceterum 
glabra viridia, anthesi valde deflexa. Stamina prima anthrsi ad 
stylum appressa ; filamenta circa 3 mm. longa j antberae late 
eUlpti< le, 0-75 mm. longae. Ovarii segmenta 0*75 mm. longa; 
stylus 2'5 mm. longus. 
Uganda. Busiro District, alt. 1200 m., Dawe, 224. 
Roots of this species were collected by Mr. Dawe in the 
Muf ukamata Forest and sent to Kew, where the plant flowered m 
the Succulent House in August, 1906. The young shoots and 
leaves are coloured bright red, and the species is in consequence 
rather decorative ; the upper surface of the leaves soon becomes 
green, but the stems and the lower surface of the leaves change 
