312 MENISPERMACE XE. 
The cotyledons at least in their very young state are opposite, 
the great transverse diameter or broader sides of the car- 
pellum. 
3. Cissampelos convolvulacea var. Pl, CCCCXCVI. Fig. II. 
: Caule ligneo gracile volubili pubescente, pubescens cana. 
Fol. petiolata reniformi-orbicularia cordatave late emarginata, 
pubescente, basi palmatim 5-nervia, quorum intermedia bi- 
furcata medium infra. Pagine aliter venulis reticulatim 
anastomosantibus occupatur centralis in mucronem excurrit. 
Petiolis filiformibus teretibus. 
Paniculis terminalibus axillaribusque partialibus subcymo- 
sis, filiformibus, gracillimis villoso-canis, floribus herbaceis 
minutissimis. Alabastra subglobosa estivatione imbricata. 
Sepala 4 breviter unguiculata limbo, subdeltoideo cordato, 
integro crenulatove obtuso, dorso villoso venulis reticulata. 
Discus cyathiformis parum profundum ore subintegro car- 
nosus centrum floris occupat. 
Stam. monadelpha, columna brevis cylindracea apice pel- 
tata. Anthere 4 interdum plus minus coalitz, circa apicem 
columne transverse dispositze, sepalis alternantes transverse 
disposite, sepalis alternantes, transverse dehiscentes et per 
diametrum longiorem. 
Pollen album leve, ovatum, medio sulcatum. 
Rud. fem. 0. 
: Has. Upper Assam. Suddyah in sylvis: January 8th, 
Vix dubito quin apetala sit et urceolusa aboriginem 
ducat. ut patet ex analogia et structura carnosa cellulosa ? 
urceola. 
The structure of the stem is remarkable enough, the 
centre is occupied by the pith which is green and from which 
several wedge-shaped broad rays radiate, these are gree? 
and again coalesce towards the circumference forming the 
integument or bark ? The spaces existing between these rays 
are wedge-shaped and interiorly, and throughout their great 
