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]. Flower. 
2. Do. one petal removed. 
3. Petals removed scales stamina and sepals in situ. 
4. Petal inner face. ; 
5. Stamen and its scale back view. 
6. Smaller scale. 
4. Stamen in front. 
8. Do. back shews its vascularity. 
9. Young stamen front. » 
M. ou laterally. 
ll. , dorsally. 
12. Pollen 44 Achrom. 
13, Partium situs et alternantio. 
2. Menispermum dioicum. 
Scandens, suffrutex dioica. 
Caulib. teretib. velutinis. foliis alternis breviter petiolat. 
ovatis coriaceis glabris reticulatis. 
Floribus fem. racemosis, lutescent. racemis paucifloris, 
Supra axillarib. : 
Per. 4 sepalum. Cor. 4 petala, petalis reflexis. Stam. 0. sed 
cornuum loco corp. petaloidea 4, petalis alternantis. Carpella 
2, vel ovarium didymum. Stigmata? papillosa carpella l- 
locularia, l-ovulat. ovulo pendulo erecto foramen ad apicem, 
Has. Mergue. In sylvis Begtown: August, 1834. 
3. Menispermea, Pl. CCCCXCIV. Fig. II. 
Frutex scandens, cortice succo lacteo effet. striata. Radiis 
medullariis amplis. 
Rami novelli ferrugineo-puberuli. : 
Folia alterna ex stipulata ovato-oblonga cuspidato-acumi- 
nata integra, snpra lucida, subtus pallidiora basi 5-venia, 
venis lateralibus, supra indistinctis, secondariis apicem ar- 
Cuatum nexis sed inconspicua, pagina ceterum areolata. 
Stomata ? . 
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