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and that until now it has never been formally described. 
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in ripe fruit, in April, 1850, the specimens of which have been 
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to the right as in D. truncata. The note by Professor Oliver on 
Jenman n. 1701, above alluded to, reflects much more closely 
the natural affinity of D. truncata. Grisebach’s D, marginata, 
Vol) i plified by Smilax spicata, Vell. Fl. Flum, t. 112 (not 
ell. le. t. 111 which represents a true Smilax) and by Specter 
flowers are clustered in place of solitary. Neither Velloso’s figure 
nor Saltzmann S specimens admit of a’ definite statement as to the 
direction in which the stem of D. marginata twines, but Saltz- 
mann's material does re that the torsion of the stem itself is to 
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