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MENTSPERMACE^. 



Anona IiTnn, 



Anona reticulata Lrs^-. 

 H.\B. Ako. ciilt. 



Menispermaceae. 



StepJiauia Lour. 



Fig. 4. 



Step?mnia cephararUha Hayata. 1, a 

 leaf ; 2, a flower-hencl, seeu from above ; 

 3, the same, seen from below ; 4, a flower 

 with three petals ; 5, another flower with 

 six petnU, stnminnl column, taken ofi ; G, a 

 staminal coUimn ; 7, a petal. Fig. 1, nntnial 

 size ; others more or less magnified. 



Stephania cepharantha H.iY.^.T.\ 



sp. iiOT. (Fig. 4). Rami gi-.ocillimi 

 striati, glfibri. Folia giaben-ima toums- 

 sime herbacea, rotiuidato-triaugiilaria, 

 4} cm. lata, totiusqne longa, sulitiis 

 pallida, apice obtusa ad centiauu sum- 

 rai mucronata, basi peltata rotundata 

 vel truncata nec emarginata nec simoata, 

 margiue subintegi-a vel ± undulata, 7- 

 9-uei-via, louge petiolata, petiolis 6-7 

 cm. longis gracillimis glabris. Flores 

 capitulati, capitulis lucemosis, i-acemis 

 axillaiibus solitariis 7-8 cm. longis gra- 

 cillimis, pedunculis capitulorum gracil- 

 limis 13ram. lougis basi 1-bracteatis, 

 bracteis stipitatis laniinis oblongo- 

 triangidaribus li mm. longis 1 mm. 

 latis ; rliacludibus raccmorum et iiedim- 

 culis capituloiiim complanatis. Capitula 

 discifoiioia rotimdata 6 mm. in diame- 

 tro, receptaculis ix^ltatis 4 mm. in dia- 

 meti'o, flores 19-20 gerentia. Flores 

 medio desci; sepalis 4, lineari- 

 spathulatis IJ mm. longis J mm. ktis ; 

 petalis 4, rotimdatis carnosis ^ mm. in 



