tei>!>an<a ln>ja Lou;. Fl. Cojhinch. ed-Wru.i>. p. 717. 



. ; d,j* ,//V.o/,,,- DC. I'vodi. 1. p. lol. 



L'is*aii<j#l. : ^>;i' i, >]>/'> !<i \Vn.i.i'. Sp. 11. IV. p. 100; lli.ixu. Fl. Jml. 

 111. p. 842; WI..HT Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 9tt. 



'/i</*A-y /<_.'/"//'< HMXU. Fl. Iiul. HI. p. *!-. 



M'-iu*l#riii''.m jjjni'.-iiiit TnrxB. Fl. Jap. p. 198: WILLK Sp. l'I. I\'. 

 527. 



C'jccnli'.s j<.ni.il<.i'-i IX'. I'r.Klr. I. p. 9(5; Sir.i:. <-t XL'C. l-'l. .r.-q). Fain. 

 Nat. hi Al.h. Aka.l. ^Furnch. IV. IV-'. 1845 ].. 1 



HAH. Taihoku. Siutikn. Suiteiryo, Mki, Bioritsn. 







l>i^n:ii;. Japan, soutlit-ni China, the Philippines, ^falay. India. 

 (Vylon. Africa. Australia and IVlyuesia. 



Stephania tetrandra S. >r..,,i;i: .l'l. VIII.. in J.mm. n.t. . isyn. p. 



^FAXIM. in Mel. IJiul. XI. p. r4>, t. '2; FII:I;J> .-t H]:MM.. Inl. Fl. 

 Sin. I. p. 30: HESISY List I'l. F.nu.>s. j). 17: ^[ATSUM. et HAY ATA Knuni. 

 PL Fornnts. p. 10: HAY ATA Materials for a FWa .>f Formosa ]>.-">. Stem 

 moi-e or less hymned volnl.le. striate. glabrous. l.ea\es ivniformed, irre- 

 ^nlarlv repmdate or entire, abruptly acute at the apex, obtuse and miu-ro- 

 nate at the very extivniity, i-euifurmedly cordate at the base, peltate, sinus 

 rounded i, glabrous, glaucous, l>eneath, chartaceo-membr.inaveou^. 7 cm. long. 

 11. broad, petioles very slender striate Ocm. long, inserted near the base 

 of the blades. Panicles supra-axillary as long as petioles, pultesceiit, now. i - 

 capit-itely or umbellutely arranged at the ap-x of the branches, pedicels very 

 short, 4mm. long. Prnpes compi-esstxlly gloU.se. ."> mm. in diameter, gla- 

 brous. 



HAD. Tamsui. 



Near Sfr/'/trtwiVt 'I'.iJiin-iw DC. and also S. JternamH/'Ma : but ditU-rs 

 from the former in having nearly rounded but not lobed leaves, and Jroin 

 tlje Litter in roundedly siiimitwl K-ise of the leaves. In S. keriVl*di/<tia 

 the sinus at the bas<- of the leave- is m-ute but not rounded. 



Sp, Shrubby, scamleui, loinento^-. I .-a\ es alternate, ovate or elliptical. 

 obtusely acuminate, shortly petiolate, 7cm. long. -1 cm. bixutd, gl 



