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cula, apice emarginata, lateribus introflexis stamina volventia. 
Stamina 6, sterilia, petalis dimidio breviora ; filamenta te- 
nuiora, apice subclavata, glandulis 2 effcetis signata. Ovaria 
3, libera, erecta, oblonga, gibba, extus dense glanduloso- 
pilosa, eynzecio sub-3-gono imposita, 1-locularia ; ovulo unico 
funiculo’ brevi_ ex angulo interno supra medium appenso, 
Stylus brevis, crassus, subexcentricus. Stigma 3-partitum. 
laciniis 2—3-fidis, reflexis. Drupe 3, abortu pauciores, ovate, 
carnose, 1-spermee ; putamen ovatum, dorso convexum, tuber- 
culatum, pilis fibrillosis creberrime indutum, ventre lve ; 
condylus ventralis, scutelliformis, ovalis, extus concavus, intus 
convexus et paulo intrusus ; semen loculo conforme, menis- 
coideum ; embryo intra albumen carnosum quasi 2-laminare 
fere rectus, lamella exteriore simplici tenui, interiore crassiore 
in fissuras plurimas transversales profunde ruminata; méegu- 
menta tenuia, intra plicas albuminis insinuata ; cotyledones 
membranaceo-foliacez, spathulato-oblonge, lateraliter divari- 
cate, et in locellis distinctis albuminis sepultze, radicula su- 
pera brevi tereti ad summum spectante 10-plo longiores. 
Suffrutices Africe tropice, alte scandentes, setis rigidis vel pilis 
setosis vestiti; folia alterna, magna, longe petiolata, cordata, 
rotundata, palmatim 3-5—7-loba ; raceml axillares, elongati, 
ramis lazis 3-7-floris; flores vagi, pro ordine majusculi, 
bracteati, subsessiles, bracteis longisstme setoso-ciltatis donatt. 
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Jateorhiza palmata, nob., Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vii. 38 ;— 
Cocculus palmatus, DC. Syst. 1. 522; Hook. Bot. Mag. tab. 
2970, 2971 ;—Menispermum palmatum, Lam. Dict. iv. 99; 
Calumba, Comm. ;—vamis striatis ; foliis palmatim 5-7-lobatis, 
mucronato-apiculatis, sinibus acutis; lobis acuminatis, inte- 
gris, basalibus profunde auriculatis et approximatis, supra 
levigatis, nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, utrinque nervis venis- 
que sctis apice glandulosis sparsim hispidis, margine setoso- 
ciliatis ; petiolo crasso, clongato, striato, basi incrassato, fere 
glabro ; racemo ¢ axillari, gracili, petiolo fere 2-plo longiore, 
setis paucis retrorsis hispidulo, ramis laxis plurifloris; ra- 
cemo @ petiolo dimidio breviore, floribus densioribus, pedicel- 
hs 1-floris.—Mozambique (lat. 16° aust.), v.s. d et Q an herd. 
Hook. (Bojer, a Telfairio in insul. Mauritian. en Speci. 
mag. juv. in herb. Soc. Linn., Wall. Cat. 4953 c.; Mauritius 
(Telfair). 
This species is very distinct from that cultivated in the Cal- 
cutta Botanic Garden; the two having been confounded together. 
The leaves are orbicular, 14 inches diam. ; ; the central lobe from 
the insertion of the petiole is 10 inches long, the lateral lobes 
