396 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. TROCHOMERIA . 
Sect. I. — EUTROCHOMERIA. 
Genus Trochomeria Hook. f. l. c. 
Herbæ scandentes vel prostratæ, siccitate nigrescentes. Cirrhi sim- 
plices. 
A. Petiolus ad basim foliolo stipuleformi auctus. 
1. T. Wyleyana; tota glaberrima; foliis breviter petiolatis, 
basi truncatis, profunde palmato-5-partitis, segmentis lineari-lanceo- 
latis, integerrimis; bracteis late ovato-cordatis, dentatis; peduneulis 
masculis 2-3-floris, petiolo brevioribus. — Zehneria Wyleyana Sond. 
in Harv. et Sond., Fl. Cap., 2, p. 488; Harv. Thes. Cap., 2, tab. 182. 
Caulis gracilis, longissimus, angulato-suleatus. Petiolus gracilis. 
7-12 mill. longus. Folia utrinque glauco-viridia, ambitu subsemiorbi- 
cularia, 4-5 cent. longa, 6-7 cent. lata, segmentis acutis, intermedio 
3-5 cent. longo, 4-6 mill. lato, lateralibus paulo brevioribus, exterio- 
ribus plerumque bifidis. Bracteæ punctatæ, acute, 2-2 !/, cent. longs. 
17-20 mill. latze, dentibus brevibus, acutis, non ciliatis. Cirrhi graci- 
les, elongati. Calyeis tubus subeylindricus, basi attenuatus, glaber. 
8-10 mill. longus, 2 */,-3 mill. latus. Petala patula, apice recurvata, 
lanceolata, acuta, 5-6 mill. longa, 2 mill. lata. Staminum filamenta 
sparse pilosa, ad basim leviter dilatata, quam antheræ cohærentes 
duplo longiora. Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Namaqualand (Wyley sec. Sonder). 
2. "T. vitifolia (Hook. f.! in Oliv. FL trop. Afr. 2, p. 525); foliis 
breviter petiolatis, utrinque levibus, supra glabris, subtus breviter 
sparseque pilosis, basi profunde emarginatis, triangulari-cordatis, 
acutis, angulatis vel leviter 3-5-lobatis, inæqualiter et profunde den- 
tatis; bracteis ovato-cordatis, longe dentato-ciliatis ; pedunculis mas- 
culis unifloris, foliis longioribus. 
Herba tota herbaceo-viridis. Radix maxima, tuberosa , hypogza 
vel hemi-hypogæa. Caulis gracilis, subvolubilis, glaber, striatus. 
1-2 met. longus. Petiolus gracilis, glaber, 1-2 cent. longus. Fom 
membranacea, valde variabilia, sæpius 5-6 cent. longa lataque, inter- 
dum multo minora vel subnulla; sinus basilaris late rotundatus, 
1 cent. profundus, 1*/, cent. latus. Bracteæ sparse breviterque pilo" 
sæ, acutæ, 1 cent. longæ, 5-6 mill. latæ. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati. 
