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XVII. 
DIOSCOREA TAMIFOLIA. 
Black Bryony-leaved Dioscorea. 
ORDO NATURALIS, 
Asparagi. Juss. Gen. p. 40. 
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Sect, JJ, Flores dioici. Pericarpium inferum. 
Torus medioliformis. Petala 6, toro inserta, interiora angustiora, persistentia, Filamenta tore 
inserta es sane Lanse we ae Peric arpium acl angulis i in pido gr valdecompressis, 3-le- 
ziné a ato. adix on erosa. Caules annut, sinistrorsi volubiles, plus oon angulati, in quibus- 
dam aculeati, axillis foliorum sepe bulbiferi, Folia alterna opposita verticillatave, simplicia vel 
3-5-7-loba, etiam peltaia, glabra vel pubescentia. Flores spicati aut oe, Witenes singuli Brac- 
teis duabus. suffulti, Genus, pro certo, fructu infero gaudens, et Rajanie proximum. 
D. caule gracili, parum angulato, levi: foliis alternis; laminis cordatis apice pandurato, acumi- 
natis, 11-nervibus, utrinque glabris: spicis masculis fasciculatis, simplicibus. 
D. bulbifera. Linn Sp, Pl. ed. 1. p. 1033. _D, foliis cordatis, &c, Linn. Fi. Seyl. n. 359. Rhizo- 
phora Zeylanica, scammonii ‘filo, &e. Herm. Par.p. 217. cum Ic. Ricophora indica, bryonie 
— similis, &c. Plukn, Alm. p. 321. ¢. 220. f.6. Katu Katsjil. Rheed Hort. Mal, v. 7.p. 69. 
Sponte nascitur circa Candanate et Ocdaumpore. 
Floret apud nos Julio, Augusto. 
abulb from the size of a small chestnut to that of a pea, in the axilla of every leaf. Leaves 
pale yellow green with the margin of the Petiolus ‘undulated towards the top ; longitudinal 
nerves most commonly eleven. — fragrant like some of our Willows, in very slender 
pendulous spikes, which come out in bunches from five to — together. Petals first white, then 
‘of a dull red, lastly of gr: bene! lest: the three in r much narrower. Anthers white, 
inserted at the base. 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
1, A Flower magnified. 
2: An Anther more magnified. 
. The abortive ede magnified. 
