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MENISPEEMA0IL2E. 



Anona Linn. 



Anona reticulata Linn. 

 Hab. Ako. cult. 



Menispermacese. 

 Stephania Lour. 



Fig. 4. 



Stephania cepharantha Hatata. 1, » 

 leaf ; 2, n flower-head, seen from above ; 

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

 with three petals; 5, another flower with 

 six petals, staminal column, taken off ; C, a 

 Btaminal column ; 7, a petal. F^. 1, natural 

 size ; others more or less magnified. 



Stephania cepharantha Hayata 

 sp. noT. (Fig. 4). Rami gracillimi 

 striati, glabri. Folia glaberrima tenuis- 

 sime herbacea, rotnndato-triangularia, 

 4^ cm. lata, totiusque longa, subtus 

 paUida, apice obtusa ad centrum sum- 

 mi mucronata, basi peltata rotundata 

 vel truncata nee emarginata nee sinuata, 

 margine subintegra vel ± undulata, 7- 

 9-nervia, longe petiolata, petiolis 6-7 

 cm. longis graciUimis glabris. Flores 

 capitulati, capitulis racemosis, racemis 

 axillaribus solitariis 7-8 cm. longis gra- 

 ciUimis, pedunculis capitulorum gxacil- 

 limis 13 mm. longis basi 1-bracteatis, 

 bracteis stipitatis laminis oblongo- 

 triangularibus 1^ mm. longis 1 mm. 

 latis ; rhacMdibus racemorum et pedun- 

 culis capitulorum complanatis. Capitula 

 disciformia rotundata 6 mm. in diame- 

 tro, receptaculis peltatis 4 mm. in dia- 

 metro, flores 19-20 gerentia. Flores 

 medio desci ; sepalis 4, lineari- 

 spathulatis 1 J mm. longis ^ mm. latis ; 

 petalis 4, rotundatis carnosis |- mm. in 



