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flowers : the latter has two varieties. Prom the Swan Eiver 

 we have macrantha and filicmdis, with rose-coloured flow- 

 ers, and macropliylla, gigantea, pallida, erythrorhiza, and 

 stolonifera, with white flowers. 



FITACJSM 



Exogens, with regular, symmetrical flowers, but small and 

 green. Calyx small, entire at the edge. Petals four or five, 

 inserted on the outside of a disc surrounding the ovary. Sta- 

 mens equal in number to them, inserted on the disc, sometimes 

 sterile. Berry round, pulpy. Leaves simple or compound. — 

 Climbing shrubs ; the wood has duets, which at certain seasons 

 pour forth sap ; natives of mild and hot climates of both hemi- 

 spheres. 



CISSUS. 



Gen. Char. (Tetrandria Monogynia.)] Flowers superior, many- 

 pet aled ; calyx one-leaved, nearly entire; berry one-seeded, 

 rarely three or four-seeded, surrounded by the calyx. 



Cissus is the Greek name for the Ivy, and is given to 

 this genus as it is of a climbing character. Many of the 

 species are beautiful stove-plants, natives of the East Indies ; 

 a few bear the greenhouse, as tiliacea, from Mexico ; Ca- 



