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imbricata. Pet ala nulla. Stamina 12, 4-serialia, libera, 
quorum 6 sepalis opposita et breviora, 6 interiora lougiora et 
alterna, erecta, longitudine sepalorum ; filamenta lata, mem- 
branacea ; antherce 2-lobse, lobis fere parallelis, dorso affixis, 
rima longitudinali introrsum dehiscentibus ; ovarii vestigium 
nullum. — Foem. Sepala 6, obovata. Petala 6, iis opposita, triplo 
breviora, lineari-oblonga, carnosa, intus profunde canali- 
formia. Stamina sterilia 6, petalis paulo longiora; antherce 
glanduliformes, effoetse. Ovaria 3 vel 4, libera, gynaecio glo- 
boso insita, gibboso-oblonga, glabra, 1-locularia; ovulo soli- 
tario lateri ventral! appenso. Stylus brevis, crassus. Stigma 
in lacinias plurimas acutas irregulares radiatas fissum. 
Drupse 3, globoso-oblongae, styli vestigio paulo excentrico 
apiculatae, carnosse, glabrse; putamen tenuiter chartaceum, 
meniscoideo-ovatum, dorso globosum, ventre concavum, mar- 
gine chartaceo in dentes plurimos acutos irregulariter serrato, 
apiceque spina obliqua armatum, et dehinc carina brevi serrata 
facie ventral! notatum, 1-loculare ; condylus subobsoletus, scu- 
tiformis, extus concavus, intus valde convexus, et intra locu- 
lum protensus ; semen loculo conforme, meniscoideum, funi- 
culo brevi ex apice condyli suspensum,- integumenta mem- 
branacea, raphe longitudinali ventral! non procul ab apice ad 
basin extensa ; embryo in albumine fere simplici inclusus ; 
radicula minima, supera ; cotyledones ovales, tenuiter foliaceae, 
stipitatae, primo paulo imbricatae, dein valde divaricatae et in 
locellis distinctis albuminis sepultae. 
Frutex scandens Americae Septentrionalis ; folia longe petiolata, 
profunde b-loba, marginibus sinuata : paniculae racemosce, axil- 
lares ; 6 elongates, multiflorce ; ? breves, pauciflorce. 
1. Calycocarpum Lyoni, Nutt, in Torr. & Gr. FI. N. Amer. i. 48 ; 
A. Gray, Gen. Unit. St. i. 75, pi. 30; — Menispermum Lyoni, 
Pursh, FI. Bor. Am. ii. 371 ; DC. Syst. i. 541 ; — scandens, 
ramulis teneribus, striatulis ; foliis profunde cordatis, palmato- 
lobatis, lobis 3-5, subaequalibus, subellipticis, acuminatis, 
margine irregulariter sinuato-dentatis, supra viridibus, subtus 
flavido-opacis, utrinque sparsim pilosis; petiolo longissimo, 
glabro, striato, imo tumidulo ; panicula racemosa, 6 folium cum 
petiolo subaequante ; ramis alternis e basi iterumque ramosis, 
pluridoris; floribus parvis, u'idescenti-albis, imo bracteola 
donatis. — In Alabama, Tennessee, et Kentucky. 
In the specimens I have seen, the branches are 1^ line diam., 
the leaves 5| inches diam.; the deep lobes, with rounded sinus, 
are 2^-3^ inches long, 1^ inch broad ; the petiole is 5 inches 
long, ^ line thick, palately inserted ; the axillary panicle, in form 
of a slender raceme, is 10 inches long, with branches varying 
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