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cula, apice euiarginata, lateribus introflexis stamina volventia. 
Stamina 6, sterilia, petalis dimidio breviora ; filamenta te- 
nuiora, apice siibclavata, glandulis 2 eflFoetis signata. Ovaria 
3, libera, erecta, oblonga, gibba, extus dense glanduloso- 
pilosa, gynsecio sub-3-gono imposita, 1-Iocularia ; ovulo unico 
funiculo brevi ex angulo interno supra medium appenso. 
Stylus brevis, crassus, subexcentricus. Stigma 3-partitum. 
laciniis 2-3-fidis, reflexis. Drupa 3, abortu pauciores, ovatse, 
carnosae, 1 -spermae ; putamen ovatum, dorso convexum, tuber- 
culatum, pilis fibrillosis creberrime indutum, ventre laeve; 
condylus ventralis, scutelliformis, ovalis, extus concavus, intus 
convexus et paulo intrusus ; semen loculo conforme, menis- 
coideum ; embryo intra albumen carnosum quasi 2-laminare 
fere reetus, lamella exteriore simplici tenui, interiore crassiore 
in fissuras plurimas transversales profunde ruminata; integu- 
menta tenuia, intra plicas albuminis insinuata; cotyledones 
membranaceo-foliaceae, spathulato-oblongae, lateraliter divari- 
catae, et in locellis distinctis albuminis sepultae, radicula su- 
pera brevi tereti ad summum spectante 10-plo longiores. 
SufFrutices Africa tropica, alte scandentes, setis rigidis vel pilis 
setosis vestiti ; folia alterna, magna, longe petiolata, cor data, 
rotundata, palmatim 3-5-7 -loba; racemi axillares, elongati, 
ramis laxis 3-7-floris; flores vagi, pro or dine majusculi, 
bracteati, subsessiles, bracteis longissime setoso-ciliatis donati, 
1. Jateorhiza palmata, nob., Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vii. 38; — 
Cocculus palmatus, DC. Syst. i. 522; Hook. Bot. Mag. tab. 
2970, 2971; — Meuispermum palmatum, Lam. Diet. iv. 99; 
Calumba, Comm. ; — ramis striatis ; foliis palmatim 5-7-lobatis, 
mucronato-apiculatis, sinibus acutis ; lobis acuminatis, inte- 
gris, basalibus profunde auriculatis et approximatis, supra 
laevigatis, nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, utrinque nervis venis- 
que setis apice glandulosis sparsim bispidis, margine setoso- 
ciliatis ; petiolo crasso, elongate, striato, basi incrassato, fere 
glabro ; racemo c? axillari, gracili, petiolo fere 2-plo longiore, 
setis paucis retrorsis hispidulo, ramis laxis plurifloris; ra- 
cemo $ petiolo dimidio breviore, floribus densioribus, pedi- 
cellis 1-floris. — Mozambique (lat. 16° aust.), v. s. d et $ 
in herb. Hook. (Bojer, a Telfairio in insul. Mauritian, 
cult.) ; in herb. Soc. Linn., Wail. Cat. 4953 c. Mauritius 
(Telfair). 
This species is very distinct from that cultivated in the Cal- 
cutta Botanic Garden, the two having been confounded together. 
The leaves are orbicular, 14 inches diam.; the central lobe from 
the insertion of the petiole is 10 inches long, the lateral lobes 
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