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Suffrutex Capensis volubilis; folia alterna, peltata, longe petiolata ; 
paniculse^emmffi vel solitaria, axillares,petiolo breviores, pedun- 
culo composite umbellato, urabellis involucratis, umbellulis 
bracteatis, apice floras 4 sessiles gerentibus ; flores minimi, 
\-bracteolati. 
HomocnemiaMeyeriana, nob. ; — Cissampelos umbellata, E. Mey.-, 
— scandens ; ramulis angulatis, tomentosis ; foliis peltatis, 
orbiculari-ovatis, imo rotundatis, concavis, i2-nerviis, supra 
subglabris, subtus ferrugiueo tomentosis, reticulatis; petiolo 
limbo dimidio breviore, tomentoso; pedunculis binis vel soli- 
tariis, axillaribus, tomentosis, petiolo subbrevioribus, um- 
bellis 3-4, bracteis totidem cuneato-obovatis, aequilongis, ad- 
pressis, involucratis ; umbellulis 3-4, bracteolis munitis, flores 
2-4 sessiles gerentibus; floribus 1-bracteolatis ; sepalis extus 
lanato-tomentosis, intus glabris ; petalis ovarioque glabris. 
— In colonia Capensi, v.s. in herb. Hook. (Drege). 
This plant has a very peculiar appearance, its branches, the 
underside of its leaves, the petioles, and inflorescence being 
densely clothed with soft tomentum ; the internodes are 1 J inch 
long ; the leaves 3^--4 inches long, 3^ inches broad, on a stout 
deflected petiole inches long, inserted 1 inch within the 
hasal margin ; the peduncle is 1-1^ inch long, the umbels 
2 lines long, with erect, adpressed, ovate hracts of equal length ; 
the umbellules | line long, each bearing on their apex two to 
four sessile, very minute flowers. 
Since I first saw this plant in the Hookerian herbarium, two 
specimens, ^ and ? , of a very different species, and belong- 
ing to another genus, have been glued upon the same sheet, as 
being identical with it; these are from Natal, and will be de- 
scribed under Clypea. 
25. Cissampelos. 
This extensive and cosmopolitan genus is one of the oldest of 
the Menispermacece. The plants, for the most part, are slender 
climbers, with woody branches ; but among the South American 
species there are several low shrubs with erect stems, scarcely more 
than 1 or 2 feet high, covered with imbricated leaves. The leaves 
seldom exceed a mediocre size, and are sometimes small ; they 
are generally more or less orbicular, often reniformly cordate, 
and are either peltate or palate, rarely quite glabrous, with petioles 
either elongated or very short. The male inflorescence is usually 
in slender axillary panicles, variously divided, often 3 or 4 fascicu- 
lated in each axil,where they are frequently accompanied by an 
elongated raceme with alternate axils, each bearing similar, but 
