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margin of the sinus. The raceme-like branch is 2^ inches long, 
with axils 3 lines apart ; the bract-like leaflets are 2 lines in 
diam., on a petiolule \ line long ; their panicles are 2^ lines long, 
and the flowers are therefore extremely minute. 
6. Cissampelos errabunda, nob. ; — ramulis teretibus, striatis, sub- 
glabris; folds profundiuscule peltatis, deltoideo-orbiculatis, 
imo sinu levi subtruncatis, ultra medium angustioribus, 
apice obtusis et aristato-mucronulatis, supra opace viridibus, 
sparse pilosulis, subtus ciiiereo-glaucis et puberulis; petiolo 
tenui, sulcato-striato, glabro, valde divaricate, limbo sequi- 
longo : racemo ^ axillari, solitario, petiolo dimidio breviore, e 
ramulo novello imo majuscule et superne brevissime bracteato, 
paniculigero ; bracteis orbiculatis, imo petiolulatis ; paniculis 
brevissimis, corymbosis ; pedunculo bracteisque puberulis ; 
ramis pedicellisque glabris; sepalis 4, lineari-oblongis, fuscis, 
glabris ; petalo campanulato, triple breviore, glabro ; anthera 
4-loba, inclusa. — In Brasilia: v. s. in herb. Hook. ^ (Swainson). 
This species is near C. ylaberrima, differing in its larger, more 
deltoid leaves, which are less peltate, more cordate at base, and 
clothed beneath with adpressed pubescence and with a much 
shorter inflorescence. It differs from C. Fluminensis in its more 
peltate, more orbicular leaves, with a much shallower basal 
sinus, in its longer, more slender, glabi'ous petiole, its shorter 
raceme with smaller bracts, and its more glabrous habit ; its 
flowers, with almost linear sepals, are glabrous. The axils are 
2^ inches apart ; the leaves are 2-2^ inches long, 2^-2^ inches 
broad, with a very divaricating slender petiole (2-2| inches long) 
inserted 4-5 lines within the margin of the basal sinus, which is 
seldom more than 1 line deep. The axillary raceme is 2-3 
inches long ; two or three of the lower axillets have orbicular 
bracts 2 lines in diameter, while in the upper axillets the bracts 
are reduced to the length of 1 line ; the panicles are 4 lines 
long, alternately branched. 
7. Cissampelos longipes, nob.; — ramulis teneribus, striatis, fuscis, 
retrorsum pilosis ; folds peltatis, orbiculari-ovatis, imo subito 
cordatis, a medio sursum curvatim angustioribus, ad apicem 
obtusum cuspidato-mucronatis, submembranaceis, 9-11-ner- 
viis, supra glabris, fuscis, subnitidis, in nervis sparse pilosis, 
subtus incano- vel griseo-glaucis, adpresse pilosis, nervis te- 
nerrimis, prominulis ; petiolo tenui, longissimo, sparse piloso, 
in adultis limbum multo superante : inflorescentia ^ e ramulo 
novello petiolo breviore, axillari, interdum racemiformi, cum 
bracteis parvis, orbicularibus, petiolulatis, subremote alternis, 
paniculisque bi'evissimis comitatis, aut aliusmodi paniculiformi 
