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flavido pubescente : paniculis $ axillaribus, plurimis (3-8), 
fasciculatis, petiolo fere sequilongis, subcorymbosis ; pedun- 
culo ad apiceni ramoso, ramis circiter 6, subfasciculatis, bis 
dichotome divisis cum pedicello in sinu, ramulis ultimis 
spicatim plurifloris ; paniculaque altera e ramulo aphyllo folio 
longiore, alternatim fasciculato-ramoso, ramis e paniculis 
breviusculis, dichotome corymbosis ; sepalis spathulato-ovatis, 
extus pilosis ; petalo depresso, margine crenulato ; anthera 
4-loba : racemis $ axillaribus, binis vel solitariis, folio sub- 
brevioribus, reflexis, subremote bracteatis, bracteis orbiculari- 
bus pilosis, floribus pedicellatis 5 fasciculatis munitis ; se- 
palo spathulato-oblongo, extus piloso, petaloque reniformi 
4-plo breviore extus piloso ; ovario hirsutissimo. — In Mexico : 
v.s. in herb. Hook, et alior. (^& ? (Hartwegg, 445). 
A very decided species, with flexuose branches, having its 
axils l|-3 inches apart. In the the leaves are gradually at- 
tenuated, acutely acuminated, with a long mucronate point, and 
have an almost obsolete sinus at the base, with an elongated, 
very slender petiole; they are 2-3|: inches long, l|-2 inches 
broad, the petiole (lf-2 inches long, and subdeflexed) being 
inserted 1-1^ line within the basal margin. In the ? the leaves 
are trigonoid, slightly sinuated at the base, gradually narrowing 
towards the obtuse summit, being 2 inches long, 2 inches broad, 
with a petiole 2 inches long inserted 2 lines within the margin. 
Several ^ panicles are crowded in each axil, 1| inch long; 
the peduncle, 5 lines long, bears five fasciculated branches, 
5 lines long, dichotomously divided, the secondary branchlets 
bearing numerous minute flowers; the aphyllous floriferous 
branch is 4^ inches long, has axils 4 lines apart, each bearing 
three to five panicles, 9 lines long; there is rarely a single 
leaflet at the base of this aphyllous raceme, 7 lines long, 3 lines 
broad, on a petiolet 4 lines long. The $ raceme is 2-2^ inches 
long; the bracts, about 2^ lines apart, are 2-3 lines in dia- 
meter. 
14. Cissampelos heterophijlla , DC. Syst. i. 534 ; Prodr. i. 101 ; — 
C. Pareira, Eichl. {non Linn.) 1. c. p. 189 — ramulis teneribus, 
torto-striatis, glabriusculis ; foliis peltatis, obovatis, imo sinu 
rotundo cordatis, vel subtruncatis, apicem versus curvatim an- 
gustioribus, summo obtusiusculis, subemarginatis et aristato- 
mucronatis, 7-9-nemis, supra fusco-viridibus, glabris, juniori- 
bus puberulis et margine ciliatis, subtus sordide glaucis, pilis 
paucis adpressis puberulis; petiolo subtenui, limbo sequilongo 
vel paulo breviore, subpuberulo : inflorescentia axillari, 
racemiformi, pubescente, e ramulo novello florifero, folio lon- 
giore; axillis remotiusculis, bractea foliiformi paniculisque 3 
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