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viore, crebre pilosulo : paniculis ^ axillaribus, 3, fasciculatis, 
pilosis, ebracteatis ; pedunculo tenuissimo, petiobmi vix 
sequante, apice breviter bis dichotome diviso, cum pedicello 
in dichotoraiis, ramis ultimis alternatim crebre pedicellatis ; 
sepalis ssepius 5, spathulato-ovatis, fuscis, extus pilosis; pe- 
talo cyathiformi, margine sub-5-lobo, membranaceo, glabro ; 
antheris 4-6, saepius 5 : racemis ? axillaribus, ssepius 3, fasci- 
culatis, uno petiolum sequaute, alteris 2-3-plo longioribus, 
imbricatim bracteatis ; bracteis orbicularibus, mucronatis, 
submembranaceis, reticulatis, breviter petiolulatis, subtus 
rachique tomentosa pilosis; drupis majusculis, pilosis. — In 
Brasilia, prov. Para : v. s. in herb, meo et alior., pi’ope Santarem 
(Spruce). 
This species bears much resemblance to C. ovalifolia in the 
size, shape, and venation of its leaves ; these differ, however, in 
their more oval form, their upper surface being very shining 
and scabrid to the touch, and in having a much longer petiole, 
which, in the ^ plant especially, has a decidedly peltate insertion : 
the racemes are fasciculated, not solitary, in each axil. In the 
<5' plant the leaves are 2-2j inches long, l^-lf ineh broad, 
quite of an oval form, with a petiole 7-9 lines long, inserted 
2 lines within the basal margin ; in the $ they are 2^-3 inches long, 
2-2^ inches broad, more ovate, on a petiole 5-71ines long, inserted 
I line within the margin ; their nervation is as in C. ovalifolia-, 
the panicles are 7 lines long : the $ racemes, three out of each 
axil, are severally 1, 2, 3 inches long ; the terminal portion of 
the main stem, where the leaves become gradually smaller until 
they are reduced to the size of the bracts, assumes in consequence 
the appearance of the axillary racemes, the leaves or bracts being 
nearly orbicular, ^-1 inch in diameter, on a petiolule 2-5 lines 
long, and having a fascicle of three to four pedicellated flowers 
at the base of each. 
2. ArRICANiE. 
* Folia peltata ; frutices scandentes. 
47. Cissampelos Owariensis, Beauv., DC. Prodr. i. 100 ; — ramulis 
teneris, teretibus, striatis, glabris, rugulosis ; foliis peltatis, 
suborbicularibus, imo sinuato-cordatis, ultra medium utrinque 
repandis, apice rotundiusculis, hoc modo fere trilobatis, lobis 
lateralibus apiealique obtusis et aristato-mucronatis,12-nerviis, 
supra viridibus, nitentibus et pilis sparsis adpressis puberulis, 
reticulatis, subtus cano- vel thalassino-glaucis, in nervis venis- 
que pilosiusculis ; petiolo glabro, limbo breviore vel sequilongo: 
inflorescentia axillari, racemiformi vel pseudo-spicata, petiolo 
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