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tibus, subtus griseo- vel ferrugineo-glaucis et densius pubes- 
centibus petiolo tenui, limbo dimidio breviore, pilis retrorsis 
tomentoso, imo refracto ; paniculis 2-4, in axillis fascicu- 
latis, petiolo brevioribus, pilosulis, trichotome divisis, et capi- 
tato-cymulosis, ssepe cum ramulo novello racemiformi interdum 
valde elongate comitatis, cujus axillis bractea orbiculari pe- 
tiolulata pilosa paniculisque 3 donatis, vel bracteis interdum 
deficientibus ; sepalis 4, rarius 5, cuneato-ovatis, extus pilosis, 
maculato-pictis ; petalo cyathiformi, glabro ; anthera 8-10-, 
rarius 6-loba : racemis $ axillaribus, solitariis, rarius binis, 
spicato-scorpioideis, petiolo duplo longioribus, tomentosis, 
bracteatis; bracteis parvis, orbicularibus, petiolulatis, compli- 
catis, longe aristatis ; floribus 5-9, in axillis fasciculatis, pedi- 
cellatis ; sepalo lanceolato-oblongo, extus piloso ; petalo dimi- 
dio breviore, cuneato-reniformi, apice late retuso, carnosulo, 
glabro ; ovario dorso piloso. — In Africa : v. s. in herb. Mus. 
Brit., Hook, et Lindl. , Fazokel, Abyssinia (Kotscbky, 
504) ; in herb. Hook., Walo Senegambise (Heudelot), (? & ? , 
Attah et Dagore, fluv. Quorra (Vogel), Shupanga, Zambesi 
(Dr. Kirk), riv. Luabo (Kirk); in herb. Lindl. Natal 
(Gueinsius, 165); in herb. Mus. Brit, et Hook. J, Natal 
(Krauss, 252), ^ & , Mauritius (Wallich). 
This species has an extensive range ; for I am not able to find 
any specific distinction between the more northern and the more 
southern specimens, except in the size of the leaves and the 
length of the inflorescence ; in other respects the characters 
are alike. In the Abyssinian plants the leaves are more orbi- 
cular, in those from Natal they are more oval. The leaves are 
2^—3^ inches long, 2^-3^ inches broad, with a basal sinus 
4-7 lines deep, the petiole (I^-l^ inch long) being inserted 
^-l line within the margin of the sinus. The axillary panicles 
are ^-1 inch long, including the peduncle of 4-7 lines; the 
floriferous branch accompanying them is often 8 inches long, or 
sometimes much shorter ; in the longer one the more inferior 
bracts (or young leaves) are \ inch in diameter, diminishing up- 
wards to a diameter of 3 lines; in the Natal specimens the 
panicles which grow out of these bracts are 4-8 lines long ; in 
the Quorra plants they are 1 inch long, and more capillary. 
The $ racemes are l;f-3| inches long, with bracts 4 lines apart 
and 2-3 lines in diameter. Bojer^s plants from Madagascar 
appear to difier from those of Wallich in the<^ flowers having 
five sepals and a lO-lobed anther, thus according with other 
plants of this species. 
54. Cissampelos nephrophylla, Bojer, Ann. Sc. Nat. 2 ser. xx. 54 ; 
— C. Pareira, Eichl. {non Linn.) 1. c. p. 189; — in graminosis 
