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*** Folia palata aut obsolete peltata ; frutices scandentes aut 
subproni, ramosi, ramis rarius erectis. 
55. Cissampelos tamnifolia, nob.; — ramulis teneris, flexuosis, 
striatis, patentim pilosis; foliis minime peltatis, parvis, del- 
toideis, sinu lato profun diuscnlo cordatis, angulis basalibus 
rotundatis, dehinc ad summum (lateribus rectis) acutangu- 
latis, apice acutis et mucronatis, rigidulis, 5-7-nerviis, supra 
viridibus, nitentibus, utrinque glabris, valde reticulatis, sub- 
tus cinereo-glaucis, nervis tenuibus vix prominulis, margini- 
bus cartilagineis, subciliatis; petiolo tenui, limbo triplo bre- 
viore, patentim piloso : paniculis axillaribus, 4, fasciculatis ; 
folio dimidio brevioribus ; pedunculo patentim piloso, petio- 
lum sequante ; ramis puberulis, subumbellatim corymbosis ; 
floribus minutis ; pedicellis capillaribus, glabris ; sepalis 
cuneato-oblongis, medio guttatim obscuris, marginibus bya- 
linis, glaberrimis ; petalo cyathiformi, 4-sulcato, glabro. — In 
Africa australi : v. s. in herb. Lindle]), ^ , Delagoa Bay 
(Forbes, 11). 
This species is distinct from all others that I have seen, on 
account of its rigid, cordate, small, glabrous leaves, with straight 
sides angularly converging into an acute apex; they are l^-l^ 
inch long, If-l^ inch broad, with a basal sinus 2-3 lines deep, 
the petiole (4-5 lines long) being inserted | line within the 
margin of the sinus. The (j' panicles are | inch long, with a 
peduncle 5 lines long, terminated by four or five short, umbel- 
lately spreading rays, which are again corymbosely divided ; 
the flowers are very minute, 
56. Cissampelos torulosa, E. Meyer; — Menispermum capense, 
Linn., Thunb. FI. Cap. ed. Schultz. 402 ; Enum. Eckl. Zeyh. 
3 ; Zeyh. Linnaa, xix. 601 ; — ramulis teretibus, striatis, pa- 
tentim pilosis, demum glabris ; foliis palatis, late reniformi- 
bus, sat profunde cordiformi-bisinuatis, et juxta petiolum 
cuneato-angustatis, . apice obtusis vel rotundatis, interdum 
emarginatis et mucronulatis, 5-nerviis, utrinque glabriusculis 
vel sparse pilosis, subtus pallidis aut thalassino-glaucis ; pe- 
tiolo tenuissimo, limbo sequilongo vel longiore, glabro aut 
summo patentim piloso : paniculis ^ axillaribus, solitariis vel 
binis, glabris; pedunculo filiformi, petiolo 2-5-plo breviore, 
apice corymbose, paucifloro; floribus minutis, pedicellatis, 
glaberrimis ; sepalis 4, ellipticis, subacutis, omnino glabris ; 
anthera 4-loba : racemo ? axillari, solitario, folio petiolo 3-5- 
plo longiore, paucibracteato ; bracteis foliiformibus, compli- 
catis ; floribus intra bracteas pedicellatis et fasciculatis. — In 
colonia Capense : v. s. in herb. Hook, et aliorum, $ , Uitenhage 
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