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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
(Harvey, 679); Adow, Algoa Bay; C^ffraria Brit. (Cooper, 
120); Natal (Sanderson, 393); Norambello, lat. 14° 19' 
(Kirk) ; Krysna (Bowie) ; D’ Urban (MacKen, 644); ? , Kat- 
rivier, Calferland (Drege). 
This plant, neglected by botanists, was evidently known to 
Linnseus, and forms a very distinct species; it is of climbing 
habit, approaching C. nephrophylla, but differing in its larger, 
broadly reuiform leaves, cordately bisinuate at base, with a short 
cuneate expansion at the bottom of the sinus, into which the 
petiole is palately inserted. The leaves are lj-l| inch long 
(including the very broad basal sinus 2-5 lines deep), 1^-2^ inches 
broad, the petiole being 1-2 inches long. The corymbose axil- 
lary ^ panicle is ^ inch, or more often 1 ineh long, including 
its peduncle of f inch. The 2 raceme is 5 inches long; the 
deeply cordate and reniform, leaf-like, glabrous bracts are 4-6 
lines broad. 
57. Cissampe/os cfljoensfs, Thunb. Prodr. 100; Poir. Diet. v. 11; 
DC.Syst.i.538, Prodr. i.l02; — C.fruticosa, Thunb. l.c.-, Linn, 
fil. Suppl. 432; — C. humilis, Poir. /. c. 11 ; DC. Syst. i. 538, 
Prodr. i. 102 ; — caule procumbente ; ramulis brevibus et 
erectis, vel longioribus, tenuibus et subscandentibus, sub- 
velutinis vel glabris ; folds palatis, parvis, oblongis aut obo- 
vatis, imo truncato-obtusis, ultra medium angustioribus, apice 
rotundatis et mucronulatis, 3-5-nerviis, marginibus nervulo 
incrassatis, utrinque glaberrimis et glaucis, fusco reticulatis ; 
petiolo tenui, limbo breviore vel sequilongo : paniculis (Jsupra- 
axillaribus, geminis, e pulvino tomentoso ortis ; pedunculis 
petiolo dimidio brevioribus, apice paucifloris ; floribus sub- 
agglomefatis, minimis ; sepalis extus albido pilosis ; petalo 
cyathiformi, inlegro, glabro ; anthera 4-loba. — In C. B. Sp. 
per totam coloniam : v. s. in herb, variis. 
The characters which have been published under the names 
above enumerated are far too short to be of any value ; and the 
specimens I have seen do not enable me to identify any one 
of them that can be considered specifically distinct from the 
type : I have therefore regarded all as belonging to one species. 
It is evidently a shrubby plant, of low and stunted growth, ap- 
parently common in rocky places throughout the Cape colony. 
The stem appears generally prostrate, sending out several short 
upright branches, from 8 to 12 inches high, furnished often at 
close intervals with very short ramifications ; but above that 
height they often send out longer and weaker shoots that twist 
and climb for support upon the surrounding bushes; and it is 
probable that C. humilis and C. fruticosa have been founded 
