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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
their more orbicular form, and from those of C. orbiculata in 
being more peltate, more hairy, and with shorter petioles. The 
leaves are 1^-3^ inches long, inches broad, on a petiole 
inch long, inserted 2-4 lines within the basal margin. 
** Folia subpeltata ; suffrutices scandentes. 
66. Cissampelos convolvulacea, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 863; DC. 
Syst. i. 536, Prodr. i. 101; W. & Arn. Prodr. FI. Pen. i. 14; 
Roxb. FI. Ind. iii. 842; — C. tetrandra, Roxb. 1. c. 842; — C. 
Mauritiana, Wall, {non Thouars) ; ejusdem, Wight inhb.-, — C. 
Pareira, H. ^ Th. {in parte, non Linn.) FI. Ind. i. 198 ; Eichler, 
I, c. p.l89 ; — C. Pareiroides, DC. Ess. Prop. MM. 2 edit. i. 78 ; 
— C. septemnervis, IFa//. in Cat.-, — ramulis teretibus, sulcato- 
striatis, subtomentosis ; foliis subpeltatis, reniformibus vel 
deltoideo-orbiculatis, imo sinu lato leviter cordatis, aut sinu 
angustiore profundius cordatis, vel margine petiolum versus 
retrocurvato bine bisinuato-cordatis, apice rotundatis, emar- 
ginatis et mucronatis, mai’ginibus ssepissime crassiusculis aut 
integris vel sinuato-crenatis, 7-9-nerviis nervoque marginali 
tomentoso, supra subglabris, subtus pallide vel flavescente 
pubescentibus ; petiolo limbo sequilongo vel longiore, ad in- 
sertionem geniculato, pubescente aut tomentoso : paniculis ^ 
axillaribus, 2-3, fasciculatis, petiolo brevioribus, trichotome 
ramosis, ramulis ultimis spicatim longe pedicellatis : racemis 2 
axillaribus, solitariis aut gerainis, petiolo subsequilongis, e basi 
spicatim bracteatis; bracteis valde imbricatis, orbicularibus 
aut reniformibus, membranaceis, cano-glaucis et reticulato- 
venosis, supra glabris, subtus pubescentibus ; floribus in axil- 
lulis, 4-7, fasciculatis ; sepalo cuneato-oblongo ; petalo reni- 
formi-orbiculai'i, multo breviore ; ambobus extus birsutis; 
ovario piloso.— In Indiae peninsula: v. s. in herb. Soc. Linn. 
^ (Wall. Cat. 4979 b a, 4979 d b), ? (id. Calc. cult. 4979), 
Dendygal (id. 4979 a b, 4979 b b), Ragmohl (id. 4979 h), 
Mungger (id. 4979 j) ; in herb. Mus. Brit. $ , Calc. cult. 
(Wallich) , Ind. orient. (Konig), Fort Victoria (Hove), Ind. or. 
(Wi ght, 39) ; in herb. Hook. $ , Madras (Hunter), et midta alia. 
This species is widely diffused over the Indian peninsula, and 
is easily recognized by its broad reniform leaves and its general 
aspect. The leaves are generally broader than long, datly 
rounded, rarely obtusely narrower at the summit, with rounded 
angles and a broad deep hollow at the base, the margin often 
recurved tow'ards the petiole, so as to render the sinus bisinuate, 
and the contour is frequently indented by distant creuatures : 
they are usually 1|-2| inches long, 2^-2^ inches broad, on a 
petiole 1^-2^ inches long, inserted 1 line within the margin of 
