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the $ peduncle is l^-l^ inch long, the umbels 3-6 lines long. 
Dr. Gray has referred the species to Stephania ; but its imper- 
forate condyle shows that it belongs to this genus. 
5. Clypea consummata, nob.; — ramulis teretibus, angulato- 
striatis, ad nodos compressis, contortis, glabris ; foliis pel- 
tatis, deltoideo-ovatis, imo subrotundis, ultra medium angus- 
tioribus, summum versus paulo constrictis, acumine latius- 
culo obtuso et emarginato, 12-nerviis, utrinque glabris, supra 
lucidis, viridibus, nervis prominulis, reticulatis, subtus cinereo- 
glaucis, nervis fuscis ; petiolo valido, compresso, striato, limbo 
subsequilongo vel longiore : panicula $ axillari, umbellata, 
glabra ; pedunculo tenerrimo ; umbellis circiter 8, triplo bre- 
vioribus ; floribus circa 9, in discum carnosum ex umbellulis 
coalitis creberrime sessilibus et hinc globoso-capitatis ; sepalis 
et petalis fere consimilibus, oblongo-ovatis, submembranaceis, 
glabris; ovariis ovatis, sessilibus, glabris; stigmatibus 4, 
subulatis et subreflexis. — In Japonia : i;. s. in herb. Hook., 
Nagasaki (Oldham, 760). 
A very distinct plant, with an entirely glabrous habit, in 
w’hich respect it resembles the two preceding species; but it 
difiers from them in several particulars. Its nodes are very 
distant ; the leaves are 3^-41 inches long, 2|-3^ inches broad, 
on a stout and very compressed petiole, 4-4^ inches long, which 
is inserted 1 inch within the basal margin. The very slender 
peduncle is 2 j inches long, its umbels 3-8 lines long ; the petals 
and sepals are ^ line long, the ovary being a trifle longer ; the 
number of floral parts in each capitate head is quite in harmony 
with the generic character, having fifty-four closely aggregated 
sepals and petals, and nine ovaries. 
6. Clypea subovata, nob. ; — ramulis teretibus, striatis, glabris ; 
foliis peltatis, deltoideo-orbicularibus, imo sinu Isevi sub- 
truncatis, ultra medium sensim et curvatim angustioribus, 
apice obtusis, emarginatis, et mucronulatis, 10-I2-nerviis, 
utrinque glabris, supra viridibus, nervis immersis, subtus 
cano-glaucis, nervis tenuibus et paulo prominulis, reticulatis ; 
petiolo paulo compresso, imo fuscescente, glabro, limbo di- 
midio breviore : panicula ? axillari, umbellata, glaberrima ; 
pedunculo petiolo dimidio breviore, umbellis circiter 5, um- 
bellulis 5, brevissimis, capitulis confertim paucifloris ; drupis 
glabris. — In Japonia : v. s. in herb. Hook., Rino Ohosimo 
(Oldham, 346). 
This species differs from the preceding species in its much 
smaller, rounder, more obtuse leaves, with much shorter petioles, 
and a shorter inflorescence, with fewer umbels. The leaves are 
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