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sinuously lobed on the margin, the former with a petiole of 
6 inches, the latter on one of 5 inches in length. The inflores- 
cence is short compared with the petiole; the peduncle, how- 
ever, though seldom exceeding 1-1 ^ inch, is 2 inches long in 
Parish’s specimen, and both it and the umbels are compressed and 
striated. The $ inflorescence is similar in size and proportions; 
but by the time the fruit is matured both peduncle and umbels 
become much thickened. 
7. Stephania gradlenta, nob. ; — Cissampelos hernandifolia. Wall, 
{in parte) ; — ramulis gracilibus, striatis ; foliis profunde pel- 
tatis, deltoideo-ovatis vel oblongioribus, imo sinu levi aut 
obsolete truncatis, sursum gradatim angustioi-ibus, apicem 
versus breviter subconstrictis, acumine obtuso et mucronulato, 
submembranaceis, 8-10-nerviis, utrinque glaberrimis, reticu- 
latis, subtus pallide vel cinereo-glaucis, nervis tenuibus, pro- 
miuentibus, rufescentibus ; petiolo tenuissimo, subcompresso, 
striato, glabro, imo tortuoso, limbo paulo breviore, vel rarius 
longiore : paniculis ^ axillaribus, solitariis aut geminis, um- 
bellatis, undique glaberrimis;. pedunculo filiformi, petiolo sub- 
breviore vel interdum longiore; umbellis 4-6, capillaribus, 
dimidio brevioribus, imo bracteolatis ; umbellulis 4-6, alter- 
natim laxifloris ; floribus pedicellatis, bine capitato-corymbu- 
losis ; sepalis 6, aequalibus, late cuneato-obovatis, membrana- 
ceis, glabris ; petalis 3, paulo vel dimidio brevioribus, cuneato- 
orbicularibus, concavis, carnosulis; filamento petala vix su- 
perante ; panicula $ axillari, umbellata, glaberrima; pedunculo 
longissimo, filiformi ; umbellis 6, filiformibus, fere aequilongis, 
imo bracteolis 3 munitis ; umbellulis flores paucos alternatim 
pedicellatos gerentibus ; sepalis 3, oblongis, submembranaceis, 
glabris ; petalis 3, cuneato-orbiculatis ; ovario glabro. — In 
Nepalia et regno Birmano: v. s. in herb. Soc. Linn. Goyal- 
poor (Wall. Cat. 4972 a. «) ; in herb. Mus. Brit. cJ, Nepal 
(Wallich) ; in herb. De Candolle, Nepal (Wallich) : in herb. 
Hook. et ? , Nepal (Wallich) ; ^ , Rangoon (McClelland) ; 
(J, Martaban, Pegu (Scott). 
This is a species readily distinguished from all others by its 
very glabrous habit, its extremely slender climbing branches, 
its very long filiform petioles, the elongated capillary peduncle 
of its umbellated panicle, its long capillary umbels, the secondary 
rays of which are laxly paniculated with flowers on comparatively 
long pedicels. It resembles some of the more slender specimens 
of /S. glabra in the form of its leaves and general appearance, 
but is very distinct in its far more slender habit and both in its 
^ and $ inflorescence ; it also differs in its $ flowers being fur- 
nished with the normal number of parts. Its leaves vary iu size 
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