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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
12. Stephania discolor, Walp. Eep. i. 96 ; — Clypea discolor, Bl. 
Bijd. 26 j — ramulis teretibus, striatis, glabris ; foliis profunde 
peltatis, deltoideo-ovatis, imo truncatis, summum versus an- 
gustioribus, apice obtusis et mucronatis, 9-10-nerviis, supra 
glabemmis, nervis tenuibus prominulis, subtus valde glaucis, 
pilis brevissimis et articulatis pruinosO-puberulis, nervis ve- 
uisque fulvis prominentibus ; petiolo sulcato-striato, subgla- 
bro, limbo sequilongo vel paululo breviore : paniculis axillari- 
bus, solitariis, interdum pluribus, paucis, brevioribus e ramulo 
brevissimo abortivo enatis, umbellatis, pruinoso-puberulis ; 
pedunculo petiolo 2-4-plo breviore •, umbellis 5-8, pedunculo 
5-plo brevioribus, apice flores numerosos miuutos in capitulum 
globosum dense aggregates gerentibus : panicula $ axillari, 
quam in 3-4-plo longiore, umbellata, puberula •, pedunculo 
petiolo subsequilongo; umbellis 6-8, pedunculi f longitudine, 
apice umbellulis 6, flores plurimos crebre aggregates in ca- 
pitulum gerentibus. — In Java : v. s. in herb, plurimis, ^ 
(Zollinger, 462) ; in herb. Hook, c? et $ (Spanaghoe) ; in herb. 
M us. Brit. $ (Horsfield, 472). 
This is a Javan species, very distinct from the preceding, 
recognizable by its larger, broader, more deeply peltate leaves, 
of a very different aspect, upon much longer petioles. As the 
above specimens agree with Blume’s short character, I have re- 
ferred them to the same species. It must not, however, be 
confounded with the Cissampelos discolor of De Candolle, or the 
C. discolor of Wallich. The leaves in the ^ plants are 3| inches 
long, 3^ inches broad, on a petiole 3-3j inches long, inserted 
9-11 lines within the basal margin ; in the ? the leaves ai’e 2|-3^ 
inches long, 2^-2| inches broad, on a petiole l|-2 inches long, 
inserted 6-7 lines within the margin. The peduncle is 6-9 
lines long, its umbels 14-4 lines long, minutely bracteolated at 
base, bearing a globular head, 1 line in diameter, consisting of 
numerous very minute flowers ; sepals 6, in two series, oblong, 
entii-e, softly pubescent outside ; petals 3, cuneately orbicular, 
one-fourth the length of the sepals, fleshy, glabrous ; anthers 6- 
lobed. The $ peduncle is 2-2;^ inches long, the umbels 9-12 
lines long, the umbellules 3 lines long ; sepals 3, obovate, pube- 
rulous outside, shorter than the sepals, fleshy, glabrous; ovary 
glabrous. 
13. Stephania latifolia, nob.; — ramulis angulato -striatis, fuscis; 
foliis majusculis, profunde peltatis, deltoideo-orbicularibus, 
imo obsolete truncatis, apice breviter acuminatis et mucro- 
natis, supra glabris, viridibus, sublucidis, 12-nerviis, nervis 
pallidulis, tenuibus, prominulis, subtus sordide glaucis, in 
nervis fuscis veuisque transversis pallidis pilis articulatis 
