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condary umbels are linear, 1^-2 lines long; those of the flowers 
are much smaller, as long as the sepals, all being clothed with 
articulated hairs. 
15. Stephania obvia, nob.; — ramulis compressis, sulcato-striatis, 
glaberrimis; foliis profunde peltatis, ovatis, imo rotundato- 
truncatis, ultra medium constrictis et longe acuminatis, acutis, 
mucronatis, 10-nerviis, utrinque glaberrimis, supra virentibus, 
lucidis, subtus pallide viridibus, nervis tenuibus venisque 
fuscis, paulo prominulis ; petiolo limbo subsequilongo, glabro, 
compresso, striato, imo torto. — In Java : v. s. in kerb. Hook. 
(Ilorsfield, 684). 
I have seen no specimen with which this plant harmonizes : 
S. longa and S.Japonica are the species to which it comes nearest; 
but it differs from them in its more sharply acuminate and acute, 
bright, polished leaves, somewhat paler below, and in its longer, 
much thicker, and very compressed petiole. The leaves are 
1^-2 inches apart, 4^-5 inches long, 3^ inches broad, on a pe- 
tiole 3^ inches long, inserted 10 or 11 lines within the basal 
margin. The specimen is without flowers. 
16. Stephania concinna, nob.; — ramulis teneribus, teretibus, 
striatis, glabris ; foliis profunde peltatis, deltoideo-orbiculari- 
bus vel deltoideo-ovalibus, imo subtruncatis, bine sensim 
angustioribus, summum versus breviter constrictis, apice ob- 
tusulo et mucronato, 10-nerviis, utrinque glaberrimis, supra 
pallidis, subnitidis, subtus levissimis, cinereo- vel lacteo-glau- 
cis, nervis paulo prominulis et ad basin membrana conjunctis; 
petiolo subtenui, glabro, limbo dimidio vel triple breviore, 
striato, glabro : panicula axillari, umbellata ; pedunculo 
jietiolo dimidio breviore; umbellis 6-9, paululo brevioribus, 
flores circitef 6 minutes sessiles in capitulum aggregates ge- 
reutibus; sepalis 6, membranaceis, oblongis, extus pilis arti- 
culatis puberulis ; petalis 3, subrhomboideis, dimidio breviori- 
bus, carnosulis ; anthera 6-loba : panicula $ umbellata, pube- 
rula ; pedunculo petiolo subdiinidio breviore ; umbellis 4-6, 
pedunculo dimidio brevioribus; umbellulis 6, floribus capi- 
tatis ; putamiue radiatim lirato, in interstitiis favoso-punctato, 
fulvo-cretaceo ; condylo perforate. — In Java: v.s. in herb. 
Hook., Java (Horsfield). 
This is a Javan species, of very peculiar aspect, with leaves 
quite glabrous, very smooth, above of a very pale green colour, be- 
neath of an opaque, enamel-like, pale glaucous hue, with polished 
raised nerves. It somewhat approaches in its aspect that form 
of (S. Roxburghii represented by the Cissampelos hexandra, Roxb. 
(non Ham.) and C. Pata, Buch. ; but it differs from them in 
