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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY, 
panicula c? axillari ; pedunculo petiolo subsequilongo, filiformi, 
bis trichotome ramoso, raniis ultimis alternatim pedicellatis j 
floribus bine corymbulosis, glaberrimis; sepalis 6, ovatis; 
petalis 3, dimidio brevioribus, orbicularibus : panicula $ axil- 
lari, simillima; pedunculo filiformi, petiolo 3-plo longiore, 
rarnis ultimis alternatim pedicellatis ; floribus bine corymbu- 
losis, bracteolis minimis donatis ; sepalis 3, ovatis, glabris ; 
petalis 3, minoribus, cuneato-orbiculatis ; drupa glabra, peri- 
car pio laxo, rigidulo; putamine stramineo-cretaceo, utrinque 
radiatim lirato, liris tuberculatis, interstitiis punctulatis. — In 
India orientali : v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit, et Linn. $ , Nepal 
(Wallicb) : in herb. Hook. Kbasya et Sikbim (Hook. & Tb.) ; 
Darjeeling et Kbasya (Griffiths, 581); (J, Assam (Jenkins); 
(^et $ , Gurwbal (Falconer, 89) ; $ , Mucklow (Hook. & Tb.). 
This species is readily distinguished by its rather small, long, 
triangular, acuminated leaves, truncated or subcordate at base, 
bearing some resemblance to those of Cissampelos sympodialis, to 
which plant its inflorescence off’ers also much similarity in its 
form. The leaves are 2^-3 inches long, Ij-lf inch broad, with a 
basal sinus often 2 lines deep, the petiole (9-15 lines long) 
being inserted 4-5 lines within the margin of the sinus. 
19. Stephania exigua, nob.; — ramulis tenerrimis, teretibus, 
striatis, glabris ; folds profunde peltatis, deltoideo-oblongis, 
imo rotundatis aut vdx sinuatis, a medio gradatim angustiori- 
bus, acumine obtusulo et mucronato, 10-nerviis, utrinque 
glaberrimis, membranaceis, supra obscure viridibus et s.ub- 
nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, sublucidis, nervis tenuissimis vix 
prominulis ; petiolo filiformi, tenuissimo, striolato, imo torto, 
limbi fei’e longitudine : panicula ^ axillari, glaberrima, umbel- 
lata et umbellulata ; pedunculo capillari, petiolo paulo breviore; 
umbellis 5-6, capillaribus, pedunculo dimidio brevioribus; 
umbellulis 4-6, apice flores plurimos minutos sessiles capitu- 
lato-aggregatos gerentibus ; sepalis 6, obovatis, extus pube- 
rulis, fusco-membranaceis ; petalis 3, dimidio brevioribus, 
cuneato-rotundatis. — In insulis Philippinis : v.s. in herb. Mus. 
Brit, et Hook. (Cuming, 1533). 
A very pretty, slender species, somewhat approaching the 
preceding in its delicate habit and in the size and shape of its 
leaves ; but they are not almost triangular at base ; its inflores- 
cence, also, is very diff’erent. Its branches are scarcely \ line 
in thickness, with their axils ^-1 inch apart; the leaves are 
l|-2j inches long, lj-l| inch broad, on a delicate petiole 
ij-l| inch long, inserted 5 lines within the margin: the 
capillary peduncle is I5 inch long, its umbellate rays 5-7 
