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lines long, the secondary rays 1 line long, each bearing a globu- 
lar head 1 line in diameter, consisting of three minute flowers 
closely agglutinated by the confluence of their pedicels. 
20. Stephania Australis, nob. in Ann. Nat. Hist, ser.2. vii. 40; A. 
Gray in Bot. Wilkeses Exp. p. 38 ; — S. hern an difolia, Hook, 
Th. {in parte) FI. Ind. i. 196 ; — S. Hookeri, F. Mueller, MS.-, — 
Cissampelos Australis, A. Cunningham, MS. ; — ramulis teneri- 
bus, teretibus, striatis, demum subglabris ; foliis profunde pel- 
tatis, deltoideo-oblongis, imo sinu levissimo truncatis, a medio 
sensim angustatis, subacuminatis, acumine obtusulo emar- 
ginato et mucronulato, marginibus integris, subrevolutis, fir- 
raiter submembranaceis, 12-nerviis, supra glabris, subnitidis, 
nervis tenuibus reticulatis, subtus pallide glaucis, puberulis, 
nervis prominulis ; petiolo tenui, striato, puberulo vel glabri- 
usculo, imo tumidulo et torto, in ^ limbo paulo, in $ dimidio 
breviore : panicula axillari, umbellata, puberula ; pedunculo 
tenui, petiolo paulo breviore ; umbellis circiter 6, dimidio vel 
triplo brevioribus ; umbellulis 6, flores plurimos minutos 
globoso-aggregatos gerentibus ; panicula $ umbellata, sub- 
glabra, pedunculo petiolo breviore ; umbellis 4-6, triplo bre- 
vioribus ; umbellulis circiter 3, istis triplo brevioribus, drupas 
3^ glabras parvulas brevissime pedicellatas gerentibus. — In 
Australia ; v. s. in herb. Reward ? , Sydney (A. Cunningham); 
in herb. Hook. ^ , Hastings River (Burke); $ , Burnett River 
(Mueller), Brisbane River (Mueller). 
This plant, first collected by Allan Cunningham in 1819, 
bears much resemblance to S. hernandifolia, especially in the 
pubescence of its foliage, and has been considered identical with 
it by the authors of the ‘ Flora Indica ;’ it differs, however, in 
its larger, broader, and less acuminated, more polished leaves 
upon longer petioles ; and, besides the difference in its inflores- 
cence, the putamen is smaller, with other markings. The leaves 
are 3^-5 inches long, 3-4J inches broad, on a petiole 2-3| inches 
long, inserted 9-15 lines within the basal margin. The peduncle 
in the ^ plants is 11 lines long, the umbels 7 lines, the umbel- 
lules 2 lines long: in the $ the peduncle is 11-13 lines long, 
the umbels 4-6 lines, the umbellules 2 lines long ; the putamen 
is 2 lines long, nearly orbicular, with somewhat distant radiating 
tubercular ridges. 
21. Stephaniat pallidula, nob.; — ramulis tenerrimis, teretibus, 
valde striatis, pallide glaucis; foliis profunde peltatis, sub- 
orbicularibus, imo subtruncatis, longe ultra medium paulo 
angustioribus, apice rotundiusculis emarginatis obsolete mu- 
cronatis, 10-12-nerviis, utrinque glaberrimis, supra pallide 
