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ovatis, imo truncatis vel trancato-bisinuatis, ultra medium 
sensim angustioribus, apicem versus subito breviter constrictis, 
acute acuminatis et mucronatis, 12-nerviis, utrinque glaberri- 
mis, supra nitidis, viridibus, reticulatis, subtus virenti-glaucis, 
opacis, nervis tenuibus, subprominulis ; petiolo tenuissimo, 
elongate, compresso, striolato, pallido, glabro, imo fusco et 
torto, limbo fere aequilongo: panicula axillari, glabra; pe- 
dunculo petiolo 3-4-plo breviore, tenuissimo, compresso ; 
umbellis 9, pedunculo 4-plo brevioribus ; umbellulis 3, flori- 
bus altematim pedicellatis et corymbulosis : panicula $ axil- 
lari ; pedunculo compresso, petiolo dimidio breviore ; umbellis 
3, umbellulisque fructiferis crassioribus. — In insula Fer- 
nando Po : V. s. in herb. Hook., Clarence Peak, alt. 3500 ped. 
(Mann, 629). 
A species distinguished by its rather large, deeply peltate, 
orbicular leaves, shortly and sharply acuminated at their apex, 
upon very long slender petioles, and by other characters. The 
branches are very slender ; the leaves in the ^ plant are 5^ inches 
long, 4^-5 inches broad, on a very slender compressed petiole, 
4— 4| inches long, inserted 1-lJ inch within the basal margin. 
The capillary ^ peduncle is 2 inches long, its umbels \ inch 
long, its corymbulose umbellules 2 lines long. The leaves in the 
$ plant are 2^-S^ inches long, 2^-3 inches broad, on a petiole 
3^ inches long, inserted 6-9 lines within the basal margin ; the 
peduncle is 1 inch long, its umbels 4 lines ; the putamen is 3 lines 
long, 2^ lines broad, with a perforated condyle. 
24. Stephania fastosa, nob. ; — ramulis teretibus, compressis, ad 
nodos subdilatatis, cortice laxo ; foliis peltatis, deltoideo-ob- 
longis, imo sinu levi subtruncatis vel in junioribus rotundiori- 
bus, ultra medium sensim angustatis, apicem versus gradatim 
aut ssepius repentine acuminatis, acumine obtusulo vel acuto, 
10-12-nerviis, subcoriaceis, utrinque glabris, supra subnitidis, 
viridibus, valde reticulatis, subtus fere concoloribus, opacis, 
nends prominulis, venis subinimersis et e reticulatione cre- 
berrima, bine bullato-rugulosis, marginibus recurvulis ; petiolo 
tenui, striato, fusco, glabro, subangulato, superne canaliculato, 
limbo 3-4-plo breviore : paniculis ^ umbellatis, axillaribus, 
solitariis aut geminis, glaberrimis; pedunculo tenui, petiolo 
multo longiore, compresso, striato; umbellis 6-9, pedunculo 
4-5-plo brevioribus; umbellulis 6-9 ; floribus plurimis, pedi- 
cellatis, capitato-coiymbulosis, bracteolis parvis, margine cilio- 
latis ; sepalis 6, cuneato-oblongis,interioribus paulo majoribus ; 
petalis 3, dimidio brevioribus, orbiculari-rhomboideis, fusco- 
carnosis ; anthera peltata, distincte 6-locellari, locellis margine 
