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dimidio breviore, profunde 4-5 fisso ; anthera 4-5-loba, ex- 
serta : panicula ? racemosa, folio multo breviore, botryoidea, 
composite divisa ; ramis brevibus, subcorymbosis ; floribus 
minimis, in ramulis ultimis sessilibus, creberrime congestis ; 
sepalo oblongo, glabro; petalo orbiculari, 4-plo breviore; 
ovario piloso, drupis pilosis. — In India orientali et Java: v. s. 
in /lerd. Soc. Linn., Sylhet( (^,Wall. Cat. 4978c. a; $ ,4978c. 6): 
in herb. Hook. et $ , Java (Spanaghoe, 194); (J, Assam 
(Griffiths, 355). 
Rheede’s figure, as far as regards the leaf and drupiferous 
raceme, is very characteristic of the species : the inflorescence, 
however, affords a peculiar feature by which it may be recog- 
nized, as both calyx and corolla are more deeply cleft than in 
any other species. The authors of the' Flora Indica^ unite with 
this several other species, which I have here shown to differ in 
many essential points. The leaves are 4^-7 inches long, 3^- 
5 inches broad, with a broad and shallow basal sinus 2 lines 
deep, the petiole. If inch long, being 'inserted 6-10 lines within 
the margin. The slender rachis of the(;^ is 5 or 6 inches long, 
or sometimes longer, its divaricated inferior branches are 1| inch 
long at the base, and gradually diminish upwards till they merge 
into the terminal branch, each being furnished at its base with 
a small bract ; the flowers are aggregated on these branches in 
capitate heads, the latter sometimes stipitated, more often ses- 
sile, about 2 lines in diameter, and 3-6 lines apart. The $ ra- 
ceme is about 4 inches long, and much resembles a bunch of 
very small grapes, the drupes being crowded together, each about 
3 lines in diameter. 
2. Cijclea barbata, nob. ; — Cyclea peltata {in parte), Hook, Th. 
FI. Ind. i. 201 ; — Cissampelos barbata, IVall. {in parte ) ; — 
ramulis striatis, pilis longissimis divaricatis lanuginosis ; foliis 
profunde peltatis, deltoideo-ovatis, imo subsinuato-truncatis, 
ultra medium angustioribus, apice subobtusis vel acutis, 10- 
nerviis, supra viridibus, in nervis tenuibus tan turn sparsissime 
et longe pilosis, alioquin glabris, marginibus pilis longis fla- 
vidis crebriter ciliatis, subtus cinereo-glaucis, et praesertim ad 
nervos pilis longis flavidis patentim hirsutis, junioribus utrin- 
que dense sericeo pilosis, crinibusque longis flavidis valde 
lanuginosis; petiolo tenuissimo, striato, pilis longis paucis 
retrorsis munito, limbo dimidio vel 3-plo breviore. — In Ava 
et Pegu: v. s. in herb. Soc. Linn., Rangoon (Wall. Cat. 
4978 A. a, non b) ; in via ad Taong Dong (AVall. Cat. 
4978 e). 
A very marked species, readily distinguishable from the pre- 
ceding by the much thinner texture of its leaves, their more 
