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puberulis ; foliis hastato-oblongis, imo cordatis et subito auri- 
culato-expansis, lobis rotundiusculis, lateribus fere parallelis, 
apice rotundatis, eraarginatis et mucroaulatis, e basi 5-nerviis, 
utriuque concoloribus et in nervis puberulis, reticulato-venosis, 
margiuibus subreflexis ; petiolo teuui, pubescente, limbo 7-9- 
plo breviore : pauicula ^ supra-axillari, petiolum paulo exce- 
dente, pubescente; ramis 3-4, paucifloris, floribus alternis, 
pedicellatis, aut inflorescentia e ramulo novello aphyllo race- 
mum longiusculum meutieiite ; sepalis interioribus suborbi- 
cularibus, glabris, membranaceis ; petalis 6, sublinearibus, 
apice acutissime et profunde fissis, imo lougiuscule auriculatis, 
lobis involutis. — In China : v. s. in herb. Hook., China (Millett 
et Vachel). 
A species allied to the preceding; but the leaves are some- 
what smaller, more deeply cordate, with rounded basal lobes, 
with more parallel sides, and rounder at the apex, much shorter 
petioles, a dissimilar inflorescence, and differently shaped petals. 
The leaves are 1^-1 1 inch long, the basal sinus being 1-2 lines 
deep; they are 1|^ inch broad across the basal lobes, 9-10 lines 
broad in the middle and towards the rounded summit, the 
petiole being 2-3 lines long. The axillary ^ panicle is 6 lines 
long; the pseudo-raceme has a rachis 2^-31 inches long, with 
panicles 3 lines long and 3 lines apart ; the petals, somewhat 
shorter than the sepals, are cleft to one-third of their length 
into two very narrow subulate segments, the stamens (half their 
length) being affixed to their claws. 
8. Nephroica mollis, nob. ; — Cocculus mollis. Wall., Hook. ^ Th. 
FI. Ind. i. 193; — ramulis scandentibus, striatis, glabris, ju- 
nioribus retrorsum pubescentibus ; foliis obovatis, imo rotun- 
datis aut obsolete cordatis, a medio gradatim angustioribus, 
apicem versus paulo constrictis et acuminatis, e basi 5-nerviis, 
supra sparse pubescentibus et in nervis cano tomentellis, 
subtus cinereo-glaucis et molliter pilosulis, nervis paulo pro- 
minulis ; petiolo tenui, pilosulo, limbo 3-4-plo breviore : 
panicula ^ supra-axillari, e fascicula pilorum orta, petiolo 
breviore, 3-5-flora ; floribus pedicellatis. — In India orientali : 
V. s. in herb. Soc. Linn., Nepalia (Wall. Cat. 4973) ; in herb. 
Hook., Khasya (Hook. & Th.). 
The branches are slender ; the leaves are 2-3^ inches long, 
1^-1 1 inch broad, on a petiole 7-10 lines long. The supra- 
axillary panicle is 6 lines long, the pedicels 1 line, the bracts 
minute, all cano-pubescent, the flowers glabrous; the raceme- 
like floriferous branchlet is 3^ inches long, with alternate short 
panicles ; the sepals are ovate ; the petals are nearly their length, 
narrowly oblong, shortly cleft at the apex, with two small in- 
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