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e basi longiasime 3-nerviis, et mox penninerviis, nervis tenuis- 
simis, anastomosautibus, valde reticulatis, submembranaceis, 
utrinque concoloribus, laete viridibus, lucidulis, supra glaber- 
rimis, subtus in nervis sub lente puberulis, marginibus vix 
ciliolatis ; petiolo brevissimo, tenuissimo, puberulo : panicula 
axillari, folio 4-plo breviore; rachi puberula, tenui, apice 
3-ramosa, ramis brevibus, apice 3-floris, floribus brevissime 
pedicellatis ; sepalis 9, triseriatis, gradatim majoribus, serie- 
bus 2 exterioribus parvis, extus pilosulis, interioribus 2-plo 
lougioribus, orbicularibus, concavis, glabris; petalis 6, lanceo- 
lato-oblongis, glabris, apice profunde fissis, laciniis acutis, 
incurvis, lobis basalibus involutis ; staminibus 6, dimidio 
brevioribus, petalis adumbratis. — In insula Formosa : v. s. in 
herb. Hook., ins. Formosae ora orientali (Welford, 526) . 
This forms a species perfectly distinct from all others of the 
genus, near Holopeira laurifolia in the character of its nervation 
and the shining surface of the leaves : these are acute at the base, 
cuneately expanding upwards with straight sides, while the apex 
by its deep emargination forms two rounded lobes, with a sinus 
between them 1 line deep; they are 1^ inch long, 7-10 lines 
broad at the summit, the petiole being 2-2| lines long; the 
peduncle of the axillary panicle is 4 lines long, its apical rays 
1 line long, the flowers minute. 
1 1 . Nephroica ctjnanchoides, nob.; — Cocculus cynanchoides,Pm/, 
Reliq. Hank. ii. 79; — humilis, ramulis volubilibus, teneribus, 
teretibus, striatis, fuscis, retrorsum puberulis; foliis ovatis, 
apice obtusis vel breviter acuminatis, rotundiusculis vel obtusis, 
vix emarginulatis et mucronulatis, e basi 5-nerviis, utrinque 
subglabris (junioribus dense pubescentibus), pallide viridibus 
et concoloribus, subtus nervis proininulis et obsolete pube- 
rulis ; petiolo brevi, seraitereti, pubescente, limbo 3-plo lon- 
giore : panicula $ axillari, petiolo vix longiore, alternatim 
3-5-ramosa, ramis brevibus, alternatim 3-7-floris, floribus 
pedicellatis ; vel inflorescentia ssepe e ramulo novello aphyllo 
racemum folium 2-plo superantem mentiente; sepalis 9, in- 
terioribus multo majoribus, ovalibus, concavis, subfuscis, 
glabris; petalis 6, paulo brevioribus, lineari-oblongis, apice 
profunde et acutissime 2-flssis, lobis basalibus parvis, invo- 
lutis. — In ins. Philippinis, China, et Serampoor : v. s. in herb. 
Lemann., Serampoor; in herb. Lindley., Isle de France, hort. 
bot. cult. (Bouton) ; China : in herb. Hook, et Mus. Brit., ex 
Mus. Paris., ins. Bourbon cult. (Richard). 
This species is well described by Presl : its leaves are smaller 
than in any of the others ; they seldom are more than lj-l| inch 
2m 2 
