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resemblance to Cyclea and Peraphora : the six more external 
sepals, in two series, are much smaller, quite free, linear, and 
very acute. It has six minute scale-like petals, and nine sta- 
mens one-third the length of the inner sepals ; of these, three 
are more external, free, and a tritie shorter than the other six, 
which are briefly monadelphous at their base, and central. The 
inflorescence consists of two supra-axillary very sleuder pedicels, 
double the length of the petiole, each bearing a solitary flower, 
which is of rather a large size for the order. In its 1-flovvered 
axillary pedicels it therefore bears some resemblance to Pycnar- 
rhena, Syrrhonema, and Aniitaxis. Only one species is known, 
which has very slender scandent branches, and distant, cordate, 
somewhat oval leaves, acuminate at the apex, with rather short 
petioles. 
Synclisia, Benth. — Flores dioici. — Masc. Sepala 9, subcarnosa, 
in seriebus 3 alternatim disposita, quorum 3 exteriora bractei- 
formia, 3 intermedia paulo majora, cuncta linearia, acutissima, 
extus longe pilosa, intus glabra, 3 interiora 4-plo majora, in 
tubum cylindraceum apice 3-partitum agglutinata, laciniis 
tubo dimidio brevioribus, una cum tubo extus glabris, erectis, 
subobtusis, sepalis externis 3-plo latioribus, marginibus sericeo 
tomentosis, sestivatione valvatim clausis. Petala 6, minima, 
sepalis interioribus 10-plo breviora, suborbicularia, imo bre- 
viter unguiculata, glabra. Stamina 9, quorum 3 exteriora 
libera, paululo breviora, 6 centralia imo in stipite breviter 
monadelpha, sepalis interioribus 3-plo breviora ; filamenta 
paulo compressa, sursum gradatim crassiora ; antherce bilobse, 
exteriores subintrorsse, centrales subextrorsse, lobis connec- 
tive subexcurrente sejunctis, tilamento fere lateraliter adnatis, 
rima lougitudinali subobliqua dehiscentibus. — FL fcetn. ig- 
noti. 
Frutex scandens Africte occidentalis aquinoctialis ; ramuli debiles; 
folia ovata, cor data, apice acuminata, imo 'a-nervia, pilis spar sis 
munita : inflorescentia supra- axillaris, e pedicellis geminis uni- 
floris; pedicellus petiolo 2-plo longior ; flos /iro ordine majus- 
culus. 
Synclisia scabrida, Oliv. MS. ; — ramulis volubilibus, tenuibus, 
teretibus, vix striatis, junioribus rigide ferrugineo-puberulis, 
cum axillis remotiusculis ; foliis obovatis, imo cordatis, apicem 
versus constrictis, acuminatis et longe mucronatis, e basi 
5-nerviis, supra fusco-viridibus, nitentibus, ad nervos pilis 
longis paucis rufis munitis, valde reticulatis, subtus nervis 
prominentibus venisque pilosis ; petiolo tenui, pilis longis 
rufls patentim villoso, limbo 5-plo breviore ; pedicellis 
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