Stephania .] vii. menispermace.®. h 3 
Leaves pubescent beneath; flowers crowded in heads {3) S. hernandifolia 
Leaves thin glaucous beneath; umbel lax, 
spreading . . . . . . . (4) S. rotunda 
(1) S. corymbosa Walp. Rep. i. 96; Diels , Pflanzenreich, 267. 
S. ramuliflora Miers, Contrib. Bot. iii. 232. Clypea corymbosa 
Bl. Bijdr. 27. 
Glabrous. Leaves membranous to subcoriaceous rounded ovate, 
base rounded, apex sub-acute 4 to 4-2 in. long, *3 in. wide; petioles 
4*5 to 6 in. long; nerves about 11 radiating from petiole apex, 
beneath glaucescent. Male inflorescence sub-paniculate 2 to 3 in. 
long. Peduncle 1 in. long. Flowers crowded at ends of branches. 
Sepals 4, outer linear, puberulous recurved, 4 inner obovate glabrous. 
Petals 4, conchiform tomentose. Female inflorescence larger com¬ 
pound corymbose. Branches about 3 in. long. Drupes flattened 
obovate with transverse tubercled ridges. Hab. In forests. Rare. 
Perak, Maxwell’s Hill, at 3000 ft. altitude (Wray). Dislrib. 
Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 
(2) S. capitata Spreng. Syst. iv. Cur. Post. 316; Diels, Pflanzen¬ 
reich, 281. 
Rather a stout species, glabrous. Leaves membranous or papery, 
ovate to nearly lanceolate, base rounded or sub-cordate, apex 
acuminate 3 to 5 in. long, 2 to 2*2 in. wide; petioles 2 to 2’2 in. 
long. Inflorescence very short *4 in. long, simple or few-branched; 
peduncles filiform *5 in. long ; in females cymules contracted to a 
discoid head, -2 in. across. Sepals sub-connate yellow. Drupes 
very crowded, much compressed, obovate red *2 in. long, whole 
head 1*5 in. through. Endocarp with four rows of processes on 
the back. Hab. In lowland woods. Johor, Genuang, Perak, 
Thaiping Hills, about 500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(3) S. hernandifolia Walp. Rep. i. 96; Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 
196 in part. 
Slender climber more or less pubescent. Leaves membranous 
ovate, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded, glabrous or partly 
pubescent, glaucous beneath; nerves about 5, 3 to 4-5 in. long, 
2*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles 1 to 4 in. long. Inflorescence more or 
less puberulous; peduncle slender, 2 to 3 in. long, rays of umbel 
about 6. Sepals 5 to 8 elongate obovate, yellow. Petals 3 or 4 
widely obovate. Female heads discoid ‘i in. across. Drupes 
flattened when dry; endocarp with transverse ribs with tubercles 
at each end. Hab. Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). Distrib. India, 
Cochin-China, Malaya, Australia. 
(4) S. rotunda Lour. FI. Cochinchine, 608; Diels, lx. 275. 
Slender glabrous climber. Leaves ovate obtuse membranous, base 
rounded; nerves 10, beneath glaucescent, 3 in. long, 275 in. wide; 
petioles 2 to 5 in. long, slender. Inflorescence umbellate; peduncle 
slender 375 in. long. Branches 6, 15 in. long, rays of umbellule 
*3 in. long. Flowers racemose on short slender stalks, *1 in. across. 
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