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[Siephania. 
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Sepals outer 3, linear oblong narrowed at the base, apex, blunt, 
inner ones ovate-rounded larger 2. Petals 3, lanceolate oblique. 
Stamens connate in a round stalked disc; anthers below the flattened 
top. Hab. Open lowland country in the north. Lankawi, Kuap 
(Curtis). Perlis, Bukit Lagi and' Telor Jambu (Ridley). Disirib. 
Siam, Cochin-China. 
15. CISSAMPELOS, Linn. 
Slender climbers. Leaves more or less peltate ovate, hairy or 
glabrous. Male inflorescence paniculate corymbose, axillary or in 
compound cymes on axillary branches with reduced leaves. Females 
few-flowered simple. Male flowers, sepals 4, obovate. Petals 
forming a cup, rarely free. Stamens connate into a column. 
Female flowers, sepal 1 obovate. Petal 1, shorter. Carpel 1. 
Drupes often pilose; endocarp with transverse warted ribs on the 
back. Species over 20, South American and African with one 
Cosmopolitan. 
(1) C. Pareira Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 1031; King, Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. lx. 386. 
Stems and back of leaves softly tomentose or glabrous, orbicular 
or ovate obtuse, 2 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1 to 1*5 in. long. 
Male cymes tomentose 1 in. long or less. Fruit red. Hab. -Hedges, 
not rare. Malacca, Sungei Hudang. Pahang, Pahang River. 
Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Dindings. Province Wellesley, Per- 
matang Bertam. Penang (Wallich). Disirib. Cosmopolitan. 
Native names : Gasing-Gasing and Gegasing; Akar Mumpanang. 
16. CYCLEA, Arnott. 
Slender climbing shrubs usually hairy. Leaves cordate to 
deltoid, oblong more or less peltate. Inflorescence paniculate to 
sub-racemose, axillary or from the stem. Branches corymbose. 
Flowers in small heads. Male flowers, sepals connate into a lobed 
cup. Petals sometimes free, usually connate into a cup. Stamens 
connate into a column; anther-cells 4 or 5. Female flowers, sepals 
1 or 2 scale-like. Petals 1 or 2, smaller. Carpels globose-ovoid, 
often hairy. Drupe usually hairy; endocarp sub-compressed, 
tubercled. Species 19, Indo-Malaya and China. 
Leaves ovate acuminate peltate hairy .... (1) C. laxiflora 
Leaves oblong acuminate glabrous . . . . (2) C. elegans 
(1) C. laxiflora Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 3, xviii. 20; 
Diels, Pflanzenreich, l.c% 317. 
Slender climber, very pilose. Leaves thin ovate peltate acuminate 
more or less pilose above, stiffly pilose beneath, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 
3 to 5 - 3 in. wide; petioles pilose 2 in. long. Panicle pendulous from 
the stem, over a foot long, very lax with long branches and many 
