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HENEY TEIMEN, M.B., F.L.S.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM
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K. Ord. MENISPERMACEA\
Tribe Leptogonetz.
Genus Cissampelos,* Linn. B. & H., Gen. i, p. 37; BaiUi, iii; ' •
p. 41; Miers, 1. c., p. 127. Species variously estimated at
18 or 70, found in the tropics and warm regions of baith^
hemispheres.
15, Cissampelos Pareira,f Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 1031 (1753).
Velvet Leaf.
Syn. — C. microcarpa, DC. C. clematidea, Presl.
Figures.— WoodviUe, t. 65; Nees, t. 367; Baill., 1. c., figs. 22-28; Descourtilz, PI. Antilles, iii, t. 201.
Description. — A woody climber or twiner with slender terete stems of light open structure, and rarely reaching an inch in diameter, covered with a light brown wrinkled bark, and wi…