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Information Leaves subentire, commonly glabrous or subglabrous, or if pubescent, then only along the midrib and main nerves.

Information a scandent undershrub; stems slender, pubescent, twining, springing from a woody base, 6–8 ft. long; leaves distinctly petioled, firmly membranous, simple, deeply 3-partite with occasionally a pair of much smaller basal lobes superadded, lobes ovate, acute, their margin shortly serrate, base deep-cordate, 2 1/2–3 1/2 in. long, 3–4 in. wide, somewhat polished and very minutely pubescent on both surfaces; petiole pubescent or glabrous, 1–2 1/2 in. long; stipules lanceolate, spreading, minutely pubescent, 2 in. long; heads peduncled; peduncles minutely pubescent, 1–3 in. long; involucral bracts large, yellowish-green, 1 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–1 3/4 in. wide, deep-cordate, both rather shallowly 3-lobed; lobes acute, their margin finely toothed; male bracts entire; male calyx glabrous, lobes ovate, acute; female calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, densely pinnately lacinulate on each side, lacinulæ slender, glandular, scabrous; ovary puberulous; style columnar, cylindric, entire, not dilated at the tip; capsule nearly glabrous, 1/3 in. across; cocci subglobose; seeds globose. null

Information a scandent undershrub; stems slender, sparingly pubescent, twining, 2–3 ft. long; leaves short-petioled, firmly membranous, simple, deeply 3-partite with the lateral lobes usually unequally 2-fid; lobes lanceolate, acute, their margin sharply serrate, base cordate, 1–1 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. wide, somewhat polished on both surfaces, prominently reticulate beneath, very finely pubescent on the nerves; petiole sparingly pubescent, 1/3 in. long; stipules lanceolate, spreading, glabrous, 1 1/2 in. long; heads peduncled; peduncles sparingly pubescent, 1–2 in. long; involucral bracts yellowish, ultimately green, 3/4 in. long, 1 in. across, deep-cordate, shallowly 3-lobed, lobes ovate, acute, their margin serrate; male bracts entire; male calyx finely puberulous, lobes ovate, acute; female calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, densely pinnately lacinulate on each side, lacinulæ slender, glandular, scabrous; ovary puberulous; style columnar, cylindric, dilated at the tip; capsule shortly pubescent, 1/3 in. across; cocci subglobose; seeds globose. null

Information a prostrate undershrub; stems slender, pubescent, spreading from a stout woody stock, 1–1 1/2 ft. long; leaves short-petioled, 3-foliolate, segments obtuse or subacute, their margin coarsely toothed, central oblong or oblong-lanceolate, lateral unequally 2-fid, the outer segments the shorter, lobes 1/2–1 1/4 in. long, 1/3– 2/5 in. wide, more or less pubescent on the nerves on both surfaces, prominently reticulately veined beneath; petiole pubescent, 1/3 in. long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, spreading, pubescent, 1 1/2 lin. long; heads peduncled; peduncles slender, pubescent, 1/2–1 1/2 in. long; involucral bracts small, green, 1/2 in. long and broad, the upper 5-lobed, the lower 3-lobed, lobes acute, their margin entire, ciliate; male bracts entire; male calyx glabrous, lobes ovate, acute; female calyx-segments lanceolate; ovary hirsute; style columnar, cylindric, entire, dilated at the tip; fruit not seen. null

Information Flowers monœcious, those of the two sexes together, enveloped by two showy bracts; petals 0; disc 0. Male: Calyx closed in bud, splitting into 4–6 valvate lobes. Stamens usually 20–30, rarely more or fewer; filaments united in a short or long column; anthers erect, 2-celled; cells parallel, dehiscing longitudinally. Rudimentary ovary 0. Female: Calyx usually 6-partite, lobes more or less 2-seriately imbricate, or 5-partite, quincuncial, rarely more than 6-partite; segments pinnatifid or fimbriate, less often lanceolate entire, often accrescent and coriaceous in fruit. Ovary 3-celled, rarely 4-celled; ovules solitary in each cell; styles united in a long column; stigma capitate, small or dilated, entire or lobulate. Capsule 3-dymous, rarely 4-dymous, breaking up into 2-valved cocci; endocarp crustaceous or woody. Seeds globose or ellipsoid, without a strophiole; albumen fleshy; cotyledons broad, flat. Undershrubs, twining or climbing; leaves alternate, long-petioled, entire or 3–5-lobed or -partite; racemes axillary, sessile or peduncled, usually congested and subcapitate, surrounded by the 2 large veined and usually brightly coloured simple or lobed involucral bracts; flowers sessile or shortly pedicelled, the outer and lower female, usually 3 to a bract; the inner and upper 3 or more to each bract; capsules sometimes small, with rounded cocci, sometimes large with hard angular cocci.

Information A prostrate creeping or climbing perennial herb; stems up to 3.5 m long from a woody rootstock, hirsute and pubescent.Stipules 5–6 mm long, lanceolate.Petioles 3–6.5 cm long.Leaves 5-partite; the median lobe 5.5–11 × 1–2.5 cm, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute at the apex, serrate to subentire, constricted at the base, lateral nerves in 10 pairs; the lateral lobes slightly successively smaller; base of the leaf deeply cordate; stipels 1.5 mm long; pubescence chiefly confined to the midrib, main veins and margins; dark green on leaf uper surface, lighter beneath.Inflorescences axillary; peduncles 4–16 cm long, leafless or with a small tripartite leaf near the base; bract stipules the same as the foliar stipules; bracts 3.5–6 × 1.5–4 cm, ovate in outline, 3-lobed, the abaxial somewhat more deeply lobed than the adaxial, the lobes lanceolate, acute or subacute, glandular-serrate, rounded-cuneate, truncate or shallowly cordate at the base, 7–9-nerved from the base, pubescent without, glabrous within, pale lemon-yellow to greenish-yellow.Male peduncles 5 mm long, involucre 8 mm across, (7)9–11-flowered; mass of fused bracts and aborted flowers adaxial, flattened.Male flowers: pedicels 3 mm long; calyx lobes 5, 2 mm long, ovate or lanceolate, subglabrous; stamens c. 25.Female bracts 4, very unequal; the adaxial bracts 1.5 × 2 mm and bifid, the abaxial bracts 2 × 3 mm and bifid to 5 × 3 mm and ovate, the lateral bracts 1–2 × 0.5–1 mm, elliptic; bracts all ciliate.Female flowers subsessile, but developing pedicels up to 1 cm long in fruit; sepals 10–12, sepal rhachis 1 mm long and extending to 1–1.5 cm in fruit, linear, lateral lobules of the sepals 10–11-paired, gland-tipped, pubescent and with urticating hairs; ovary 1 mm in diameter, pubescent; stylar column 0.8–1 cm long, dilated and excavated at the apex.Fruit 5 × 9 mm, ± smooth, hispidulous, reddish-brown or blackish.Seeds 4 × 4 mm, ± smooth, brownish, streaked or mottled with pale grey.

Information a scandent undershrub; stems slender, pubescent, twining, springing from a woody base, 10–12 ft. long; leaves distinctly petioled, thinly membranous, simple, deeply 5-lobed with occasionally the external pair of lobes suppressed, lobes obovate, acute, their margin rather coarsely serrate, base cordate, 2–3 in. long, 3–4 in. wide, dull green, pubescent above, pubescent or villous beneath; petiole pubescent, 3/4–2 in. long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, spreading, pubescent, 2–2 1/2 lin. long; heads peduncled; peduncles pubescent, 1–3 in. long; involucral bracts large, yellowish-green, 1 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–1 3/4 in. wide, shallow-cordate, deeply 3-lobed, sometimes the upper bract 5-lobed; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, their margin distinctly and closely toothed; male bracts shortly lacinulate, each lobule glandular-capitate; male calyx glabrous, lobes ovate, acute; female calyx-segments narrow-lanceolate, densely pinnately lacinulate on each side, lacinulæ slender, glandular, scabrous; ovary puberulous; style columnar, cylindric, lobulate and dilated at the tip; capsule nearly glabrous, 1/3 in. across; cocci subglobose; seeds globose. null