stem suffruticose, voluble, glabrous; leaves petioled, cordate-acuminate or hastate-triangular, denticulate, glabrous above, hispidulous beneath or glabrous, 5-nerved; corymbs trichotomous; invol.-scales oblong-linear, acuminate; achenes glabrous, thinly glandular; pappusrufous. A much branched climber, 20–30 f. long. Petioles 1–3 inches long. Leaves 2–3 inches long, 1 1/2–2 in. wide, taper-pointed. Invol. 3–3 1/2 lines long. Flowers pale or greenish. The leaves vary in shape and pubescence. This species scarcely differs from M. chenopodifolia, Willd.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Eastern districts of Caffraria, frequent. β. Vanstaadensberg, Drege! Albany, Mrs. F. W. Barber! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)
