quite smooth and glabrous; stem angulate; tendrils simple or bifid; leaves bipinnate, partial petioles sulcate above the middle, at the apex 3 or 5-parted, lateral ones alternately branched, leaflets ovate or suborbiculate dentate, mucronulate or inciso-serrate; male peduncle 1-flowered, with a quite entire, cordate bract near the calyx; petals 3 times longer than the ovate calyx-lobes. Stem angulate-sulcate. Common petiole 1/2– 3/4 inch long. Lower leaves 3–4 inches long and broad. Leaflets 4–10 lines long, obtuse at the base. Male peduncle 2 inches long. Bracts and flower as in M. involucrata. Filaments 3, free, very short, with a gland on each side near the apex. Anther cells flexuose, not cohering. Female flower not seen.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Among shrubs on the Crocodile river, Magalisberg, Burke, 357, Zeyher, 578. Dec. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)
