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P.caninum
| Habit : | A rambling climber, more or less hirsute with flaccid hairs, rarely quite glabrous.
| | Leaves : | Slender acuminate rarely elliptic-lanceolate; 3-5-nerved towards the base. Leaves 5-10 by 3.75 - 5 cm., usually broadest at the base which is rarely unequal-sided, nerves slender; petiole 1.25 - 2.5 cm., slender.
| | Spikes : | Male spikes slender, fruiting slender; 5 - 7.5 cm.; bracts adnate by a broad base, stamens 2, anther-cells distinct. Fruiting spike 1.25 - 3.75 cm.; peduncle slender; bracts peltate, villous. Pedicel variable in length; always shorter than the fruit. | | Fruits : | Very small; 0.42 cm. diam, pedicel sometimes very short. |
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