Dioscorea lepida C.V.Morton

Stems climbing dextrorsely, glabrous, unarmed; leaves alternate; petioles elongate; leaf blades ovate, up to 12 cm. long and 7.3 cm. wide, long-acuminate, cordate at base, glabrous, membranous, 9-nerved; stam-inate flowers unknown; capsules green, narrowly ob-long, 10-16 mm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, acute, glabrous, soon dehiscent; seeds 7-8 mm. long (including wing), 1.5 mm. wide, winged at base.