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MENISPERMACEAE: CISSAMPELOS. 



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T. Suffrutices, caulibus herbaceis e rhizomate lignoso erectis. 



1. CISSAMPELOS OVALIFOLIA DC. caulibus e rhizomate 

 1 — 3, sicut folia subtus cum petiolis et inflorescentiis densissi- 

 me albido- flavido- v. rubido-tomcntosis v. velutinis v. villosis v. 

 hirsutis; foliis rcniformibus v. orbicularibus v. late cordatis trian- 

 gularibus ovatis cllipticis oblongis v. obverse oblongis, plerumquc 

 obtusis haud raro late rotundatis emarginatisve rarius subacutis, 

 integris vel plus minus crenatis , subcoriaceis , supra plus minus 

 pubcscentibus v. tomcntosis demum glabrcscentibus v. passim gla- 

 bratis, breviter pctiolatis, pctiolo ad marginem v. vix intra lim- 

 bum inserto; inllorcscentiis folio plcrumque brevioribus 1 — 5-fascicu- 

 latis: cymis masculis irregularibus ad divisuras ebractealis, inferne 

 haud raro supra bractcas foliaceas in racemos strictiusculc ercctos 

 sursum dccresccntcs dispositis, superne v. saepe omnino axillari- 

 bus, pedicellis capillaceis, ultimis cum sepalis parcius villosis; ra- 

 ccmis femineis simplicibus , fasciculis 5 — 10-floris bractea folii- 

 formi sub maturitatc accroscente fultis, versus caulis apicem sen- 

 sim in fasciculus pcdiccllorum axillarcs diminutis; drupis obovato- 

 cllipticis plus minus hirsutis v. subglabrie. 



Tabula nostra XL11I. 



Cissampelus Pareira caule ereclo suffruticoso simplicissimo, 

 foliis allernis subpcltatis subtus tomentosis Loefl. It. n. 267. 

 (hue referenda ncquc ut Linnaeo placuit ad Ciss. PareiramJ. 



Cissampelos ovali folia et crenata DC. Syst. 1. 537. Prodr. 



I. 102. 



Cissampelos ovali folia et ebracfeata St. ffil. PL us. f. 34. 35 t 

 Cissampelos subtriangularis , communis , ovali folia , ebra- 



clcafa, velutina et suborbicularis St. Uil. Ft. Bras, merid. I. 41. 



42. 43. t. 11. 



Cissampelos hirsutissima et Haenheana Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 



II. 80. 



Cissampelos rolundala Pohl Herb. 



Cissampelos assimilis et amazonica Micrs ex Benth. in Hook. 

 Kcw-Journ. 111. 111. 



Cissampelos vestita Tri. el Planch, in Ann. Sc. nat. 1 V. Ser. 

 XV11. 44. 



Variat: foliis breviter v. insignius pcltatis. 



Rhizoma digitum crassum et ultra, flexuosum et tortuosum, 

 cortice rnbido vcstitiim. Caules pennae corvinae — cygninae cras- 

 sitic, 1'/ — 5-pedaIes, inferne nudi vel foliis raris obsiti superne 

 intcrnodiis cc. pollicaribus gestant folia petiolis 1 — 3 lin. rarius 

 */ t — 1 poll, longis instructor 1 — 4 plerumque 2% poll, longa, 

 % — 3% saepissimc ly, poll, lata, palmatim 5 — 7-plinervia et 

 clcganter rcticulatn-vcnosa, rcticulo per tuition turn obtccto v. foliis 

 supra glabrcscentibus argute prominulo. Cymae masculae ampli- 

 tudinc inter % — \ x / t poll, ludentes ramosissimae et confertiflorae; 

 ramuli primarii suboppositi, ultcriores valde irregulariter distri- 

 buti. Sepala spathulata apicc inflcxo , rotato-patentia, dorso laxe 

 parccquc villosa, intus cum rcliquis Doris parlibus glaberrima. 

 ConoLi.A late cupuliformis, Integra vel obsolete 4-loba. Racemi 

 feminei maturitate folium saepe superantcs; bracteae demum y t — 

 3 /« poll. diam. attingunt, orbiculari-subreniformcs. Sepalum obo- 

 vatum, dorso villis partis obsitum, intus cum corolla transverse 

 elliptica glabcrrimum. Ovarium dorso v. totum villosum. Drupae 

 comprcsso-obovoidcac, cc. 3 lin. Ig. 



Habitat in umni America avslrali calidiore, exceptis insults An- 

 tillanis, et ab omnibus fere botanicis lecta est. (Collectiones venules 

 v. numeris evulgatae : Claussen n. 335., Blanchet n.3437., Riedeln.63. 

 65., Gardner n.1445., Spruce n. 457., Rich. Schomb. n.426., Rob. 

 Schomb.n.124.) Vaga et Extrabras. Rrasiliensibus rocatur : Orel ha 

 Ue Onca i. e. auricula Tigridis, Cumanensibus ex Loefiingio Equere- 

 panar, quod idem signijicat; in Nova Granata teste cl. Triana no- 

 mine vernaculo utitur: Oreja de Burro A. e. auricula bovis. 



II. Frutices, caulibus lignosis vel subherbaceis volubilibus. 



A. Bracteae in racemis femineis foliaceae, accrescentes. 



a. Racemi feminei simplices. 



2. CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA Linn, alte scandens, omnibus 

 partibus densius leviusque albido- flavido- v. ferrugineo-villosis v. 

 tomcntosis; foliis insigniter v. obscure v. haud peltatis, rcnifor- 

 mibus usque sublanceolato-triangularibus plerumque late vel sub- 

 orbiculari - cordatis, obtusis rotundatis emarginatisve rarius sub- 

 acutis v. acuminatis, basi saepissime sinu apcrto v. profundo cor- 

 datis rarius truncatis v. rotundatis, membranaceis v. subcoriaceis, 

 cum bracteis utriusquc sexus utrinque praesertim subtus dense 

 tomentosis villosisve plerumque supra demum glabrcscentibus rarius 

 utrinque glabratis, margine utplurimum densius diutiusque tomen- 

 tosis; cymis masculis axillaribus v. rarius supra bracteas foliaceas 

 passim minutas et angustatas in inflorescentias racemiformes sub- 

 inde longissimas dispositis, rarissime cum fasciculis femineis in 

 eodem raccmo femineis consimili monoicis tuncquc valde diminu- 

 tis, solemniter ramosissimis irregulariter divisis: ramulis inlimis 

 plcrumque suboppositis divaricantibus saepe bractea subulata fultis, 

 summis alternis corymbosis utplurimum cbractcatis; racemis femi- 

 neis gracilibus flexuosis bracteis foliaccis sub anthesi distantibus, 

 vel brevioribus strictiusculis bracteis cleganter imbricantibus, pe- 

 dicellis 3 — 20-fasciculatis ; bracteis maturitatc orbiculari-subrcni- 

 formibus plus minusve glabratis, drupis rcniformi-suborbicularibus 

 usque obovato-ellipticis hirsutis v. glabrcscentibus glabrisve. 



? Caapcba sive Erva de Nossa Scnnora v. Cipo de Cobras 

 Marcgr. Hist. Bras. 25. c. ic. Piso I. 94. 11. 261. z=: Con- 

 volvulus Brasilianus flore octopetalo monococcus liaii Hist. 1331., 

 num quoad caulem et folia hue referenda sit, dubium est, fore 

 fructuque ad aliam stirpem (ignofam) spectantibus. Cf. Obs. II- 

 ? Bdlta-vdlli vel Catlu-valli Rheede Hort. Malab. XI. 127. 

 t. 62. 



Clematis baccifera, glabra et villosa, rotundo et umbilicato 

 folio Plum. Amer. 78. t. 93. Sloane Jam. 85. Hist. 1. 200. 

 Lochner, Schediasma de Parreira lirava (1719.) 35. c. ic. 



Caapcba folio orbiculari et umbilicato laevi, Caapcba folio 

 orbiculari umbilicato iomentoso et Caapeba folio orbiculari non 

 umbilicato Plum. Gen. 33. t. 29. 



Cissampelos Pareira foliis peltatis cordatis emarginalis Linn. 

 Mat. mcd. 1. ed. 218. n. 459. Mill. Diet. n. 1. 



Cissampelos foliis margine petiolatis integris Linn. Spec. 

 PL 1032. n. 2. Plum. PL Am. ed. Burm. 56. 1. 67. f. 2. 



Mcnispermum orbiculalum Linn. Spec. PL 1468. Willd. 

 Spec. IV. 828. cxcl. synonymis Thunbg. et Pluk. 



Cissampelos scandens foliis peltatis orbiculalo-cordatis vil- 

 losis P. Browne Jam. 357. 



Cissampelos Pareira a. et j§. Linn. Spec. PL 1473. Co- 

 dex ed. Richler 987. n. 75/5. Reich. Syst. IV. 281. Swartz 

 Obs. 380. t. X. fig. 5. Woodw. Med. Bol. 227. L 82. Willd. 

 Syst. 1 V. 861. Moc. el Sesse Ft. Mex. Ic. et Mss. ined. ex DC. 

 DC. Syst. I. 533. ' Prodr. I. 100. Berl. Jahrb. 1822. t. 2. 

 Lam. 111. t. 830. II. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. V. 66. Veil. 

 Fl. Flum. X. t. 138. (an huic an Ciss. glabcrrimae ascribenda, 

 dubium est). Spreng. Syst. HI. 910. Nees ofliz. Pft. (Diisseld.) 

 t. 367. Descourlilz FL Ant. I If. t. 201. Mac fad. FL Jam. 

 I. 16. Blanco Fl. Filip. 815. Micrs, Bot. of Herald 76. 

 Hook. f. el Thorns. FL Ind. or. I. 198. Griseb. FL Brit. Wcsl- 

 lnd. Isl. L 10. 



Cissampelos Caapeba Linn. Spec. PL 1473. Codex ed. 

 Richter 987. n. 7516. Mill. Diet. n. 2. Houlluyn. Pfl.-SysL 



