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96 V. MENISPERMACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Parahtena, 



the top of the stamiual column, bursting transversely. Female fl. : Stamir 

 wjdes 6, cylindric. Ovaries 3 ; styles subulate, recurved. Drupes ovoid, style- 

 scar subterminal • endocarp subglobose, dorsally spinidose, ventrally con- 

 cave. Seed pittea, curved, ventrally concave ; cotyledons foliaceous, ovate, 

 spreading. 



1, P. sagrittata, Miers Contrih, iii. 57, t 98 ; leaves cordate or sagit- 

 tate obtusely acuminate. //. / <& T. Fl, Ind. 181. P. oleracea, petero- 

 phylla, and ferruginea, Miers in Tayl. Ann. Ser. 2, vii. 39. Cissainpelos 

 sagittata, Ham. ex Wall. Cat. 4983. C. oleracea, Wall. Cat. 4984. 



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Tropical forests, from Nipal and the Khasia hills, to Ava and CHiTTAGONa. 



Glabrous pubescent or softly tomentose ; branchlets grooved. Leaves 2-8 by 2-4 in.,- 

 5-7 nerved, young sinuate-toothed, older entire ; petiole 3-4 in. Cymes usually ge- 

 minate, many-flowered. Floicers minute. Sepals subacute. FetaU obovate-cuneate, 

 tip often 3-lobed. Drupes greenish. 



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Climbing shrubs. Flowers in axillary or terminal racemes or paniclea 

 Sejxth 6, 2-seriate, inner larger membranous. Petals 6, smaller. Male fl. • 

 Stamens 6. filaments free, tips thickened ; anther-cells obliquely adnate, 

 bursting ooliquely. Female fl. : Staminodes 6, clavate. Ovaries 3 ] stigmas 

 forked Drupes 1-3, dorsally convex, ventrally flat ; style-scar subterminal ; 

 endocarp rugose, dorsally keeled, ventrally concave. AS'e^ti grooved ventrally 

 or curved round the intruded sub-2-lobed endocarp, albumen ventrally rumi- 

 nate ; cotyledons foliaceous, ovate, spreading. — Distkib. Species about 8, 

 tropical Asiatic and African. . - . ' 



1. T> tomentosa, Miers Contrih. iii. 33 ; leaves orbicular-cordate inore 

 or less 3-lobed pubescent above tomentose beneath. H.f. Jc T. FlM. 

 183. Cocculus tomentosus, Cdeh. in Tram. Linn. Soc. xiii 59 ; Wall C<A* 

 4956. Menisp. tomentosum, Rooch. Fl. Ind, iii, 813. ^ v 



Tropical thickets in Bengal, Roxhurgh, and Ava, Wallich. *. 



Bark pustular ; shoots tomentose. Leaves 3-6 in. diam., tomentose on both surfaces ; 

 petiole as long. Racemes usually simple, solitary or fascicled. Flowers fascicled m 

 the axils of deciduous bracts. Drupes nisiform. orantre-vellow. endocaro tubercled. -'-u 



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y 2. T. malabarica, Miers Contrih. iii. 32 ; leaves ovate-cordate a< 

 nate pubescent above almost woolly beneath. H. f. <k T. Fl. Ind. 

 Menisp. malabaricum, Lamk. Cocculus malabaricus, DC Prodr. i 97; 

 Cat. 4969. Rlieede Ilort. Mai. vii t. 19. 





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Western Peninsula; Sikkim; Khasia mtLS and Chittagono. i'k 



Branchlets clothed with white hairs. Leaves 3-6 in. diam,, 7-nerved ; petiole 4 m 



terete, hairy. Racemes 3-6 in.; flowers green. Drupes red. — Miers distinguisbes 



the Khasia and Uhittagong specimens as var. scalridula. 



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3. T. erispaf Miers Contrih. iii. 34; leaves ovate-cordate or oblong 

 acuminate glabrous, stamens adnate to the base of the petals, drupe ellipti*^' 

 oblong. H.f.d: T.FLInd.lBX Menispermum crispum, Z. M. verrucosuiu, 



Rojih. Fl. Ind. iii. 808. M. tuberculatum, Lamk. Cocculus crispus, P^' 

 Prodr. L 97. C. verrucosus, Wall Cat. 4966 A, B. ^ 1. 



From SiLHET and Assam to Pegu and Malacca.— Distkib. Malay Islands. , 



Barh warted ; shoots glabrous. Leaves 2-6 by 1-4 in., entire or repand, sometimes s^^ 

 eagittate, basal loEes distant ; petiole 1-3 in. Racemes 4-8 in., on the old wood, soliW 

 w fascicled. JP/ow;er« 2-3 in the axils of ovafe flesh vhf-'ip fa i I'n inno- crrpin: namnanulii^*^- 



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