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nnospora.] v. menispermace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 97 



Anthers square. Drwpes size of an olive, pale yellow.— Miers distinguishes the Khasia 

 plant as van nitidiusada, probably a distinct species. 



T. cordifolia, Miers Contrih. iii. 31 ; leaves cordate glabrous, sta- 



. mens free, ripe carpels pisiform. T. palminervis, Miers I.e. 31. Menisp. 



J*™ifoluim, Willd. ; Roxk Fl Ind. iii. 811. Cocculus cordifolius, DC. Prodr. 



1. 97 ; Wall. Cat. 4955 ; W. & A. Prodr. 12 ; WigM Ic. t. 385, 486. C. con- 



™>ceus, DC. Prodr. i. 97. C. verrucosus, Wall. Cat 4966 C, D, E ; 

 Ri^de Hwt. Mai. vii. t. 21. ' • 



n ^*^^°^gI^out tropical India, from Kumaon to Assam and Birma, and from Behar and 

 toxcAN to Ceylon and the (Lvunatic. 



U V ^^p^^' ^^^^^ glabrous. Leaves 2-4 in. diara., acute or acumijiate ; petiole 

 fiV V + ' -"^^'^^^^ exceeding the leaves, axillary terminal or on the old wood; bracts 

 subulate. Flowers yellow, males fascicled, females usually solitary, glabrous. Fctals 

 «neate. Anthers oblong. Drwpes size of a pea or small cherry, red. 



^. < T. uli^inosa, Miers Co}itrih. iii. 35- leaves ovate or ovate-oblong 

 ■nominate, base rounded or subcordate, veins reticulate, drupe as in T. 

 ^^*^^» but endocarp thinner. 



* SiNCAPORE, Maingay. 



' ^i^^^w ™^^" ^*^^^^^^ ^^ excellent analysis of the fruit of this and T, crispa, and 



crust" ^^^^^-^^^ between them that I perceive is that the endocarp of this is thin and 



in bo^^^^^Tk^'*^^ ^ deeper longitudinal groove; the cotyledons are somewhat crumpled 



■fif ,.,u- I . ® leaves are less shininer than in the orierinal T. uliginosa of Java, the fruit 



- 01 which 18 undescribed. & ^ 





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Wf^*^^^D^^* shrub, juice milky. Flau^ers racemed. Sejyds 9, with 3 

 flattf" A-'^^\ ^' oblong, margins incurved Male fl. ; Stamens 6, filaments 

 3l Fpv '/^^ ^^^ oblong, adnate, bursting vertically. Rudimentary carpds 

 scar fp ' 1 ^^^^<^wn. Druj^es much compressed, ovoid-oblong, style- 

 or ^H i!?/^ '' ^^d^^carp much compressed, dorsally convex, ventrally flat 

 QuitA I !^ concave not intruded. Seed almost flat, oblong ; cotyledons 

 annrp ^i' "^a% as broad as the thin layer of albumen, very thin, closely 

 iiressed ; radicle short cylindric— Distrib. 3 E. Asiatic species. 



coi.?' P^tlolare, Miers Cmtrih. iii. 45, t. 94; leaves ovate-oblong 

 ;;Onaceous. H. / cfc T. FL Ind. 205. Cocculus petiolaris. Wall Cat 6964. 



^^ Y^ni^rS^'''"^^' SiNCAPORE. Maingaij. 



acumin t V\^ bro^^Ti-tomentose. Leaves A-6 by 2^-4 in., ovate-oblong, obtuse or 

 3-5-nert ^^"^^^^^ "^^U coriaceous, base truncate or rounded, reticulate between the 

 al<ematI^^' ^^^^^^^ ^-4 in. Racemes 4-10 in., on tubercles in the upper racemes, or 

 P^Jicela filf ^^^ ^a ® branches, brown-tomentose ; flowers minute, solitary or fascicled ; 

 *oodv Vv -^^^^^ puberulaus. Pt'^afe notched. Drupes |-I in., endocarp thick 



piX)Tnfnr^7 ^ ?® ^'^^y similar indeed to that of Fibraurea tlnctoria, but uervulcs beneath 

 ""ient, reticulate. 



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'"*Pss^of^ t„^" flowerless plants in Hook. Herb., both collected by GrifStb, and per- 

 *"d fmit 1 •" ; *"^"'^««w/ one has membranous eUiptic-lanceolate acuminate leaves, 

 •tuminat '"■ ■^^°' ^'^'^ ^ ^ery woody endocarp ; the other has broad ovate-cordate 

 last cloli ""^™branou8 leaves, and similar but Hatter fmit with a thin endocarp ; tins 

 Closely resembles r.ia?;amc«m, Miers. 



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3-nenS^ <%i^ing glabrous shrut). Leaves ovate or oblong, coriaceous, • 

 Vol. T I'^J^^^'^ large axillary panicles, dioecious. fvS^>a/.s- 6, with 



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