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100 V. MENiSPERMACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Tiliacord. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves 3-6 by 1^-34 in., ovate, acuminate, glabrous, base 

 acute truncate rounded or subcordate, tbin, margin undulate ; petiole ^-1 m. -ra»t«« 

 e-12 in., boary, at length glabrous; branches 1 in., male 3-7-flowered, female simple 

 1-flowered ; bracts oblong or subulate ; flowers yellow. Drupes 4 in., red.— Mr. Miew 

 (Contributions, I.e.) attributes to us the error of substituting in the Flora Indica me 

 specific name of acuminata for Colebrooke's prior name of racemosa; m this *e 

 followed his paper in Taylor's Annals. 



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9. ZiZXIKACXA, Loureiro. 



Climbing shrubs. Flowers in panicles. Sepals 6, 2-seriate, outer smaller. 

 Petals 6 (or 3 1) much smaller, auricled, embracing the stamens. Male n.: 

 Stamens 3-9 ; anthers adnate, bursting vertically. Fem. fl. :^ Staminod^ 6, 

 clavate. Ovaries 3 ; styles short, compressed. Drupes obovoid or reniiorin, 

 style-scar subbasal ; endocarp 3-celled, 2 lateral cells empty. Seed elongate, 

 embracing the intruded endocarp; embryo slender, cotyledons elongate, 

 ^terete, appressed. — Disteib. Tropical Asia and Africa. * 



* Sepals 8-12, inner imbricate. Hypserpa, Miers. ^ 



1. li. cuspidata, H. f, dh T. Fl Ind. 189; leaves ovate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate glabrous. Cocculus cuspidatus, WalL Cat 4W. 

 Hypserpa cuspidata, prsevaricata, pauciflora and uniflora, Miers Contrw. ui- 

 102-107, t. 108. ■ . 



Tropical forests of Eastern Bengal, the Eastern Peninsula, and Ceylon.— I'' * 

 TRiB. Malayan Archipelago. j v ca 



Branchlets striate, pubescent. Leaves 2-5 by 1-2 in., thin, shining, S-nerved, ba 

 rounded or cuneate, old glabrous; petiole 4-1 in. Panicles axillary and supra-axHia^yi 

 solitary or geminate, female simple shorter; bracts minute, subulate. Prupesi^ - 



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** Sepals 6-9, i?iner valvaie <yr snhvalvate, 



2. It. triandra, 31iers Contrih. iil 112 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate acute 

 glabrous, panicles 1-H in. raceraed shorter than the leaves, stamens * 



Wallicbiana 



IIH. Menisp. triandrum, Hoxb. FL Ind, iii. 81o. v^uccuiuo i.ii«*i— - 

 hroohe in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 64 ; Wall. Cat. 4962, 4959 C, 4958 L. 



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From Pegu and Tenasserim to Penang. 



rved 



rounded ; petiole 4 in. Panicle puberulous ; bracts minute, deciduous, 3-5-flowere^ 

 flowers very minute, yellow. OiUer sepals minute, inner oblong. Filaments cune 



leaves 



H.f. 



oblong, fleshy ; anther-cells spreadiu 



3. Zi. oblong'a, Miers Contrih. iii. 109 ; 

 oblong or lanceolate glabrous, jpanicle 3-8 in 

 hid. 189. Cocculus oblongus, Wall. Cat. 4963. ' 



Penano, Malacca, and Singapore, Wallich, Shq. K or 



Pubescence fuUous. Zeare* 3-8 by 1-44 in., acute or acuminate, base s^^^^^^Ly; 

 rounded; petiole |-li in., and nerves beneath pubescent. Panicles sup/a-axiiw 

 female solitary, males 2-3 superposed, branches 1-2 in. Outer sepals minui®» 



thick, tomentose, subvalvate. Drupes 



4. Zi, velutina. M 



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leaves oblong 



or ovate-oblong tomentose beneath or on both surfaces, panicles few-flo^^' 

 ^mens 6. JI./. dh T. FL hid. 189. L. distincta and inomata, U%^^ 

 111. t 109. Cocculus velutinus. W<dL Cat 4Q7o ■ 



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