, F 



Stephank.] v. menispermace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 103 



1. S. hernandifolla, Walp. Hep. i. 96 ; branclilets glabrous, leaves )( 

 mte or subdeltoid acute obtuse or acuminate, umbels capitate. //./. tC' T, 

 K Ind. 196; Mwrs Contrib. iii. 222. S. intertexta, latifolia, aw6^ hypo- 

 pauca, Mur8 U. 224, 226, 227. Cissampelos hernandifolia, Willcl ; ^ DC. 

 Prodr, 1. 100; Roxb, FL Ind, iii. 842 : Wall. Cat. 4977 D, E, F, G, H, K. 

 t. discolor, DC. Ic. \. 101. C. hexaudra, Roxh. U iii. 842. Clypea her- 

 nandifolia, W. (b A. Prod. i. 14 ; Wight Ic. t. 939. 



FroraNiPAL to Ciuttagong, Sincapoke, and Ceylon. — Djstrib. Malay Islands, trop. 

 Australia, Africa. . ^ 



,P^^^^^^^^^^ striate. Leaves 3-6 in, diam., base truncote or subcordate, glabrous or 

 my pubescent belnw only or on both surfaces, pale or glaucous beneath ; petiole l^- 

 ^l^redundes axillary, short or long; rays 8-12, with subulate bracts. Sejtals 

 w»»te, obtuse. Petals 3-4. Drupes red.— There are two marked varieties, the 

 J orthera and Eastern, with peduncles and leaves beneath more or less pubescent, and 

 ^ne VVestera one with these parts nearly glabrous. 



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"-"aatc-ueiLuia a 

 Peduncled, Miers 



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 lax long- 



5^^^'CAL Himalaya from Kumaon to Sikrim, alt. 6-7000 ft. ; Khasia hills, 



^^/^^J^s slender, angled. Leaves 2i-4 by 1-2.^ in., sometimes obtuse, thin, coria- 

 Wli^J^ fl *^^^» P^*^^^® 1-2 in., slender. Umbels with many rays, sometimes 

 ow!r^n ^''^ P^^^P'^ or greenish, odour heavy. JSepals acuminate. Fetals 



^rupe small, red. 



J; ^' 'o*^nda, Lour. FL Cock 747 ; branclilets glabrous, leaves broad- 

 cymJ^ \^oorbicular often repand or sinuate-lobed glabrous, umbels in lax 



iLr,» r--^ *^' ^- ^^- ^»<i- 197 ; Miers Vonlrih. iii 215. C. longa {khmm 

 ^/^o(m«„5j J • Eoxburghiuua, glabra rt«(i glandulifera, Miers I.e. m- 

 --V ii»- Cocciiliis P,wKMrr,t,;o,,„o \Vr,ii Pnf Ac\-: 9. ( nnt of D U .) : W.<b 



A P.// • Cocculus Eoxburghianus, Wall. Cot. 4972 {not of DC); W.<b 

 Rihi P 'V^H?/'" "^'«- C. Finlaysonianus, Wall. Cat. 4974. Cissampelos 

 Siabra, loxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 840. Clypea Wiglitii, Am. in Wight III. l 22. 



toCK^'''' ^"'^ Temperate Himalaya, ascending to 7000 ft., from Sindh eastwarJ 

 Siam* Sn^chT''' ^'"^ ^'"'"" ^°"*''"^''° '""' "^ *'^' Western Penixsula.-Distrib. 



F'ioTc 3-?^^°^n''- ^^^''^^ 3-7 in. diam, obtuse acute or acuminate, pale beneath, 

 ■WRor sh ,!f ■ /'"«"*s variable, usually slender, of thi 



P«Wuloua 'p , f ,'''^"'^'^*^ ; fl"^^'^'-^ *^-i in- ^'"'"'^■^ ^ 

 "'"US. /'eia/s shorter, Dr««-, ,.i«;c,^rm 



a^s shorter. Drwpc pisiform. 



te or acumiiiaic, ^'^nc ^v^.— ■, 

 le females stout; rays of umbels 

 ■ellow. Se^o-^s narrow cuneate. 



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13. CZSSA]y[Pi:x.OS. Linn. 



^erector climbing sbrubs. leaves often peltate. Male fl. : cymose 

 ^connafi ^^^-^""P^^- -^^^f^*- 4, connate, forming in 4-lobed cup. Antlwri 

 ^EM. fl ;^"'^^^ling the top of the staminal column, bursting transversely. 

 ■^Pal and ?',^^' crowded in the axils of leafy bracts, t^eimls 2 (or 

 ^ryv. P'^^1 1 each), 2-ner^•cd, adnata to the bracts ^'«»"«^<^^ *'' 

 W- Vnd^ ^^' ^^^^-t' 3-fid or :3-toothed. Drupe ovoid, style-scar sub- 

 ^^cavated '''e'^P ^^orseshoe-shaped, compressed, dorsally tubercled sides 

 Pfeiied -Tt^ ^^^'^ curved ; embryo slender : cotyledons narrow, a-terete, ap- 

 ^'J-DisTRiB. All hot climites. : ;.. v :^ "^ < 



laaie i^'f 'a, Linn.; climbing, leaves orbicula^rehiibrm or cordate, X 

 ^ymea long-peduncled many flowered hairy, female racemes with 



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