MENISPERMACE. VII. Coccutus. 
cum, Thunb. jap. 195. Stems smooth, slightly polygonal. Seeds 
white. 
Var. 2, Timoriénsis (D.C. prod. 1. p. 96.) peduncles equal in 
length to the petioles. Perhaps a different species. h. ^. S. 
Native of the island of Timor. 
Japan Cocculus.. Shrub tw. 
2 C. Roxpurcuia'nus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 516.) leaves peltate, 
ovate, roundish at the base, and acutish at the apex, quite entire, 
smooth ; petioles much shorter than the leaves ; female peduncles 
much shorter than the petioles, umbelliferous ; berries generally 
6or 7. kh. ©. S. Native of the East Indies. Cissámpelos 
glabra, Roxb. according to Wallich. Very like Cécculus Japó- 
nicus. Branches smooth, climbing and twining, cylindrical. 
Roxburgh’s Cocculus. Shrub tw. 
3 C. pexra'tus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 516.) leaves peltate, some- 
what triangular, acuminated, bluntly truncate at the base, quite 
entire, rather scabrous; petioles pilose; female peduncles race- 
mose, scarcely double the length of the petioles. h. ^. S. 
Native of Coromandel and Malabar.—Pluk. phyt. t. 24. f. 6. 
—Rheed. mal. 7. p. 93. t. 49. Menispérmum peltdtum, Lam. 
dict. 4. p. 96. Root the form and size of that of Daùcus 
sativus, or carrot, and it is used for the cure of dysentery and he- 
morrhoids in Malabar. Female flowers small, whitish. Fruit, 
when ripe, white and shining. 
Peltate-leaved Cocculus. Shrub tw. 
4 C. Burma’nni (D.C. syst. 1. p. 517.) leaves peltate, trian- 
gularly oblong, acuminated, quite entire, shining, bluntly truncate 
at the base; male peduncles very long, racemose. h.^, S. 
Native of Ceylon.—Burm. zeyl. 218. t. 101. 
cleft, and the female ones with 1 pistil. 
urmann’s Cocculus. Shrub tw. 
5 C. Forsre‘rr (D. C. syst. 1. p. 517.) leaves peltate, ovate, 
roundish at the base and acutish at the apex, quite entire, 
smooth ; petioles longer than the leaves. h. ©. S. Native? 
hraje num peltatum, Forst. ined. in herb. Lamb. This 
larve, is very like C. Roxburghidnus, but the leaves are a little 
Forster's Cocculus. Shrub tw. 
nas, C. RIMO sus (Blum. bijdr. fi. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Lin- 
cotinces P- 498.) leaves somewhat peltate ; oval-oblong, acute, 
ane ous, smooth ; racemes panicled, axillary, shorter than the 
at es; stems chinky, or rather the bark. h.^. S. Native 
Chay Menispérmum rimosum, Spreng. syst. app. p. 143. 
mky-barked Cocculus. Shrub tw. 
§ 2. Leaves cordate at the base. 
plae maha PIFO LIUS (D. C. syst, 1. p. 517.) leaves somewhat 
muctonan er cordate at the base, orbicular, hardly acuminated, 
shorter ry smooth; peduncles axillary, racemosely-panicled, 
the garde an the leaves. h. |. S. Native? Cultivated in 
chia sì pns at Paris in 1812. This shrub is very like 4ristolo- 
size of 0 in habit. Berries blackish, somewhat globose, the 
a pea, 
Round-leaved Cocculus. Fl.? Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
date-romdich ow (Blum. 1. c.) leaves somewhat peltate, cor- 
tary, shorter A mucronulate, 5-nerved ; corymbs. axillary, soli- 
US. Nati than the leaves ; pedicels somewhat umbellate. k. 
Syst, a lve of Java. Menispérmum corymbdsum, Spreng. 
ove P- 143, Plant villous. 
ymbose-flowered Cocculus. Shrub cl. 
cordate-orbinct scens (Blum. 1. c.) leaves somewhat peltate, 
racemes lee mucronate, smooth, under surface glaucous ; 
Native of Taw ed, lateral, longer than the leaves. h. ^. S. 
ava. Menispérmum glaucéscens, Spreng. syst. app. 
I—PART II, 
Male flowers 6-- 
105 
Glaucescent-leaved Cocculus. Shrub tw. 
10 C. corpiro Lius (D. C. syst. 1. p. 518.) leaves orbicular, 
cordate, acuminately-cuspidate, 7-nerved, smooth; female 
racemes lateral, simple, longer than the leaves. h.. S. Na- 
tive of Malabar and the East Indies. Citamérdu, Rheed. mal. 
7. p. 39. t. 21. Menispermum cordifdlium, Willd. spec. 4. p. 
826. M. Malabaricum var. 3, Lam. dict. 4. p. 96. M. glabrum 
Klein, mss. Fruit ovate, tern; a decoction of them is re- 
freshing, and the juice of the plant cures ulcers, according to 
Rheede. It is also employed in the cure of jaundice in India., 
It is tonic and febrifuge. 
Heart-leaved Cocculus. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 
11 C. convorvura‘ceus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 518.) leaves orbicu-. 
lar, cordate, acuminately-cuspidate, 7-nerved, smooth; male 
peduncles simple, axillary, shorter than the leaves. h. ©. S. 
Native of the East Indies. This plant is very like C. cordifolius, 
and is perhaps the male plant of that species. 
Convolvulus-like Cocculus. Shrub tw. l 
12 C. Marasa ricus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 518.) leaves cordate, 
ovate, acuminated, under surface villous; female racemes simple, 
lateral, length of the leaves. h. ©.S. Native of Malabar, 
where it is always in flower and fruit. Menispérmum Malabà- 
ricum, Willd. spec. 4. p. 826. Pee-amérdu, Rheed. mal. 7. p. 
37. t. 19 and 20. The flowers, according to Rheede, are herma- 
phrodite, and of a pale green-colour. Fruit first green, then yel- 
lowish, but at last reddish and shining. 
Malabar Cocculus. Fl. year. Shrub twining. 
13 C. corra'ceus (Blum. bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. 
Linnea. 1. p. 498.) leaves cordate, ovate, bluntly acuminated, 
mucronate, coriaceous, smooth; racemes elongated, axillary, 
solitary, pendulous. kh. S. Native of Java. Menispérmum 
coriaceum, Spreng. syst. app. p- 148. 
Coriaceous-leaved Cocculus. Shrub cl. 
14 C. poputiro Lus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 519.) leaves heart- 
shaped, acuminated, quite entire, smooth; female panicles large, 
many-flowered. h. ©. S. Native of the island of Timor. 
This plant is very like C. cordifolius and C. Malabaricus, with 
large leaves, similar to those of Populus angulatus. Carpels 1 
or 2, baccate, on pedicels, somewhat globose, about the size of a 
ea. 
P Poplar-leaved Cocculus. Shrub tw. 
15 C. tacuno'sus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 519.) leaves heart-shaped, 
acuminated, upper surface green and smooth, under surface 
clothed with yellowish wool ; peduncles lateral, compound, race- 
mose, twice as long as petioles. h.^. S. Native of the Cele- 
bes and Moluccas on rocks by the sea-shore.—Rumph. amb. 5. p. 
35. t. 22. Menispérmum lacundsum, Lam. dict. 4. p. 98. 
Flowers small, white, 6-parted, with an ungrateful odour. Berries 
at first white, then black, and at last purplish-black ; they are 
used: by the natives in various ways for taking birds and fish by 
intoxicating them ; the most common mode of giving them, is in a 
paste. 
Plated-barked Cocculus. Shrub tw. 
16 C. susero'sus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 519.) leaves cordate, 
subtruncate at the base, compact, shining ; panicles many-flower- 
ed ; stem perennial, twining ; bark corky and chinky. kh. O.S. 
Native of Malabar. Cécci orientalis, Tab. icon. t. 924. f. 1. 
Menispérmum Cócculus, Lin. spe. 1468? Geert. fruct. 1. p. 219. 
t. 70. f. 1. exclusive of the synonyms. This is considered the 
true Cocculus Indicus of the shops. The berries are used in 
various ways as a medicine, and for killing vermin. They 
are also used in the East Indies to intoxicate fish, &c. in order 
to take them, being made up into a paste and thrown into the 
water. Their use for this purpose is, we believe, prohibited 
in England, nor is it easy to account for the copious importation 
of these berries as an article of trade, unless they serve to adul- 
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