MENISPERMACE. VIII. Coscrnium. IX. Tiıtiacora. X. Anamirta. XI. Psexrum. XII. Cissampetos. 
pendulum, Forst. gen. t. 54. The name is derived from em, epi, 
upon, and Pavw, baino, to walk, in allusion to the plant climb- 
ing upon others. 
Epibaterium Cocculus. Shrub cl. 
59 C. Nepuro 1 (D. C. syst. 1. p. 531.) flowers monoecious ; 
drupes 6; leaves ovate, emarginate, smooth. h. VY. G. Native 
of Cochin-china in woods. Nephrdia sarmentésa, Lour. coch. 
ed Willd. 2. p. 692. Drupe small, fleshy, somewhat kidney- 
shaped, l-seeded. The name is derived from vegpoc, nephros, a 
kidney ; because of the form of the fruit. 
Kidney-fruited Cocculus. Shrub cl. 
Cult. The stove and greenhouse species of this genus will 
thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat; and cuttings root 
easily if planted in a pot of light earth, with a hand-glass placed 
over them, ina moderate heat. The only hardy species, Cocculus 
Carolinus, may be propagated by parting the roots, which spread ` 
out on the side, so that part of them may be cut off every other 
year; this should be done in the spring, and these should be 
planted in a light soil in a sheltered situation against a wall, which 
the branches can be trained to. All the species are climbers or 
winers, 
VII. COSCI'NIUM (from koøkıvov, koskinon, a little sieve; 
ae to the seeds being pierced). Coleb. in Lin. soc. trans. 
Lin. sysr. Dic cia, Hexdndria. Sepals and petals in threes ; 
ale flowers with 6 stamens embracing the base of the pistil, 
emale ones with 3 ovaries. Styles slender. Berries 1-3. Seeds 
pierced by a large hole. A climbing shrub. 
- FENESTRA`rTUM (Coleb. Lin. soc. trans. 13. p. 66.) 
gys Native of Ceylon. Menispérmum fenestràtum, Gært. 
nate cc p- 219. t. 46. f. 5. Wood yellow, bitter. Leaves alter- 
oar cor ee entire, 5-7-nerved, smooth and shining above, very 
pelte un erneath. In the young plants they are frequently 
Owe peduncles umbellulate, several from the same bud. 
among heres Berries villous. This plant is in repute 
walle t e Inhabitants of Colomba, who slice it in thin pieces and 
hours D with the liquid, after steeping it in water several 
in Sing alese Vagnemend it as an excellent stomachic. Itis called 
Knotted plant, 1 ve gettah or Bang-well-gettah, in English the 
Cult ai Coscinium. FI. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
where ` is plant will require plenty of room in the stove 
onie wn, or it will not flower as well as all the stove plants 
. ong to this natural order. A mixture of peat and loam 
suits it . : 
in heat, well, and cuttings will root freely under a hand-glass, 
l \ .. 
plant Tu ACO'RA (Tilia-kora, the Bengalese name of the 
IN oleb. in Lin. soc. trans. 13. p. 67. 
ectary ele Die'cia, Hexéndria. Sepals 6. Petals 3. 
shorter leng reds male flowers with 6 stamens, alternately 
about 12 ove of corol. Anthers ovate. Female flowers with 
Berries ma aries ìn a circle, each ending in a short subulate style. 
celled, ae short-pedicelled, clubbed, smooth. Nut 1 or 2- 
cordate, smo. ming shrub with ash-coloured bark and alternate, 
e raceme; Shining, pointed, and frequently scolloped leaves. 
owered, S Irequently compound, female ones simple, few- 
1 
Native criceMe'sa (Coleb. in Lin. soc. trans. 13. p- 67.) h.V.S. 
With bushes, Me of Coromandel in hedges and places overrun 
Bagha Hin d mi pérmum polycárpon, Roxb. mss. Called 
small, yellow p ta-kora Beng. Tiga-mashadi Teling. Flowers 
vemos iil; erries about the size of a French bean. 
ilia-kora, Fl. all the year. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
Cult, i 
is plant should be propagated and cultivated in the 
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same manner as Coscinium, or the stove species of Cécculus, 
which see. 
X. ANAMIY'RTA (meaning unknown.) Coleb. in Lin. trans. 
13. p. 66. 
Lin. syst. Dic cia, Monodélphia. Calyx 2-sepalled. Petals 
6, in 2 series, equal. Nectary none. Stamens collected into a 
column or monodelphous. Anthers numerous, crowded in the 
form of a globe; female flowers have not been seen, but the . 
berries are as in Menispérmum ; about the size of a ripe black- 
heart cherry, and as they are collected in very large pendulous 
bunches, their appearance is most inviting, but their taste is most 
abominable. 
1 A. panicuta'ta (Coleb. in Lin. soc. trans. 13. p. 66.) 
h. U.S. Native of the East Indies. Menispérmum hetero- 
clitum, Roxb. MSS. Bark cracked, ash-coloured. Leaves 
alternate, cordate, stalked, entire, smooth, upper surface deep, 
shining, green, under surface whitish, 3-5-nerved. Panicles * 
rising from the naked woody parts of the stem, drooping. Brac- 
teas 3-fold, 1-flowered, small, caducous. 
Panicled-flowered Anamirta. Shrub cl. 
Cult. This genus should also be propagated and treated in 
the same manner as Coscinium, which see. 
XI. PSELIUM (from edcov, pselion, a bracelet ; form of 
nuts). Lour.. fl. cochin. ed Willd. 2. p. 762. D.C. syst. 1. ` 
p. 531. prod. 1. p. 100. 
Lin. syst. Dice'cia, Hexdndria. Sepals and petals disposed 
in a ternary order in two series. Stamens 6, free. Female 
flowers with 4 sepals, without petals; ovary 1 ; stigma 4-cleft. 
A climbing shrub with axillary flowers. 
1 P. HETEROPHY’LLUM (Lour. fl. coch. ed Willd. 2. p. 762.) 
h. uG. Native of Cochin-china in woods. Leaves alternate, 
quite entire, smooth, stalked ; in the male plant they are somewhat 
cordate, roundish, with short somewhat divided racemes ; in 
the female plants the leaves are ovate, peltate, acuminated, with 
racemes somewhat umbellate ; pedicels very short. 
Various-leaved Pselium. Shrub cl. 
Cult. This plant will grow freely in a mixture of loam and 
peat; and cuttings will root freely in the same kind of soil, 
under a hand-glass. 
XII. CISSA’MPELOS (xiacoc, kissos, the Greek name of 
ivy, apmedoc, ampelos, a vine; plants like the ivy in the 
rambling branches, and like the vine in having the fruit in’ 
racemes). Lin. gen. no. 1138. Lam, ill. t.830. Juss. gen. 285. 
D. C. syst. 1. p. 532. prod. 1. p. 100. 
Lin. syst. Dia'cia, Monodélphia. Male flowers with 4 
sepals and 4-2, monodelphous stamens, without petals. Female 
flowers with 1 sepal, and 1 petal in front of the sepal. Ovary 1. 
Stigmas 3. Drupe oblique, reniform. Abumen none. Embryo 
long, terete, perapheric. Radicle superior, rising from the base 
of the stigma. Climbing shrubs with simple, stalked, orbicular, 
ovate, heart-shaped or peltate leaves, which are mucronulate at 
the apex. Racemes axillary; male ones often trichotomously - 
branched, somewhat corymbose, solitary, twin, or tern; bearing — 
many flowers at the top of the pedicels, which are destitute of 
bracteas, or furnished with very small ones ; female Facemes sim- 
ple, elongated, bearing broad alternate bracteas, with the pedi- 
cels rising in fascicles from the axille of these bracteas. 
§ 1. Female flowers furnished with bracteas. Leaves in both 
sexes peltate. 
1 C. rroprouro a (D. C. syst. 1. p. 532.) leaves peltate, 
ovate-orbicular, acutish, pubescent with scattered hairs ; Ya- 
cemes axillary, in pairs. k.^. S. Native of South America, 
near Cuchero. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t.98. Flowers dark-purple. 
