110. MENISPERMACE£. 
Fruit compressed, orbicular, with their margins marked with 
rayed stripes. 
Tropeolum-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 
2 C. wernanpiro Lia (Willd. spec. 4. p. 861.) leaves peltate, 
ovate, acuminated, obtuse, mucronate, smooth, with the veins on 
the under surface pilose. h.^.S. Native of the East Indies. 
Leaves like those of Hernandia sonòra. Flowers unknown. 
Berries 1-seeded, in corymbs. 
Hernandia-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 
3 C. Owarie’nsis (Beauv. ined. D. C. prod. 1. p. 100.) leaves 
peltate, ovate, roundish, awned, somewhat lobed, upper surface 
smooth, veins on the under surface finely-pubescent ; floral leaves . 
kidney-shaped, ciliated. h. „S. Native of the western coast 
of Africa in the kingdom of Waree. 
Waree Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 
4 C. parerra (Lam. ill. t. 830.) leaves peltate, somewhat 
cordate, ovate-orbicular, under surface silky-pubescent ; female 
racemes longer than the leaves; berries hispid. h. U.S. Na- 
tive of Martinico, Jamaica, St. Domingo, St. Thomas, New 
Spain, and Brazil in mountain coppices. Ciss. Pareira, var. a, 
Lin. spec. 1473. Swz. obs. 380. t. 10. f. 5. Caapéba Marcgr. 
bras. 24. icon. Piso bras. 94. icon. The juice of this tree, 
according to Piso, is a famous remedy against the bite of ser- 
pents. ‘The leaves applied whole or bruised to a wound cures it 
very effectually. The root is the true Paretra brava of the shops, 
it is a bitter-sweet diuretic, and is much used in infusion or pow- 
der, especially in ischuria, urinary calculi, jaundice, gout, and 
phlegmatic diseases. See Geoffroy, act. ac. par. 1710. p. 57. 
Lochner, diss. par. br. norimb, 1719. Murray. app. med. 1. 
p- 498. Woodv. med. bot. 2. p. 227. t. 82. Itis to be suspected 
that the roots of many plants belonging to this natural order are 
used in the same manner as this plant in various regions, and 
have the same qualities, and are confused under the same name 
in commerce. The name Pareira-brava signifies a wild vine in 
Portuguese. 
Pareira-brava Cissampelos. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1733. Shrub cl. 
5 C. Guayaquite’nsis (H. B. et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p. 
67.) leaves peltate, somewhat kidney-shaped, hairy-pubescent, 
hoary on the under surface ; male cymes axillary, in pairs, 
shorter than the petioles. k.. S. Native of Guayaquil. 
Female plant unknown. Perhaps it is only a variety of Ciss. 
Pareìra. 
Guayaquil Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 
6 C. arcr’nrea (H. B. et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p. 67.) 
leaves peltate, roundish, kidney-shaped, emarginate at the apex, 
upper surface pubescent, under surface silky-tomentose, and 
silvery; male cymes axillary, in pairs, shorter than the petioles. 
k.o S. Native of South America on the banks of the river 
Magdelena near Mompox. Female plant unknown. Perhaps also 
a variety of Ciss. Paréira. 
Silvery-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 
7 C. microca‘rpa (D. C. syst. 1. p. 534.) leaves somewhat 
peltate and kidney-shaped, orbicular, under surface tomentose ; 
berries at first pubescent, afterwards smooth. h.. S. Native 
of the West Indies in Jamaica, Martinico, St. Domingo. Ciss. 
Parcira, var. /3, Lin. spec. 1473. Very like Ciss. Pareira, but 
differing as above. 
Small-fruited Cissampelos. Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 
8 C. neTERoPHY'LLA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 534.) stem leaves pel- 
tate, orbicular, cordate at the base, under surface pubescent ; 
floral leaves cordate-reniform, velvety on both surfaces. k.. S. 
Native of New Spain about San Blas. Male flowers small, his- 
pid, 4-sepalled, female ones unknown. 
Variable-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 
9 C. pr'scoror (D. C. syst. 1. p. 534.) leaves peltate, broad- 
ovate, truncate at the base, acuminated at the apex, 7-9-nerved, 
XII. Cissamrenos. 
under surface pubescent, whitish, upper surface smooth ; male 
peduncles 2-3 together, 3-times shorter than the petioles. h.? 
US. Native of the Molucca islands. Male flowers small, on 
corymbose branched peduncles ; female ones unknown. 
- Two-coloured-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 
10 C. uirsu'ra (Buch. D. Č. syst. 1. p. 535.) leaves peltate, 
ovate-orbicular, almost veinless. h. G. Native of Nipaul. 
Male flowers very minute, villous ; female ones unknown. 
Hairy Cissampelos. Fl.? Clit. 1820. Shrub cl. 
11 C. Mavritia‘na (Petit-Th. in journ. bot. 1809, 2. p. 65. 
t. 3and 4.) leaves cordate-orbicular, pubescent-villous ; those of 
the male plants peltate; male racemes axillary, in pairs or nu- 
merous. h.. S. Native of the Mauritius, frequent in woods. 
Ciss. Pareira var. y, Willd. spec. 4. p. 861. Ciss. pareiroides, 
D. C. ess. prop. pl. ed. 2. p. 78. This plant is called Pareira- 
brava in the Mauritius; it possesses the same medical qualities 
as the true Pareira-brava of Brasil, although in a lesser degree. 
See Ciss. Pareira. This plant differs from Ciss. Pareira in the 
branches being hispid, not smooth. 
Mauritian Cissampelos. Fl.? Cit. 1820. Shrub cl. 
12 C. GLABE'RRIMA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 57.) stem herba- 
ceous, twining ; leaves peltate, ovate, acute, rounded at the base; 
male flowers corymbose and racemose ; divisions of the calyx 
oblong-linear ; corolla campanulate, 4-lobed. h. ^. S. Native 
of Brasil in the provinces of Rio Janeiro and Minas Geraes, Cipo 
de Cobras Marcgr. bras. 25-26, with a figure. Piso, bras. 94, 
with a figure. The stems and the leaves of this plant have 4 
bitter taste and stimulating odour, like that of Tropeolum. The 
whole plant is employed to cure the bite of snakes. 
Very-smooth Cissampelos. Pl. tw. 
13 C. Ortnoce’nsis (H. B. et Kth. spe. amer. 5. p. 68.) 
leaves scarcely peltate, deltoid, cordate, obtuse, upper surface 
puberulous, under surface silky-pubescent ;_ fructiferous racemes 
hardly exceeding the petioles in length; fruit tubercled, pilose. 
h. J. S. Native in shady woods near the river Orinoco. Very 
like Ciss. tamoides. 
Orinoco Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 
§ 2. Female flowers furnished with bracteas. Leaves not 
peltate. 
14 C. romento'sa (D. C. syst. 1. p. 535.) leaves orbicular, 
cordate, tomentose on both surfaces, as well as petioles and calyx; 
male peduncles axillary, many together, shorter than the leaves. 
h..S. Native near Campechy, in fields. Male flowers vil- 
lous, small; female ones unknown. 
Tomentose Cissampelos. Shrub cl. ag 
15 C. ramors (Willd ined. D. C. sept. 1. p. 536. St. Hil. £. 
bras. 1. p. 55.) leaves heart-shaped, pubescent ; obtuse, but acute 
inthe recesses; 5-nerved at the base; male racemes longer t an 
the leaves. h.^.S. Native of Brasil, in the province of Mine 
Geraes. Very like Ciss. Pareira. Male flowers small; petal 0 
the female flower rather orbicular, villous beneath. 
Tamus-like Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 
16 C. convonvuta'cra (Willd. spec. 4. p. 863.) leaves heart- 
shaped, acuminated, under surface pubescent, upper or 
smooth; female racemes a little longer than the petioles. R. +", 
Native of the East Indies. Female flowers small, male ones a? 
fruit unknown. 
Convolvulus-like Cissampelos. Shrub tw. : 
17 C. rrrLopa (Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 152.) leaves ~~ 
date, somewhat 3-lobed, pubescent, denticulately-ciliated, boner 
ed; female peduncles axillary, aggregate. h.o S. Native 
Brasil. Bracteas ovate, very villous on the outside, 10-nerv® ? 
denticulately-bearded. Perhaps this plant is the female of Ciss: 
tamoides. 
