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Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1600 m., June and 
September 1907 (No. 336; climber 3-6 m., leaves very variable, fruit 
blue-black); north and south of Ichang, thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., 
June and October 1907 (No. 617, in part; climber 6 m., fruit blue- 
black); Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300 m., June 1907 (No. 617, 
in part); Nanto, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1203) ; without locality, 
July 1900 and 1901 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 1483, 2267). 
A very common plant in western Hupeh up to an altitude of 1500 m., and less 
common in western Szech’uan. The leaves are extraordinarily variable and in 
warm localities persist well into the late winter. The bark is smooth and pale 
green even on quite old shoots. A colloquial name for this climber is ‘‘ Ching- 
teng.” 
COCCULUS DC. 
Cocculus trilobus De Candolle, Syst. I. 522 (1818); Prodr. I. 98 
(1824). — Diels in Engler, Pflanzenr. IV.-94, 232, fig. 78 a-1 (1910). 
Menispermum orbiculatum Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 194 (non Linnaeus) (1784). 
Menispermum trilobum 'Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 194 (1784). 
Cocculus Thunbergii De Candolle, Syst. I. 524 (1818); Prodr. I. 98 (1824). — 
Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 10; Prol. Fl. Jap. 198 (1867). — 
Hance in Jour. Linn. Soc. XIII. 99 (1873). — Franchet in Now. Arch. 
Mus. Paris, sér. 2, V. 176 (Pl. David. I. 21) (1882). — Maximowicz in Bull. 
Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, sér. 3, XXIX. 70 (1883); in Mél. Biol. XI. 651 
(1883). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 28 (1886). — Diels in Bot. 
Jahrb. XXIX. 345 (1900). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. 
XVII. 274 (1910). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. add. 
ser. X. 31 (Fl. Kwangtung & Hongkong) (1912). 
Ü hoides Presl, Relig. Haenk. II. 79 (1830). 
Nephroica caudata Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. sér. 3, XIX. 26 (nomen 
nudum) (1867); Contrib. Bot. III. 263 (1871). 
Nephroica Thunbergii Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, XIX. 26 (1867); 
Contrib. Bot. III. 263 (1871). 
Nephroica dilatata Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, XIX. 26 (1867); 
Contrib. Bot. III. 264 (1871). 
Nephroica triloba Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, XIX. 26 (1867); 
Contrib. Bot. III. 266 (1871). 
Nephroica cynanchoides Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, XIX. 26 (1867); 
Contrib. Bot. III. 267 (1871). 
Nephroica pycnantha Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, XIX. 26 (nomen 
nudum) (1867); Contrib. Bot. III. 268 (1871). 
Holopeira fecunda Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, XIX. 29 (1867); 
Contrib. Bot. III. 275 (1871). 
Cebatha orbiculata O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I. 9 (1891). — Schneider Ill. Handb. 
Laubholzk. Y. 327, fig. 205 k-n (1905). 
Cocculus orbiculatus Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. Y. 806 (1906). 
Dioscorea japonica Pavolini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XV. 441 (non 
Thunberg) (1908). 
