Tar. 4658. 
COSCINIUM FENESTRATUM. 
False Calumba-root. 
Nat. Ord. MentIsperMACE%.—Die@cra HEXANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Coscinrum, Colebr. (char. reform.) Flores dioici. Mase. Sepala 
9-12, circa receptaculum cylindraceum ternatim imbricata, subequalia, vel 3-6 
ext. interdum paulo minora, omnia ovata, valde carnosa, extus tomentoso-pilosa, 
int. demum rotato-expansa. Pefala nulla. Stamina 6, biserialia ; filamenta car- 
nosa, 3 ext. libera apice reflexa, 3 iné. in summo receptaculi imo coalita, erecta ; 
anthere seriei ext. 1-lobze, introrse, int. 2-lobe, lobis sejunctis utrinque laterali- 
bus, omnibus ovatis apice filamenti semi-immersis, 2-loculatis, 2-valvatis, valvis 
in septo rima verticali hiantibus. Fam. Stamina sterilia 6, hypogyna. Ovaria 3, 
valde sericea. Stylus tenuis. Stigma recurvum. Drupe 3, vel abortu pauciores, 
globose, carnosee, tomentose, monopyrence. Nua ossea, crassa, ovata, dorso con- 
vexior, sutura peripherica vix conspicue 2-valvaris, ventre. condylo* interno 
magno globoso foraminibus 2 prope hilum perforato instructa, 1-locularis. Semen 
loculo conforme, meniscoideo-globosum, facie interna valde cavum. Integumentum 
tenue, membranaceum, reticulatum, in plicis albuminis insinuatum. Embryo fere 
rectus, paulo curvatus, inversus, intra albumen amplum carnosum quasi bilami- 
narem inclusus; lamina externa simplici tenuissima, interna valde crassa et in 
lamellas plurimas seu lobos transversos convoluto-plicatos profundissime rumi- 
nata, superficie hinc bullata ; cotyledonibus tenuissime foliaceis oblongis profunde 
sinuato-laciniatis lateraliter divaricatis et in locellis sejunctis intra laminas utrin- 
que positis, radicula supera brevi terete ad hilum spectante multo longioribus.— 
Frutices scandentes, insulis Indie Orientalis indigene ; folia longe petiolata, peltata 
vel palmata, 5—T-nervia, crasso-coriacea, supra glabra, subtus tomentosa; race- 
mus ¢ supra-axillaris, petiolo brevior ; flores minuti, sessiles, in capitulis pedun- 
culatis omnino cano-tomentosis dense aggregatis. Miers. 
CoscrniuM fenestratum. Feast 
Coscrnrum fenestratum. Colebr. in Linn. Trans. v.13. p. 65. Walp. Repert. 
Bot. v. 1. p. 95, - 1 
Purerera medica. Lindl. Fl. Med. p. 370. 
MENISPERMUM fenestratum. Gertn. Fruct.v. 1. p. 219. ¢.46. De Cand. Prodr. 
v1. p.451, Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3. p. 809. 
CissaMPELos convolvulacea, a et 8. Moon’s Cat. p. 70. 
Wennewelle, or Wennewelle-gette, of the Cinghalese. 
We have received seeds of this plant at the Royal Gardens of 
* The condyle is an extension of the placenta, sometimes internal, but mostly 
an external feature, offering an excellent and constant generic character of some 
importance in this family. Miéers.—To Mr. Miers we are indebted for the above 
amended generic character of Coscinium, which he has prepared, with a complete | 
analysis of figures, for his Memoir on the Menispermacee, and where the specific 
characters of three additional species will be given. Ed. 
» JULY Ist, 1852, 
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