Tap. 8489. 
COCCULUS rritosvs. 
Eastern Asia. 
MENISPERMACEAE. Tribe CocouLEAE. 
Coccunus, DC.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 36. 
Cocculus trilobus, DC. Syst. Veg. vol. i. p. 522; Diels in Engl. Pflanzenr, 
Menispermac. p. 232; a C. molli, Wall., sepalis glabris distinguitur. 
Frutec scandens. Rami volubiles, in vivo vix striatuli, in siceo striati, 
molliter pilosi. Folia ovata (interdum triloba lobo medio lateralibus 
multo majore), apice obtusa vel acuta, apiculata, basi rotundata vel 
cordata, 5-9 cm. longa, 3°3-7 em. lata, firme herbacea, basi palmatim 
5-nervia, crebre reticulata praesertim in sicco, supra puberula subtus plus 
miuusve pubescentia; petioli 1-5-3°5 cm. longi, molliter pilosi. Cymae 
unisexuales, singulae in axillis foliorum, vel in thyrsum terminalem 
bracteatum aggregatae; bracteolae 2, basi calycis insertae, ovato-oblongae, 
vix ad 1 mm. longae. Flores ¢ : Sepala 6; 3 exteriora ovata, vix 2 mm. 
longa, 1-1°5 mm. lata; 3 interiora late ovata, 3 mm. longa, 2°5 mm. lata, 
Peala 6, ligularia, 3 mm. longa, apice bifida lobis subulatis 0°5 mm. 
longis interdum iterum bifidis, marginibus inferne inflexis. Stamina 6, 
petalis opposita; filamenta superne incurva, antheras horizontaliter 
gerentia; antherae 4-lobatae. Flores 9: Sepala iis maris similia at 
breviora. Petalu elliptico-oblonga, 1-7 mm. longa, 0-8 mm, lata, bifida 
lobis divergentibus. Staminodia minuta, 6 vel pauciora, singula inter 
carpella, interdum nulla. Ovaria 6, stylis recurvis; ovulum unicum, 
suturae ventrali affixum. Drupae 2-4 pro flore, subglobosae, circiter 
7 mm. diametro, fere nigrae, pruinosae, stylo adpresso ventraliter basin 
versus sito; mesocarpium viride; endocarpium osseum, reniforme, sinu 
parvula ventrali; intus in condylum magnum centralem productum; 
condylus extra utrinque in cavum auriformem excavatus ; endocarpii 
pars peripheralis transverse corrugata. Semen valde curvatum. Hmbryo 
albumine copioso inclusa; cotyledones incumbentes.—C. Thunbergii, DC. 
Syst. vol. i. p. 524. C. cynanchoides, Presl. Rel. Haenk. vol. ii. p. 79. 
Menispermum trilobum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 194. M. orbiculatum, Thunb. 
le.,non Linn. Cebatha orbiculata, Kuntze, Rev. Gen. vol. i, p. 9; ©. K, 
Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 327.—T. A. Spracug. 
The Cocculus here figured is a scandent shrub, native of 
Eastern Asia, where it extends from Japan and Northern 
China to the Philippines. The leaves are variable in outline, 
and the form of C. trilobus with entire leaves, here depicted, 
is often known as C. Thunbergii, DC. Like other species 
of the genus, C. trilobus is easily cultivated and propagated, 
but to get it to fruit freely it needs all the sunshine 
possible. The flowers figured were produced in 1912, 
Aprin, 1913. 
