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and Hooker regard as forms of one variable species widely dispersed i in Tropical South 
America, but not hitherto detected north of Panama. 
1. Odontocarya tamoides, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. pe ‘960. 
Odontocarya hederefolia, Miers, Contrib. Bot. iii. p. 64, t. 100. , £ 
Panama, on old walls and ruins (S. Hayes, 201). Hb. Kew.” ‘ 
This particular form or species occurs in BraziL, GUIANA, and Pung. 
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Tribe COCCULEA. 
2. COCCULUS. 
Cocculus, DC. Syst. Veg. i. p. 515; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 36. 
Climbing shrubs. About ten species, whereof two or three are natives of the warmer 
parts of North America, the others of Tropical Africa and Asia, extending into the tem- 
perate regions in China and Japan. 
1. Cocculus diversifolius, DC. Syst. i. p. 543; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 10. 
Cocculus oblongifolius, DC. Syst. i. p. 529 ; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 11. 
Texas to—SoutH Mexico, Sonora Alta (Coulter, 656 and 657), Matamoras (Berlan-. 
dier, 2300), Monterey, Nuevo Leon (Eaton & Edwards), hedges on the tableland of 
Tehuacan, Puebla, 5000 feet (Galeotti, 1536). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe CISSAMPELIDE. 
3, CISSAMPELOS. | 
Cissampelos, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1138; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 37. 
Climbing shrubs, exceedingly variable in foliage. Many of the forms have been 
described as species ; but Bentham and Hooker, U.c., state that there are no more than 
eighteen distinct species, twelve of which are Tropical-American, five African, chiefly in 
the south, and 1, ¢. pareira, very widely dispersed in tropical countries. 
1. Cissampelos grandifolia, Tr. & Pl. Prodr. Fl. N. Gran. i. p. 44. 
Panama (S. Hayes, 168)—Cotomsra. Hb. Kew. 
2, Cissampelos heterophylla, DC. Syst. i: +P 534. 
“ New SPAIN.” 
3. Cissampelos microcarpa, DC. Syst. i.‘p. 534. 
PANAMA, in sunny situations about Tolé, Veragiias (Seemann). Ub. Kew. 
Probably only a variety of C. pareira; but Planchon and Triana regard it as 
distinct. ° 
