30 VI. MENISPERMA CE FK. 
Ono VI. NIENISPERNLACEZE. 
Endl. Gen. 825 ; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 307. 
F'lores.dioici. Sepala sspius 6, biseriata, rarius 9 v. 12, 3- v. 4-seriata, v. 4, rarissime 5, 
discreta v. rarissime coalita, in quaque serie imbricata v. rarissime valvata, exteriora interiori- 
bus minora. Petala swpius 6, biseriatim imbricata, at inter se sequalia et seriem unicam 
simulantia, sepalis interioribus minora, rarius 4 v. 0, rarissime 5, v. in flore 9 2 v. 1, libera v. 
rarissime coalita. Stamina in flore d petalis numero squalia et opposita, rarissime 3, 9 v. 
oo; filamenta libera v. coalita. .4nfherce varie, sepius adnatw, loculis extrorsum v. late- 
raliter, rarius introrsum dehiscentibus, in flore 9 effcete v. nulle. ^ Gynccii carpella ssepius 
3, rarius 16, v. oc, libera, toro v. gynophoro brevi imposita, in flore d rudimentaria v. 0. Styli 
terminales, sepius recurvi, integri, v. lobati. Ovula in carpellis solitaria, amphitropa, suture 
ventrali peltatim affixa, rarissime anatropa, tegumento unico, micropyle supero, chalaza 
basin ovarii spectante. ^ Carpella in fructu drupacea, sessilia v. stipitata, stipitibus basi 
connatis, styli cicatrice excentrice subterminali, v. sepius versus basin approximata notata. 
Putaminis cavitas rarissime recta, ssepius incurva v. hippocrepica; processu ad faciem 
interiorem plus minus hemisphzrico, peltato v. laminsformi intra cavitatem  intruso. 
Semen cavitati conforme, facie semper concavum v. saltem sulcatum ; testa tenuissima, mem- 
branacea; albumen copiosum y. pareum, ruminatum v. continuum aut plane nullum. .Em- 
bryo ineurvus v. rarius rectus, radicula ad cicatricem styli spectante; cotyledones varis. 
Caules scandentes, ssepius volubiles, lignosi v. subherbacei, rarius herbacei e rhizomate 
perenni suberecti, v. rarissime arborescentes. Folia alterna, exstipulata, plerumque 
palmatinervia, integra v. palmatiloba (in Z'urasa?a composita) petiolo basi et interdum 
etiam apice pseudoarticulato. Flores parvi, ssepius minuti, paniculati, racemosi v. cymosi, 
rarissime solitarii, inflorescentia feemineorum simpliciore. 
Speeies secus Miers in Lindl. Veg. Kingd. ad 300, sed plurimse per regiones tropieas late disperse 
multis sub nominibus repetite sunt, et si ad normam reducantur, vix plures quam 80 rite de- 
' seriptze sunt v. e speciminibus in herbariis nostris servatis definiendz, additis paueis, ob speeimina 
manca valde ineertis. Ordo imprimis inter tropicos utriusque orbis copiose reperitur, speciebus 
paueis in America boreali, Asia occidentali, Afriea australiore v. Australia extra tropieos crescentibus, 
nee ull in Europa obvize. 
Menispermace:e petalis sepalisque biseriatis hine 4nonaceis hine Berberideis accedunt ; a prioribus 
bene limitantur habitu, inflorescentia, floribus parvis, staminibus, et przesertim semine (etiam in illis 
quibus albumen reetum et ruminatum) cirea endocarpium intrusum peltato-curvato v. suleato, et 
embryone elongato ; a Berberideis quibus pluribus notis affiniores sunt, habitu, carpellis uniovulatis, 
et antherarum dehiscentia distinguuntur. Éuwphorbiaceis nonnullis quoad flores masculos interdum. 
similes sunt, flores tamen feminei et fructus toto elo diversi. Specimina mascula etiam nonnun- 
quam Jioscoreas inter Monocotyledoneas simulant. 
FORMJE ABNORMES. 
Caulis arboreus in Cocculo iaurifolia ; herbaceus, humilis et e rhizomate lignoso erectus in Cissam- 
pelis paucis Americanis. 
Folia composita, 3 foliolata, in Purasaia. 
Partes florum à numero normali ternario s:epe aberrant in Cissampelideis et hinc inde in da 
v. speciminibus paucis generum aliorum. 
Sepala omnia in calycem campanulatum v. globosum coalita in Cyciea, interiora valvata in Triclisia 
et in Limacie speciebus nonnullis, in urceolum tridentatum coalita in Synclisia. i 
.Petala coalita in Cissampelo, desunt in Calycocarpo, Abuta, Anamirta, Coscinio, Pr Tri- 
clisia. 
Embryo spiraliter contortus in Spirospermo.  Cotyledones laciniatz in Coscinio. 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM. 
A. DisrniBUTIO WN TRrBUs (forte nimis artificiales), imprimis ad fructum v. semen limitatas, a 
Hook. f. et Thoms. in Fl. Ind. propositas et hie pro maxima parte vindicatas. 
