60 Mr, Cole brooke on the Indian Species of Menispermum. 



the filaments. <? Filaments six, clavate. Anthers two-JobecL 

 Pistil none. ? Stamina none, but six fleshy filaments half as 

 long as the nectarial scales. Germs three, elevated on a he- 

 mispheric receptacle. Styles scarce any. Stigmas enlarged, 

 ragged. Drapes one to three, nearly round, smooth, size of a 

 marrow-fat pea ; deep orange. Seed solitary, rough, reniform, 

 with a pit on the inside, and a furrowed belt round the exte- 

 rior or convex side. R. Delin. 



Cocculus crispus. 



Menispermum crispum, Linn.', tuberculatum var. a, Lam.; ver- 



rucosum, Roxb. 

 Funis felleus (nee quadrangularis, JVilld.) Rumph. Amb. v. t. 44. 



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Native of Sumatra, as well as Java and the Moluccas ; and 

 Silhet in Bengal. It is employed in medicine, being a powerful 

 tonic : and is most valued for medical purposes by the natives 

 of Bengal, when found a climber on mango-trees ; whence its 

 vernacular name Am-guruch (qu. Cocculus mangifera). 



Like Cocculus tomentosus and cordifolius^ as well as malabari- 

 cus 9 and perhaps other species of the same family, whenever a 

 stem or large branch is divided, being cut or broken, the upper 

 portion sends down a long filiform root to the ground, however 

 distant, and continues to vegetate. The economy of these plants 

 bears in that respect an analogy to the Indian Ficus. 



Stem perennial, scandent, twining, round, radicantwhen broken, 

 spongy, with warts scattered over the surface : young shoots 

 smooth. Bark yellowish-green. Cuticle thin, easily detached. 

 Leaves alternate, remote, iong-petioled, round-cordate, acu- 

 minate, finely pointed, entire, smooth on both surfaces: 7 — 9- 

 n erred : lobes large and rounded. Length 4 — 6 inches : breadth 

 :> — 5. Petiole round, smooth, hardly shorter than the leaves. 



Male 



