6 C 2 Mr. Colebrooke on the Indian Species of Menispermnm. 



nerved, leafy, thin, concave according to the curvature of the 

 perisperm. Radicle columnar, short, superior. C. 

 Berries 1 — 3, size of a common grape, oval, smooth, yellow, 

 succulent, marked with the remains of the style on the apex 

 (whereas on most other species it is on one side); one-celled. 

 Seed solitary, reniform ; a deep pit on the inside. Exterior 

 integument subreniform, white, two-valved ; inner membrana- 

 ceous. Perisperm conform to the seed, amygdaline. Embryo 

 curved, inverse. Cotyledons oval, three-nerved, very thin. 

 Radicle superior. R. Carp. 



Cocculus cordifolius. 



Menispermum cordifolium. Roxb. cit.Willd. iv. 826. 



M. glabrum. Kazn. Mss. 



Amrita-valli (Cit-amerdu.) Rheed. Mai. vii. t. 21. 



Guduchi s. Guruchi. Sans. Gulanch. Hind. 



Leaves round-cordate, smooth. Racemes axillary and lateral. 



Most common throughout India. 



Root large, soft, spongy. Stem twining, perennial, very succu- 

 lent, extending over the highest trees. Rark thick, corky, 

 with many elevated scabrous specks. From the branches 

 frequently drop filiform fibres, which continue lengthening till 

 they reach the ground, where they root. Such have been 

 measured thirty feet long, no thicker than a packthread. 

 Leaves alternate, petioled, broad-cordate, five-nerved, entire, 

 waved, smooth : about four inches each way. Petioles round, 

 smooth, swoln at the base. Racemes axillary, terminal or la- 

 teral, with a few scattered tlowers in separate axils. Flowers 

 numerous, small, yellow. Calyx three-leaved : leaflets oval. 

 Corol three-petalled. Petals obovate, many times larger than 

 the caljx. Nectary six-leaved. Leaflets wedge-form, half 

 the length of the petals ; margin inflated, and embracing the 



filaments. 





