Mr. Colebrooke on the Indian Species of Menispermum. 6ti 



filaments. 6* Filaments six, clubbed, spreading, rather longer 

 than the leaflets of the nectary. Anther* twin, immersed in 

 the fleshy extremities of the filaments. ? lllamt *nts six, feshy, 

 sterile. Germs three, resting on a tumid receptacle. Styles 

 very short. Stigmas torn. Drupes one., two, or rarely three; 

 size of a small cherry, smooth, rod, succulent : pulp very glu- 

 tinous. Seed single, kidney-form : on the inside there is a 

 deep pit, which receives its ligamen. EL Delin. 



Cocculus palmatus. 



Menispermum Colomba. Berry As. Res. x. 385. 



M. palmatum. Lam. 



Herbaceous, twining, hairy. Leaves subrotund, five-lobed : lobes 



acuminate. Racemes axillary, compound. 



Cocculus suberosus. Decandolle. 



Menispermum Cocculus. Gcert. t. lxx. f. 7. 



Perennial, twining, scandent. Leaves cordate, base truncate, firm 

 and lucid. R. Ft. Ind. Stem lioneous, thick as a man's wrist. 

 hark deeply cracked, spongy, ash-coloured : of young shoots, 

 smooth and green. Leaves alternate, cordate, entire, smooth 

 on both surfaces ; obtuse, emarginate ; texture hard ; lucid 

 above, paler underneath ; four to twelve inches long, three to 

 four broad. R. Msi.* 



Cocculus hexagyniis. C. 



Menispermum hexagynum. Roxb. Mss. 



Twining, villous. Leaves parabolic. Panicles axillary and ter- 

 minal. R. Fl. Ind. 

 Native of China, near Canton. 



* Since this essay was communicated to the Society, I have leamt that plants have 

 recently flowered in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta ; and a description and figure by 

 Dr. Wailich will appear in the Asiatic Researches. 



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