64 Mr. Colebrooke on the Indian Species of Menispermum. 



Stem and branches twining to the extent of some fathoms ; peren- 

 nial : tender parts round, and clothed with soft pubescence. 

 Leaves alternate, short-petioled, from cordate on the old plants 

 to parabolic on the young ; all entire, obtuse, with a minute 

 point ; smooth above, somewhat hairy underneath : about an 

 inch and a half long, and one broad. Panicles axillary, and 

 terminal on short axillary branchlets composed of alternate, 

 expanding, three-flowered pedicels ; villous. Flowers small, 

 white. Bractes small, ovate, woolly ; two larger and smoother 

 press on the calyx. Calyx three-leaved. Leaflets cordate. 

 Petals three, ovate, cordate, twice longer than the calyx. Nec- 

 tarial scales six, nearly linear, shorter than the petals ; apices 

 divided into two very acute lobes. Filaments six, between the 

 nectarial scales and germs : barren. Germs six; singly reni- 

 form, one-celled, one-seeded. Styles undivided, recurvate, 

 Stigmas simple. R. Delin. <$ unknown. 



Cocculus triandrus. C. 

 Menispermum triandrum. Roxb. Mss. 



Shrubby, twining. Leaves ovate-oblong, pointed, smooth. Ra- 

 cemes axillary. 



Native of the Malay islands. 



Stem consisting of many twining or spreading branches, with 

 smaller flower-bearing branchlets from the base ; smooth, 

 deep-green in every part. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, 

 ovate-oblong, pointed, entire, smooth on both sides : two to 

 three inches long. Racemes axillary, one or more together, 

 rather longer than the petioles. Flowers numerous, very mi- 

 nute, yellow. Calyx three-leaved, minute. Corol urceolate, 

 three-petalled. Petals ovate, many times larger than the ca- 

 lyx. Nectary six-leaved. Leaflets linear-lanceolate, entire, 

 shorter than the petals. Filaments three, wedge-shaped, thick 



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