Mr. Colejjrooke on the Indian Specks of Menispermum. M 



and fleshy, erect, converging. Anthers two pits in the Bpei 

 of each filament. ? Yet unknown. 



Cocculus laur if alius. C. 

 Menispermum laurifolium, Roib. Mss. 



Arboreous. Leaves lanceolar, lucid, entire, three-ner\ r ed. Ra- 

 cemes '"axillary and lateral, compound. 



Indigenous in Nepal and Srinagar. 



Trunk short, soon dividing into many divaricate branches, with 

 extreme branchlets drooping. Leaves alternate, short-pe- 

 tioled, lanceolar, entire, firm, polished, three-nerved : 3— () 

 inches long, 1— 1£ broad. Stipules none, but a tuft of down 

 in the axils. Racemes axillary and lateral, as well as termi- 

 nal : short, scarcely longer than the petioles. Calyx three- 

 leaved. Leaflets small, lanceolar. Petals three, oval ; greatly 

 larger than the calyx. Nectarial scales six, obcordate. Fila- 

 ments six, shorter than the petals. II. Delin. ? Not de- 

 scribed. 



COSGINIUM. 



Cqscin iv u fenestraium^ 



Menispermum fenestratum, Gart. t. xlvi. f. 5. 



Native of Ceylon, where it blossoms during November and 

 December. Seed ripe in May and June. 



Trunk and large branches seandent, stout, thick, ligneous. Wood 

 yellow, bitter. Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, entire, 

 5 — 7 -nerved, smooth and shining above, very hoary under- 

 neath, sometimes acuminate, sometimes obtuse. Length 3 — 9 

 inches, breadth 2 — 6. In young plants frequently peltate. 

 Petioles shorter than the leaves, round, downy. Umbellets or 

 heads from the stout, naked, ligneous branches ; several from 

 the same bud ; on thick, round, downy peduncles of about an 



vol. xiii. k inch 



