Mr. Colebrooke on the Indian Species of Menispermum. 0) 



of the leaves. Panicles from the naked, woody parts of the 

 stem and large branches beautifully bowing. Bractes three- 

 fold, one-flowered, small, caducous. 

 Male. 



Calyx two-leaved : leaflets opposite, oval. Petals six ; three in- 

 terior and three exterior, equal, oval. 'Nectary none. Sta- 

 mens, a short, thick, central column, supporting an infinite 

 number of anthers in form of a globe. 



Female. 

 The female flowers have not been found. 



Berries as in the genus Menispermum : about the size of a ripe 

 black-heart cherry ; and, as they are collected in very large 

 pendulous branches, their appearance is most inviting, but 

 their taste is most abominable. EL. Delin. 



TILIACORA. 

 Tiliacora racemosa. 

 Menispermum polycarpon. Roxb. Mss. 

 Bagha-lata. Hind. Tilia-kora. Beng. Tiga-mashadi. Teling. 



A large, twining, woody shrub, found on the coast of Coro- 

 mandel in hedges, and in places overrun with bushes. Flowers 

 most part of the year. 



Stem woody, twining to great extent. Bark ash-colour. Leaves 

 alternate, petioled, cordate, pointed, smooth, shining, and fre- 

 quently scolloped ; about five inches long and three broad. 

 Racemes axillary, erect : in the male, frequently compound ; 

 in the female, simple, few-flowered. Bractes minute, cadu- 

 cous. Flowers small, yellow. Calyx six-leaved; the three 

 exterior leaflets small. Petals three, oblong, many times 

 larger than the calyx, spreading. Nectary six-leaved : leaf- 

 lets obcordate, clawed, about the size of the calyx. <? Fila- 

 ments six, subulate, erect, alternately shorter, nearly the length 



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