816 DIOECIA HEXANDRIA, Menispermum. 
Found by Captain Hardwicke, in the vicinity of Dosa, 
in his journey to Shreenagur, in flower in April. 
10. M. hexagynum. R. 
Twining, villous, Leaves parabolic. Female paniéles axil- 
lary, and terminal ; flowers with six germs, six bifid petals, 
and abortive stamina. 
A native of China. In flower the whole year in the Bo- 
tanic garden. Except /aurifolium, which is arboreous, the 
whole of the foregoing species are permanent, scandent or 
twining plants, of very considerable extent. 
11. M. triandrum., R, 
Shrubby, twining, Leaves ovate, oblong, pointed, smooth, 
Make flowers triandrous,with an urceolate,three-petalled corol. 
A native of Pulo Pinang ; seed sent from thence, produced 
one male plant in this garden, which is now ten years old, 
and blossoms during the rains. The female plant has not 
yet been seen. 
Stem none, but many twining, or spreading branches, with 
smaller flower-bearing ones from their base near the ground, 
smooth, of adeep green in every part. Leaves alternate, short- 
petioled, ovate-oblong, pointed, entire, smooth on both sides ; 
from two to three inches long. Mate, Racemes axillary, 
one or more together, rather longer than the petioles, Flow- 
ers numerous, very minute, yellow. Calyx six-leaved, the 
exterior ones minute, the interior three pitcher-shaped. Fila- 
menis three, wedge-shaped, thick and fleshy, erect, converg- 
ing. Anthers, two pits in the apex of each filament. 
12. M. polycarpon, R. 
Shrubby, twining to a great extent, Leaves cordate, 
ovate, smooth. ee as many as twelve, quod 
celled, 
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