$42 DIOECIA MONADELPHIA. Myristica, 
3. C. convolvulacea. Willd. iv. 863. 
Perennial, twining. Leaves sub-peltate, from ovate-cor- 
date to reniform, Male flowers panicled; female racemed, 
with reniform, many-flowered bractes. Calyx and corol of 
one obovate, ciliate scale each, 
'Teling. Pata. 
Menispermum orbiculatum. Willd. iv. p. 828. 
Cattu-valli, or Battu-valli.. Rheed, Mal, xi. p. 127, t. 62. 
A native of Coromandel, Malabar, &c. 
| 4..C. Caapeba. Willd. iv, 863. 
» Perennial, twining, tender shoots very woolly. Leaves 
broad-cordate, scarcely peltate, woolly. Female flowers race- 
med, with sessile, cordate acuminate, many-flowered brac- 
tes; a one-leaved, oblong, acute calyx, and obcordate corol. 
_ A native of of the Moluccas. It flowers during the hot 
season in the Botanic garden, | 
5. C, hernandifolia. Willd. iv. 861. 
» Perennial, twining, villous, Leaves profoundly peltate, 
cordate, apex mucronate, base truncate, hairy underneath, 
An extensively twining” perennial, a native of Chittagong, 
from thence it has been about two years introduced into the 
Botanic garden but has not yet blossomed, which must ac- 
count for the imperfection of the definition. 
6 C, tetrandra. R. 
_Shrubby, twining. . Leaves peltate, feniforth-cordate, en- 
tire, Male inflorescence axillary, compound, Flowers 
tretrandrous. Calyx four-leaved, Nectary Reem 
filled with, stamina, _ 
: _A native of Amboyna, | 
a | Ps MYRISTICA. Schreb. gen. N. 1562. 
Mais, Calyx trifid. Coral none, Filament spule, 6: 
= lumnar: anthers several pairs round the enlarged apex ofthe 
