Cissampelos 



MENISPERMACE.E 



193 



C. pareira L. Sp. PI. 1031 (17.^3): Wright ^rem. 200; 

 Sw. Ohs. 380, t. 10, /. 5 ; Jlacf. Jam. 1. 16 ; Gnseh. Fl Br. W. 

 Ind. 10; Miers Cont'rlh. Bot. iii. 139; Urb. Sijmh. Auf. iv. 237; 

 Diels in Enql. Fflanzenreich iv. pt. 94, 28G. C. Caapeba L. Sp. 

 PI. 1032 (1753). C. microcarpa DC. Si/st. i. 534 (1818) ; Mac/. 

 Jam. {. 17; Jliers torn. cit. 149, t. 115. C. heterophylla 

 DC Syi^t. i. 534 (1818) ; Miers torn. cit. 145. C. tomentosa 

 DC. Sijst. i. 535 (1818) ; Miers torn. cit. 152. C. consociata Miers 

 in Ann. tO Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, xvli. 136 (1866) & Contrih. 

 Bot. iii. 167. C. diffusa Miers in Ann. & Mag. loc. cit. & Contrih. 



Fig. 79. 



A, Male inflorescence x 5. 



Bj Male flower in section X 10. 



C, Female inflorescence x 6. 



D, Female flower in section X 12. 



-Cisaampelos pareira L. 



E, Drnpe cut lengthwise x 4 ; e, endo- 

 sperm ; c, cotyledons ; r, radicle. 

 (After Baillon.) 



Bot. Hi. 168. C. baccifera <kc. Sloane Cat. 85 cfe Hist. i. 200; 

 Plum. Ic. ined. ii. 130 k Descr. PL Arner. 78, t. 93. C. scaiuleiis 

 foliis ikc. Browne Hist. Jam. 357. (Fig. 79.) 



Velvet Leaf, Pareira Brava. 



Spanish Town, Sloane Herb. iii. 123*, 124! Houstoiuil Sliakspc.ar \ 

 Browne; WrigJitl Brou(jliton\ Bancroft\ Macfadyenl Distiiil McNabl 

 Tomer \ Mauchester, Purdiel Carpenter !Mts., Hcward\ Wilson\ MarcJil 

 Cinchona; Castleton, J. P. GG8, 11U3, Morrisl near Hope, 700 ft., Fawcettl 

 Troy, 2000 ft. ; Hope ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6968, 8737. 



Leaves pubescent on both sides, or only underneath, or glabrate, 

 2-12 cm. 1. and br. Male Jiower : sepals 1-1 5 m\n. 1.; corolla 'S-l'G mm. 

 in diam. Female jlower : sepal 1-1*5 mm. 1.; petal -5- 8 mm. 1., 

 1-1*5 mm. br. Drupe 4-5 mm. 1. 







