MENISPERMACEA. 
Jhenispermads. 
No. 93. 
CISSAMPELOS PARIERA. 7 
Parra Brava—Velvet Leaf, Ice Vine. 
Place—South America. 
Quality—A. sweet bitter. 
Power—Diuretic, demulcent, purifying. 
Use—Calculus, difficulty of passing water, arthritis, gout, 
dropsy, jaundice, &c. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Sarmentaceer.—L. Menispermacesee.—J. 
Cuass. XXII. Diewcia. Orvnre Monadelphia. 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 1473. Woodv. Med. Bot. 82. De Candolle Prod. I. 533. Flor. 
Med. V. 262. Loudon, Ency. Pl. 848 Raf. Med. Flor. Il. 209. U. 8. Dis. 532. 
Griff. Med. Bot. 106. Per. El. Mat. Med.739. Lind. Flor. Med. 372. 
Genus. CISSAMPELOS. 
From xtooos, the Greek name of the Ivy, and azz\os vine, a plant partaking of 
the nature of the former in its foliage, and of the latter in its fruit. - 
Synonymes—Liane d coeur [F.], Die grieswurzel LG Touwdruif [Dutch] 
Caapeba [Port]. 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS. 
Catyx. Sepals, three-eight in a double series, two-four. oe 
each, imbricated in estivation, hypogynous, deciduous. oe 
Corotta. Petals, one-eight, hypogynous, =_— as many as 
the seeks: rarely wanting or none. 
