Coccurvs. MENISPERMACE JE. il 
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the calyx, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, margins recurved: carpels 6-12 globose, 
on stalks longer than themselves.—DC. prod. 1. p. 94; Spr. syst. 2. p. 635; 
Wight! cat. n. 30, 37.—G. acutiflora, Wall.! cat. n. 6438. a.—Rheed. Mal. 5. 
t. 14. Province of Tanjore in moist rich soil. 
t 39. (5) G. sempervirens (Dun. :) shrubby: leaves ovate-oblong, acumina- 
ted, coriaceous, glabrous, shining: flower-bearing shoots short, 1-2-leaved, 
1-flowered ; peduncles woolly: calyx minute: petals somewhat equal, oblong, 
pointed: carpels about 9, globose, on stalks about their own length.—DC. 
prod, 1. p. 94; Spr. syst. 2. p. 635.—Rheed. Mal. 5. t. 16.——Malabar, espe- 
cially in Angiccaimaal. 
t 40. (6) G. acutiflora (Dun.:) shrubby: leaves ovate-oblong, acute, coria- 
ceous, glabrous, upper side shining: flower-bearing shoots short, 1-2-leaved, 
1-flowered ; peduncles short: calycine lobes obtuse: petals equal, oblong, 
very acute, twice as long as the calyx.— DC. prod. 1. p. 94; Spr. syst. 2. 
p. 635.— Rheed. Mal. 5. t. 18.——Mangatti in Malabar. 
According to Rheede, who alone has seen the plant, the fruit is the same 
as in G. sempervirens. The above character is taken from his figure and im- 
perfect description. 
ORDER V.—MENISPERMACEZ. Juss. 
Sub-ord. 1. MENISPERMEE (Arn.) Flowers usually unisexual and 
very small. Sepals usually in a double row, 3—4 in each, deciduous: 
sstivation imbricative. Petals 1-6, hypogynous, scale-like, distinct 
or united into a cup-shaped corolla, rarely none: estivation somewhat 
valvular. Stamens monadelphous or occasionally distinct, sometimes 
Opposite to the petals and equal to them in number, sometimes 3-4 
times as many : anthers adnate; cells placed end to end, dehiscing either 
vertically or horizontally, but always longitudinally and by a continuous 
fissure. Ovaria usually numerous, free or slightly united by their inner 
margin, unilocular. Drupes baccate, one-seeded, oblique. Embryo 
curved, radicle superior. Albumen thin, fleshy, rarely none—Climb- 
ing shrubs, with alternate leaves, and very minute flowers. 
I. COCCULUS. Bauh.; DC. 
Flowers unisexual, (always?) dicecious. Calyx of 6 sepals in a double 
Series, with two, three, or more close-pressed bracteoles. Corolla of 6 petals. 
Stamens 6, or rarely 3, opposite to the petals, distinct: anthers 
2-celled, terminal, dehiscing vertically: filaments either filiform with the 
anther cells horizontal, approximate, and each externally 2-lobed ; or thick- 
ened at the apex with the cells divaricating downwards and separated by the 
connectivum. Fem. Ovaries 3, 6, or numerous. Drupes 1-6, or numerous, 
1-celled, 1-seeded.—Peduncles axillary or rarely lateral; males usually many 
flowered; females generally few-flowered, without bracteas, or with very 
small ones if present. ann 
$ 1. Seed globose, deeply excavated at the hilum; albumen fleshy; cavity for the 
embryo in the albumen broad and very shallow, resembling an internal slit. 
41. (1) C. suberosus (DC.:) twining: bark corky: leaves broadly ovate, 
truncated or somewhat cordate at the base, acute, firm; young ones more 
cordate, rounder, somewhat mucronulate, more tender, more or less pube- 
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