i. ae MENISPERMACE KE. Coccurvs. 
scent: female flowers in lateral compound racemes: drupes 2-3, globose: 
. cotyledons distant, linear-oblong, very membranaceous.—DC. prod. 1. p. 97; 
Wall.! L. n. 4954; Wight! cat. n. 46.—C. orbiculatus, DC. prod. 1. p. 98 
(excl. syn. P/uk.)—C. lacunosus, DC. prod. 1. p. 97.—C. flavescens, DC.? 
prod. 1. p. 97.—Menispermum Cocculus, Linn.; Gertn. fr. t. 70. f. 1.—M. 
orbiculatum, Linn.; Spr. syst. 2. p. 156.—M. lacunosum, Lam.; Spr. syst. 2. 
p. 156.—M. flavescens, Lam.? ; Spr.? syst. 2. p. 256.—Rheed. Mal. 1. t. 1, and 
11. ¢. 62; Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 22, and t. 24? Malabar. 2" !or - 
The shallow hollow that contains the embryo is nearly as broad as the 
whole albumen: the cotyledons, at first small, afterwards enlarge, although 
still very thin, diverge, and each occupies a side of the cavity. The back and 
front layers of albumen then become soldered in the middle (the mark of 
which may be observed on cutting the seed transversely) and present the ap- 
pnta "us by Geertner, of the albumen being 2-celled with a cotyledon 
in.each cell. 
42. (2) C. Malabaricus (DC.:) twining: leaves cordate-ovate, acuminated, 
upper side puberulous, under densely pubescent: racemes of female flowers 
lateral?, as long as the leaves, simple: stamens 6: drupes 3.— DC. prod. 1. 
p. 97.—Menispermum Malabaricum, Willd.; Spr. syst. 2. p. 155; Ham.! in 
Wall. L. n. 4969.— Rheed. Mal. 7. t. 19, 20. 
The only specimen we have seen is, from Sanashygota in Bengal, in Hamil- 
ton's herbarium belonging to the University of Edinburgh: it has the 
branches here and there furnished with curious scutelliform warts. 
43. (3) C. cordifolius (DC.:) twining; bark corky, slightly tubercled: 
leaves roundish-cordate with a broad sinus, shortly and sharply pointed, gla- 
brous: racemes axillary or lateral; of male flowers longer than the leaves, 
pedicels several together; of female scarcely so long as the leaves, pedicels 
solitary: petals unguiculate; unguis linear, slightly margined upwards ; limb 
triangular-ovate, reflexed: stamens 6; filaments thickened at the apex ; an- 
ther-cells divarieating: ovaries 3: drupes 2-3, globose: embryo small, coty- 
ledons orbicular, approximate, fleshy.—D4. prod. 1. p. 97; Wail.? L. n. 
4955; Wight! cat. n. 44.—C. convolvulaceus, DC. prod. 1. p. 97.—C. verru- . 
— tg pe n. por xr cordifolium, Willd.; Roxb.? in 
in. Soc. T'r. 13. p. 62; . syst. 2. p. 155.—M. glab: i . 
ied ACIE m 6s p (ot dom) 
C. convolvulaceus, DC. is an accidental state of the plant. Roxburgh, in his 
description, and figure at the India House (under M. coccineum, tab. 128), 
represents the petals cuneate-oblong, erect, and embracing the filaments ; 
hence our doubts about his and Wallich's being thé same with ours, which 
however is common about Madras and Samuleottah (where Roxburgh so long 
resided), and is undoubtedly that sent by Klein to. Willdenow and Rox- 
burgh.—C. crispus DC. (Men. verrucosum Roxb.) appears to differ by the more 
tubercled bark ; more pointed leaves, and their narrow sinus ; by the cuneate- 
oblong but also reflexed petals, and four-lobed anthers. 
$ 2. Seed terete, long, uncinate ; embryo enclosed in a fleshy albumen, and of 
about the same length, 
44. (4) C. acuminatus (DC.:) twining: leaves ovate, acuminated, acute 
or truncate or slightly cordate at the base, glabrous: racemes axillary; 
usually about half the length of the leaf; pedicels in the males one or two 
from each bractea, 2-3-flowered ; in the females solitary, 1-flowered : petals 
obcordate, much shorter than the filaments: stamens 6, as long as the inner 
row of the sepals ; anther-cells divaricating: ovaries 9-12: drupes numerous, 
stalked, obovoid ; nut compressed.— DC. prod. 1. p. 99; De Less. ic. sel. 1. 
t. 95; Wight! cat. n. 45.—C. radiatus, DC. prod. 1. p. 99.—C. polycarpus, 
Wall.! L. n. 4958.—Menispermum acuminatum, Lam.; Spr. syst. 2. p. 155. 
M. radiatum, Lam.; Spr. syst. 2. p. 157.—M. polycarpum, Rozb.— Tiliacora 
