14 MENISPERMACE. CissAMPELOS. 
of females usually solitary : petals cuneate-oblong, emarginate, obtusely 
2-toothed near the base; in the male about equal to the stamens, somewhat 
membranaceous above, below fleshy, and embracing the filaments; in the 
female fleshy, and internally warted: anther-cells approximated: ovaries 3: 
drupes solitary ; nut reniform.—DC. prod. 1. p. 97 ; Wight ! cat. n. 48, 49. 
—C. Wightianus, Wall.! L. n. 4959.—Cissampelos ovata, Poir.; DC. prod. 1. 
p.100; Spr. syst. 3. p. 911.—Pluk. Mant. p. 52. pl. 2. t. 345, f. 7——In 
sandy-soil by the sea-coast in Tanjore, frequent. 
II. CLYPEA. Blume. 
Diecious. Calyx of 6 sepals in a double series, with 3-6 close pressed 
bracteoles. Corolla none. Marr. Stamens united into a central column, di- 
lated at the apex, bearing several 2-celled anthers; cells opening horizon- 
tally, placed end to end, and forming a ring round the top of the column. 
Fem. Ovary solitary. Stigmata 3, (or rarely 6?) Drupe obliquely reni- 
form ; nut compressed, wrinkled round the margin. Seed solitary, uncinate. 
Albumen fleshy. Embryo terete, of the same shape, and about as long asthe 
seed.—Twining shrubs. Leaves peltate. Panicles axillary, both male and 
female without cordate bracteas. 
49. (1) C. hernandifolia (W. & A.:) leaves ovate, rounded or scarcely 
truncate at the base, mucronulate, upper side glabrous, under slightly hairy: 
panicles about equal to the petioles, umbelliform ; rays umbelliferous ; pedi- 
cels very short: polliniferous ring 6-celled.— Wight! eat. n. 953.—Cissampelos 
hernandifolia, Willd. sp. 4. p. 861; DC. prod. 1. p. 100 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 910 ; 
Wall.! L. n. 4977. e.—C. hexandra, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1001.—C. 
glabra, Ham. !—Cocculus Roxburghianus, Wall.! L. n. 4972. a. (not DC.) 
——Colemala. 
50. (2) C. Burmanni (W. & A.:) leaves triangular, acuminated, mucro- 
nate, slightly cordate at the base ; upper side shining and sprinkled with a 
few hairs, under more or less densely pubescent : panicles narrow, elongated, 
much longer than the leaves ; branches alternate.— Wight! cat. n. 40.—Coccu- 
lus Burmanni, DC. prod. 1. p. 96.—C. peltatus, DC. prod. 1. p. 96.—Cissam- 
pelosfdiscolor, Wall. L. n. 4982 (not DC.)—Menispermum peltatum, Lam. ; 
Spr. syst. 2. p. 156.—Wal-Tiedde, Gertn. fr. 2. t. 180—Rheed. Mal. 7. 
t. 49; Pluk. t. 24. f. 6; Burm. Zeyl. t. 101—Malabar and Coromandel. 
HI. CISSAMPELOS. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 830. : 
Diecious. Marr. Sepals 4 in a double series. Petals 4 united into a 
cup-shaped corolla, with usually an entire margin. Stamens united into a 
slender column dilated at the apex, bearing two 2-celled anthers opening © 
horizontally ; cells placed end to end and forming a 4-lobed 4-celled annulus - 
round the top of the column. Fem. Calyx of one! lateral sepal. Corolla of 
one! petal in front of the sepal. Ovary solitary. Stigmata 3. Drupe obliquely 
reniform ; nut compressed, wrinkled round its margin. Seed solitary, uncinate. 
Embryo long, terete, inclosed in a fleshy albumen.—T wining shrubs. Leaves 
peltate or cordate, mucronulate at the apex. Racemes axillary; of the 
males usually trichotomously branched and somewhat corymbose, with subu- 
late, small bracteas, or with none at all; of the females simple, elongated, 
bearing broad alternate foliaceous bracteas with several 1-flowered pedicels in 
their axil. i an 
51. (1) C. convolvulacea (Willd.:) stem pubescent: leaves cordate, usually 
obtuse or acute, sometimes acuminated, rarely emarginate, sinus narrow OF 
