l<i(i II llt\Xltl!IA MONO.YNTA. CtSSVt, 



drooping. The germ has two cells in each of which are 

 two seeds attached from their lower end to the partition at 

 the bottom of the cell. Berry succulent, size of a pea, when 

 ripe black, and smooth, generally one celled. Seed for il«- 

 most pari solitary, obovate, lower end pointed. Integuments 

 two, exterior unciform, and rugose ; inner a very thin, white 

 membrane, which adheres firmly to the perisperm. Peru- 

 perm conform to the seed, d.dl white, cartilaginous, divided 

 by two fissures- into three, nearly equal puts. Embryo 

 scarcely half the length of the perisperm. Cotyledons r< in- 

 form. Radicle oblong, inferior. 



2. C. vitiginea. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 655. 



Leaves cordate-serrate. Cymes decompound. Berries one 

 or two-seeded. 



Hind, and Beng, Guali-Iata. 



Teling. Maratta-tiga. 



This species is a native of forests, mountains, and way sides 

 in uncultivated places. 



Trunk woolly, branchy, climbing over trees and shrubs to 

 a great extent. Tendril opposite to the leave.-, two-cleft. 

 Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, serrate, or dentate, pretty 

 smooth on both sides, from four to six inches long - , and from, 

 three to four broad. Stipules cordate. Cymes ped uncled, 

 leaf-opposed, more than compound. Flowers small, red. 

 Germ superior, half immersed in the four sided, fleshy nec- 

 tary. Berry small, black, one or two-seeded. 



3. C. glauca. li. 



Leaves cordate, bristle serrate, smooth. Stipules broad- 

 sulcate. Cymes decompound. Berries one seeded. 



Schunambu Valli. Rheed.MaL \ ii. p. 21. Ml. 



This species is still larger than the last, and a native of 

 the same or similar places; the snoots, the tendrils, petioles 

 and peduncles are all quite smooth and somewhat glaucous. 



