CissitS. TETRANDRTA MONOGYNIA. 407 



which does not admit of my considering it to be either re- 

 panda, or latifolia,. 



Tendrils leaf-opposed, undivided. Leaves alternate, pe- 

 tioled, broad-cordate, more or less acuminate, sometimes when 

 large slightly lobed, bristle-serrate, smooth, from four to eight 

 inches each way. Stipules broad-fulcate, apex rounded, 

 caducous. Cymes with from three to five primary branches; 

 ultimate divisions umbelliferous. Berry nearly round, size 

 of a pea, smooth, succulent, purple, rarely more than one- 

 seeded. Seed obovate. Integument a double membrane, 

 with a spongy silver-coloured substance between. Perisperm 

 and embryo as in the genus. 



4. C. cordata. R. 



Shrubby, scandent, smooth. Leaves cordate, slightly and 

 remotely bristle-serrulate. Cymes compound, leaf-opposed. 



Meriam-Pulli. Rheed. Mai. vii. p. 91. i. 48. 



Funis crepitans major. Rumph. Amb. v. p. 446. t. 164./*. 1. 



A native of Amboyna, from thence introduced into the Bo- 

 tanic garden, in 1796-7. Flowering time in Bengal, the rainy 

 season. 



Stem and branches long, slender, climbing over bushes to 

 a considerable extent. Bark smooth ; on fche young parts 

 polished and purplish. Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, 

 remotely and slightly serrulate, serratures acute, both sides 

 smooth, length from four to six inches. Tendrils leaf-oppos- 

 ed, simple, coloured. Stipules adjoined, oval, coloured. 

 Cymes leaf-opposed, first divisions trichotomous. Flowers 

 small, dull purple. Taste of the leaves very acrid, and con- 

 tinuing long. 



5. C. qvadrangularis. Willd. spec. i. p. 657. 

 Perennial, scandent, jointed, four-winged. Leaves reniform- 



cordate, serrate. Berries spherical, one-seeded. 

 Beng. Harjora. 

 Funis quadrangularis. Rumph. Amb. v. p. S3, t. 44./!. 2. 



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