4tt TkrRANDRiA MONOGYNIA. CtSfllf- 



many fathoms, young shoots, v'.llous. Tendrils leaf-opposed, from 

 two to three cleft. — lecres alternate, petioled, ternate. Lmjiets oval, 

 grossly serrate, downy, from two to three inches long. — Petioles 

 round, downy. — Stipules oblong, caducous. — Cymes as in the former 

 species,— i'/oa;ers small, white.— i^erry black, four-seeded. 



9. C. setGsa^ R. 



Herbaceous, scandent, bristly. Leaves sessile, ternate ; leaflets 

 grossly bristle-senate. Berries one-seeded. 



Teliiig. Bar«bMtsal/'. 



A native of forests and hedges in the Rajamundree Circar. Flow- 

 ering time the rainy season. 



Root fusiform, perennial. — Stems herbaceous, succulent, round, 

 seriated, and covered with distinct, glandular, round-headed, white 

 bristles, as is every j)art of the plant, even to the fruit. — Tendrils leaf- 

 opposed, generally two cleft. — Leai/'es alternate, sessile, ternate, rare- 

 ly quinate. Leaflets, the lateral two (or four, when there are live) 

 are sessile, the middle one is shor -petioled; all are oval, waved, fleshy, 

 irregularly and grossly bristle serrate, both s'des armed with the fore- 

 mentioned bristles, size various, from one to five inches long.— S^i- 

 fules cordate — Cymes as in the former species. — Petals revolute. 



Obs. Evej-y part of tiie planl is exceedmg acrid. 1 unfortunately 

 tasted both the roots and berries. 



The leaves toasted and oiled, are applied to indolent tumors to 

 bring them to suppuration. 



10. C feminea, R. 



Leaves digitate ; lea/lets petiolate, broad-lanceolar, entire. Sti/le 

 none- Stigma from four to five-lobed. 



A large scandent woody species, a native of woody mountains. 

 Flowers during the wet and cold seasons. 



Stem woody, climbing over trees. Branches flexuose from leaf 

 to leaf. — Tendrils simple, opposite to the leaves. — learfs alternate, 

 petioled, digitate. Leaflets oblong, and lauceolar, a little creuulate, 



