842 DiOECiA MONADELPHiA. Mijristica, 



3. C. convolviilacea. Willd. iv. 8G3. 



Perennial, twining*. Leaves sub-peltate, from ovate-cor- 

 date to reniform. JMale Jloivers panicled;yema/e racemed, 

 with reniforni, many-flowered bractes. Calyx and corol of 

 one obovate, ciliate scale each. 



Tel'mg. Pata. 



Menispermum orbiculatum. Willd. iv.p, 828. 



Cattu-valli, or Baltu-valli. R/ieed. Mai. xi. ]h 127. i. 62. 



A native of Coromandel, Malabar, &c. 



4. C. Caapeha. Willd. iv. 863. 



Perennial, twining-, tender shoots very woolly. Leaves 

 broad-cordate, scarcely peltate, woolly. Female flowers race- 

 med, with sessile, cordate acuminate, many-flowered brac- 

 tes; a one-leaved, oblong-, acute calyx, and obcordate corol. 

 A native of of the Moluccas. It flowers during the hot 

 season in the Botanic garden. 



5. C. hernandijolia. Willd. iv. 861. 



Perennial, twining, villous. Leaves profoundly peltate, 

 cordate, apex mucronate, base truncate, hairy underneath. 



An extensively twining perennial, a native of Chittagong, 

 from thence it has been about two years introduced into the 

 Botanic garden but has not yet blossomed, which must ac- 

 count for the imperfection of the definition. 



6. C tetrandra. R. 



Shiubby, twining. Leaves peltate, reniform-cordate, en- 

 tire. JMale inflorescence axillary, compound. Flowers 

 tretrandrous. Calyx four-leaved. JVectary cup-shaped, 

 filled with stamina. 



A native of Amboyna. 



MYRISTICA. Schreb. gen. N. 1^62. 



Male. Calyx trifid. Corol none. Filament single, co- 

 lumnar ; anthers several pairs round the enlarged apex of the 



