56 V. MENiSPEiiMACEvE. [Thiospora. 



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twiner, tlie branches somewhat succulent. Leaves ovatCj deeply and broadly 

 cordate at the base, or almost hastate with rounded auricles, obtuse or scarcely 

 acuminate, 3 or 4 in. long, 5-nerved, the smaller pinnate veins scarcely pro- ^ 



niiuent, on petioles of about 1 in. Flowers green, the male racemes 2 or 3 i 



in., the females about 1 in. long; pedicels about 1 line. Sepals, 3 outer 

 ones very small and triangular, 3 inner ones about 1 line long, ovate, thin, 

 spreading. Petals about half as long as the inner sepals, obovatc. Anthers 

 terminal, ovoid, almost globular, the cells almost parallel. Drupes oblong, 

 about 3 lines lon^c. 



N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; common in many parts 

 of Araietn's Land and thence to the Bnrdekin, F, Mueller. — Nearly allied to the Asiatic 

 T. crispa^ but the leaves are rather diiTerently shaped and the fruits much smaller. 



3. T. Walcottii, F, Mnell Herb. Of this I have only seen fragments 

 of a fruiting specimen with the drupes not quite ripe, but sufficiently so to 

 show the peculiar form of Tlnospora, with the somewhat succulent branches 

 and with the racemes of 1\ sviilacina^ but the leaves appear to be as broad as 

 long, obscurely 3-lobed, cuncate and not cordate at the base, of a thinly co- 

 riaceous texture, a\ ith prominent reticulate veins. 



N. Australia. Nichol Bay, Walcoit. 



2. PERICAMPYIiUS, Miers. 



Sepals 6 in 2 series, the inuer ones larger. Petals 6, smaller than the 

 sepals, the edges embracing the stanums. Male fl. : Stamens 6, free, the an- 

 ther-cells lateral Female 11. : Staminodia 6, Carpels 3, the styles 2-cleft. 

 Drupes globular, somewhat flattened, the remains of the style near the base. 

 Putamcn horseshoe-shaped, crested on the back, the sides concave. Seed 

 horseshoe-shaped. Embryo in the axis of the albumen, Avith narrow cotyledons 

 eloscd against each otlier. — Leaves broad. Cymes dichotomously branched. 



The geuus is limited to the following species. 



_1. P, incanus, Mlers ; Hook, and Thorns. FL Ind. i. 194. Achcniuni 

 with the younger branches shortly tomentose or at length glabrous. Leaves 

 nearly orbicular, sometimes slightly peltate, 2 to 4 in. or sometimes above 5 iu- 

 diameter, glabrous above, usually hoary underneath, on petioles of 1 to 2 m. 

 Flowers very small, in axillary dichotomous cymes, shorter than the leaves. Se- 

 pals hairy ou the back. Drupes red. — Cocculus Moorei, F. Muell. Fragm.i- 163. 



Q ueeiisland. AVoody valleys, Moreton Bay and \V idc Bay, C. Moore, IF. 11111, F, 3TaeUer. 



Xtf. S. Wales. 11. Brown] IlIuwaiTu, Port Macqiiarie, Foorul oa the Karuuk river, and 

 Port Stephens, Backhouse, — Common in eastern India and the Malayan Archipelago, ex- f 



tending northward to S. China. 



SARCOPETALUM 



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Sepals 2 to 5, small, Petals 3 to 6, thickly fleshy, nearly globular. M^^^^ 

 il. : Stauxens united in a cohium, divided at the top into 2 or 3 short horizon- 

 tal lobes, each bearing a 2 -celled anther. Female fl. ; Carpels 3 to fi> with 

 recurved lobed sllgmas. Dmpes flattened, the remains of the style neai" the f 



base. Putauieu horseshoe-shaped, the sides concave. Seed horseshoe-shaped. 



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