^fEXISPERM^ CE.-F. 657 



Tliis is tlie Cucculm Indicus with ■wliicli rascally brewers adulterate their 

 beer. The berries are very peisonous, and contain ii powerful acro-narcotic principle, 

 Picroloxin. The berries arc used to poison fish, and a weak decoction to destroy 

 ' ticks ' in sheep. A large importation of this dangerous drug takes place into 

 Great Britain, which it is to be feaied contributes to poison other animals than 

 ' ticks.' 



COCCULIE.E. 



Flowers Z-mernm. Ovaries umidly 3. Sfijle-scar almost hisal, rarely aliiioxt 

 terminal. Seeds horse.ihoe-khaped. Albumen copiom. Embryo slender, the cotyledons 

 linear or only sliyhlly diltit^d. 



TiHACoii.v, Colebrooke. 



Sej)als 6, the outer ones small, hanlly imbricate in bud. Petals 6, minute. 

 Miles: Stiimens 6, free. Females: Carpeh 9-12, the .styles short and subulate. 

 Drapes stalked (the stalks connate at base), the style-scar near the base. Puiamin 

 sulcate. Seed hooked. Albumen oily, ruminate. Cotyledons ileshy, appressed. 

 Mostly climbers with axillary panicles. 



T. n.vcKMosA, Colbr. Pegu. 



Menispermum polycarpicm, Eo.xb. 



LiiiAci.4, Loureiro. 

 Sepals 6, the inner larger ones valvate or slightly imbricate in hud. Petals 6, 

 shorter than the sepals, embracing the stamens. Males : Stamens 3-6 or 9, free. 

 Females : S/aminodes 6. Carpels 3, with short compressed style. Drupes obovate or 

 renilbrm, the style-scar almost basal. Putamen 3-celled, the 2 lateral cells emjity. 

 Seed elongate, embracing the intruded endocarp. Alhanien even. Cotyledons elongate, 

 half-terete, appressed. Woody climbers, with panicled ilowers. 



X Sepals 8-12, the S7naller ones imbricate. 

 L. crspiDATA, H. f. W.E.C. Teuasserim. 



X X Sepals .9, thicl;, ralvate in bud. 

 L. (irr.NisrEEurM) tria>;dua, Eoxb. Piomc. Tenasserim. 



L. Amherstiana. Miers. 

 Stamens 3. Adult leaves glabrous. 



L. (Coc'cui.rs) viLLOsA, Grif. 



L. lelutiyia, Miers. Tl^C. Tenasserim. 



Stamens 6. Branches and leaves beneath tomeutose. 

 CoccuLus, De Candolle. 



Sepals G, the inner larger. Petals 6, shorter than the sepals, entire or bifid. 

 Males: Stamens 6, fiee, the anthers didymous, or 4-lobed or almost -l-celled. Females: 

 Staminodes C or cone. Carpels 3, tlie style linear, recurved or reflexcd. Drupe 

 obovate or globular, laterally compressed, the style- scar almost basal. Putamen 

 tuberelcd on the back, horseslioe-shai)ed, often perforated at base. Seed curved. 

 Albumen fleshy. Cotyledons linear, appressed. Usually climbing (rarely erect) 

 shrubs or lierbs, with panicled flowers. 



X Styles simple. 

 C. GLAUCKscKNS, Bl. TT. C. Tropical forests of r(>gu Bauge, East 



C. marcrocarpus, "VV. A. Bide. Martaban and Tenasserim. 



Leaves glabrous on very long petioles. 

 C. (Menispkhmcm) niRstius, L. Tn hedges at Ava. Prome. Pegu. 



C. villosus, DC. 



Menispermum myosotoides, L. 



Leaves more or less pubescent, especially below. Petioles short. 



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