94 MENISPERMACEAE. [Vor.. II. 
1. Cebatha Carolina (L,.) Britton. Caro- 
lina Moonseed. (Fig. 1648.) 
yee in a Carolinum L,. Sp. Pl. 340. 1753. 
Cocculus Carolinus DC. Syst. Veg. 1: 524. 1818. 
Cebatha Carolina Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 162. 
1894. 
A slender vine, trailing, or climbing to the height 
of several feet, the stem glabrous or pubescent. 
Leaves broadly ovate, 2’—4/ long, cordate or rounded 
at the base, entire or lobed, acute or obtuse, sometimes 
densely pubescent beneath, mainly glabrous above; 
petioles slender, 1/-4’ long; panicles axillary and 
terminal, loose, 1/-5’ long; flowers about 1’’ broad; 
drupe red, laterally flattened, 2’’-3/’ in diameter, 
the stone curved into a closed spiral, crested on the 
sides and back. 
Along streams, Virginia to Illinois and Kansas, south 
to Florida and Texas. June-Aug. 
3. MENISPERMUM L.,. Sp. Pl. 340. 1753. 
High climbing vines, with small dioecious panicled flowers. Sepals 4-8, arranged in 2 
series, longer than the 6-8 petals. Stamens 12-24. Anthers 4-celled. Pistils 2-4, inserted 
on a slightly elevated receptacle and generally accompanied by 6 sterile filaments. Drupe 
nearly globular, or ovoid, laterally flattened, the stone curved into a spiral and crested on the 
sides and back. [Greek, moonseed. ] 
A genus of 2 species, one native of eastern North America, the other of eastern Asia. 
1. Menispermum Canadénse L,. 
Canada Moonseed. (Fig. 1649.) 
Menispermum Canadense I,. Sp. Pl. 340. 1753. 
Stem climbing over bushes or walls, 6°-12° 
in length, slender, slightly pubescent, or gla- 
brous. Leaves slender-petioled, very broadly 
ovate, 4/-8’ wide, cordate or sometimes 
nearly truncate at base, acuminate, acute or 
obtuse, entire or with 3-7 lobes, pale beneath, 
peltate near the base, although the petiole is 
sometimes inserted so near the margin that 
this character is not apparent; flowers green- 
ish-white, 2’” wide; panicles loose, bracteo- 
late; drupe globose-oblong, 3//-4’’ in diam- 
eter, the stone spirally curved. 
In woods along streams, western Quebec to 
Manitoba, south to Georgia and Arkansas. 
Ascends to 2600 ft. in Virginia. Bunches of fruit 
bluish black, with the aspect of small grapes. 
June-July. 
Family 29. CALYCANTHACEAE Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 159. 1836. 
STRAWBERRY-SHRUB FAMILY. 
Shrubs, with opposite entire short-petioled leaves, no stipules, and terminal 
solitary large flowers on lateral leafy branches. Sepals and petals imbricated 
in many series. Stamens o, the inner sterile, short, inserted on the receptacle; 
anthers innate. Pistils «, nearly enclosed in the hollow receptacle; ovules 1 or 
2, anatropous. Fruit accessory, consisting of the enlarged ovoid oblong or 
pyriform receptacle, to which the bases of petals, sepals and bracts are adnate, 
enclosing few to many smooth shining achenes. Seed erect; cotyledons folia- 
ceous, convolute. 
A family of 2 genera and about 5 species, natives of North America and eastern Asia. 
