no VII. MENISPERMACE.E. [Tiltacova. 



(i) T. triandra Diels, Pflanzenreich, 62. Limacia triandra 

 Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 188; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 I.e. 382. 



Climbing shrubs, rather slender. Leaves shining, coriaceous or 

 sub-coriaceous glabrous, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, tip 

 acuminate acute, base rounded; nerves 4 pairs inarching far from 

 the margin; 4 in. long by i'5 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. 

 Racemes axillary solitary pubescent. Flowers very small i to 3, 

 in the axil of a pubescent bract. Sepals, outer 6, minute ciliate, 

 inner ones valvate sub-elliptic larger. Petals 4 to 6 obovate or 

 oblong larger. Stamens 3. Female flowers, solitary in axils of 

 bracts of raceme with 6 semi-ovoid carpels on a raised torus. 

 Fruit obovate, yellowish red. Hab. Very rare. Penang, Tanjong 

 Tokong (Curtis). Distrib. Tenasserim and Cochin-China. Native 

 names : Akar Kunyit-Kunyit ; Akar Kusin. 



T. acuminata Hook. fil. " Singapore, Griffith, in Herb. Hooker," is doubt- 

 less an error. Griffith was probably never in Singapore at all, and a plant so 

 labelled in Herb. Wallich. from Singapore is not a Menispermaceous plant at all. 



11. COCCULUS, DC. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves various. Cymes i or 2 in axils of 

 leaves. Male flowers, sepals 3, outer small, 3 inner larger con- 

 cave. Petals usually bifid with inflexed edge. Stamens 6 to 9 

 free. Female flowers, staminodes 6 or 0. Carpels 6 to 3, semi- 

 ovoid; style cylindric. Drupe obovate rounded compressed, with 



2 ridged bands on the back. Species 11. Warm regions of Asia, 

 Africa, Polynesia and North America. 



Glabrous leaves lanceolate, blunt . . . , (i) C. ovalifolius 



Hairy leaves deltoid to lanceolate . . . . (2) C. elegans 



(i) C. ovalifolius DC. Syst. i. 526. Limacia Kunstleri Kitig, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 303. Nephroica sarmentosa Lour. Fl. 

 Coehinehine ii. 692. 



A slender twiner. Leaves papery lanceolate blunt at both ends, 

 tips micronulate; main nerves i pair from the base and 2 or 



3 pairs from the midrib above, very fine, reticulations con- 

 spicuous; 2"5 to 3 in. long, i in. wide, glabrous; petioles "2 in. 

 long pilose. Compound cymes axillary i in. long; rachis and 

 branches pilose. Cymes (branches) '2 in. long, often racemiform. 

 Bracts 2. Sepals 3, outer bract-like, 3 inner ovate elliptic. Petals 6, 

 tips bifid with spreading lobes. Female cymes smaller; carpels 6. 

 Drupes compressed horseshoe-shaped, blue black; endocarp with 

 2 dorsal keels of ribs and tubercles. Hab. Climbing on bushes on 

 the sea-shore in sandy spots. A pretty plant, with its white and 

 yellow flowers. Singapore, Changi. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. 

 Distrib. China, Cochin-China, Java, Philippines and Mascarene 

 Islands. 



