114 "^11- MENisPERMACEiE. [Siephuma. 



Sepals outer 3, linear oblong narrowed at the base, apex blunt, 

 inner ones ovate-rounded larger 2. Petals 3, lanceolate oblique. 

 Stamens connate in a round stalked disc ; anthers below the flattened 

 top. Hab. Open lowland country in the north. Lankawi, Kuap 

 (Curtis). Perils, Bukit Lagi and Telor Jambu (Ridley). Dislrih. 

 Siam, Cochin-China. ^ 



15. CISSAMPELOS, Linn. 



Slender chmbers. Leaves more or less peltate ovate, hairy or 

 glabrous. Male inflorescence paniculate corymbose, axillary or in 

 compound cymes on axillary branches with reduced leaves. Females 

 few-flowered simple. Male flowers, sepals 4, obovate. Petals 

 forming a cup, rarely free. Stamens connate into a column. 

 Female flowers, sepal i obovate. Petal i, shorter. Carpel i. 

 Drupes often pilose ; endocarp with transverse warted ribs on the 

 back. Species over 20, South American and African with one 

 Cosmopolitan. 



(i) C. Pareira Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 1031 ; King, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. I.e. 386. 



Stems and back of leaves softly tomentose or glabrous, orbicular 

 or ovate obtuse, 2 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide ; petioles i to 1-5 in. long. 

 Male cymes tomentose i in. long or less. Fruit red. Hab. Hedges, 

 not rare. Malacca, Sungei Hudang. Pahang, Pahang River. 

 Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Bindings. Province Wellesley, Per- 

 matang Bertam. Penang (Walhch). Disfrib. Cosmopolitan. 

 Native names : Gasing-Gasing and Gegasing ; Akar Mumpanang. 



16. CYCLEA, Arnott. . 



Slender climbing shrubs usually hairy. Leaves cordate to 

 deltoid, oblong more or less peltate. Liflorescence paniculate to 

 sub-racemose, axillary or from the stem. Branches corymbose. 

 Flowers in small heads. Male flowers, sepals connate into a lobed 

 cup. Petals sometimes free, usually connate into a cup. Stamens 

 connate into a column; anther-cells 4 or 5. Female flowers, sepals 

 I or 2 scale-like. Petals i or 2, smaller. Carpels globose-ovoid, 

 often hairy. Drupe usually hairy; endocarp sub-compressed, 

 tubercled. Species 19, Indo-Malaya and China. 



Leaves ovate acuminate peltate hairy . . . . (i) C. laxiflora 



Leaves oblong acuminate glabrous . . . . (2) C. elegans 



(i) C. laxiflora Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 3, xviii. 20; 

 Diets, Pfianzenreich, I.e. 317. 



Slender climber, very pilose. Leaves thin ovate peltate acuminate 

 more or less pilose above, stiffly pilose beneath, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 

 3 to 5*3 in. wide ; petioles pilose 2 in. long. Panicle pendulous from 

 the stem, over a foot long, very lax with long branches and many 



