1. Cissampelos. ] 4. MENISPEBMACEM. [ 3. Cocculus. 



A slender climber "with usually peltate deltoid or broad- 

 ovate leaves If" by 2" to 3f by 3 ±'' with 5-6 basal nerves. 

 M.fl. in axillary corymbose often panicled cymes. F.fl. 

 clustered in racemes in the axils of large leafy bracts. 



Frequent throughout the area, esp. in open and rocky valleys. Shoots 

 usually annual. Fl. June-Oct. Fr. Nov.-Jany. 



L. obtuse, retuse or mucronate with straight or shallow-cordate base, 

 somewhat glaucous and pubescent beneath or both sides. Peti. l-3j- 7 . 

 M.fl. minute whitish T y diam. in densely hairy cymes in the axils of 

 foliaceous bracts on slender shoots or 2-chotomously cymose on the capil- 

 lary f-1" long branches of axillary panicles. Sep. orbicular, Corolla 

 cupular or peltate. Anths. sessile on a short column, F. bracts large 

 reniform or orbicular. Drupe orange or scarlet, stone fa" long. 



The plant has a long slender cylindric rhizome under J* diam., 

 often branched, this is used in the fermentation of rice beer [Hi], and 

 in combination with Euellia forms the " Ili-ranu " of the Kole. The 

 Santals give the root in diarrhoea and other complaints, Camp. Pelosine, 

 a preparation of alkaloids derived from it, is an imperfect substitute for 

 quinine ; the Pareira root of the Pharmacopoeia is a,n allied Brazilian 

 plant. 



Stephania hernandifolia, Walp. Akanadi, Beng. 



Is a slender climber with somewhat peltate ovate or sab- 

 deltoid leaves and capitate umbels. Anths. 6 on the column. 

 Hedges and thickets, Prain. I have not seen it in C. N. 



3. Cocculus, D.O. 

 1. C. villosus D.O. 



A slender villosely tomentose climbing- shrub with deltoid 

 to ovate-oblong obtuse leaves attaining 3" by 2", smaller up- 

 wards and oblong on. the flowering branches, and axillary 

 short-peduncle d small capitate cymes oi minute greenish 

 M.fls. T V" diam. F. peduncles 1-2-fld. Druplets dark-purple, 

 compressed. . 



Very common over prickly bushes in the Sone valley, Paiamau, and 

 Extending through Hazaribagh and the S. P., but scarcer. Manbhum, 

 Canvp. Fl. Nov.-Feby. Fr. April. 



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