314 MEMISPERMACEZA. 
13. Do. its longit. section, if the above idea be right the 
inner smooth subdiaphanonous portion is testa. 
14. Do. more advanced, nucleus? much curved, its cavity 
very distinct, no embryonary sac as yet formed. 
Has. Bootan. 
Oss. Allied to Cissampelos, but distinct by the binary 
sepals (each with a cuculate bracte) and single ovarium. 
MENISPERMUM. 
Menispermum triandrum, Pl. CCCCXCVII. Fig. I. 
Pedicelli florum hirti, subclavati. Flores minuti, urceo- 
ati. 
Bractee 3 oblongz, 
Sepala 3-basi carnosa, slongo-ors } margine hispidul. 
subcarinata, 
Petala 3, 3-4 majora, ovato-rotundata, przecarnosa, Con- 
cava zstivatione valvato, dorso et margine hispidula. 
Squame 6, biseriate, incluse, exteriores 3 majores, Sæ- 
pius emarginatze, interiores petales opposite szepius truncate. 
Stam. 3, squamis exterioribus opposit. Filamenta clavata 
carnosa, supra medium interiora facie sulcata. Anthera bi- 
loculares longitud. dehiscent. confined to the rounded apex of 
the filament. Pollen globosum (in aqua saltem) minutum; 
3-plicatum vel 3 poros. Rudim. stam. 0. 
Suffrutex scandens ut plurimum glaber. folia lanceolato- 
ovata repanda, acuminata, reticulata. Petioli teretes sub- 
unciales. Racemi vel panicule axillares, ssepius foliis bre- 
viores, (panicularum antheris irregularis.) 
Female not seen, the male flowers in October 
The innermost 3 stamina so usually dendugub, and which 
would then be opposite to the smaller scales are supp 
The valvate zstivation to be kept in mind, as also shape 
of flower and relative size of parta, 
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