318 MENISPERMACEJE. 
naliter lineatus, succus viscosus vel potius mucilaginosus, odor 
forte. Pericarp carnosum demum baccatum?  Endocarpio 
albo membranaceo. l-loculare, l-spermum. Semen mag- 
num, cavitat. pericarpium conforme, eoque secus lacturam 
ventralem affixum, cochleiforme, hilo nempe profunde ex- 
cavato, albumen copiosum albumen carnosum superne hili 
apicem versus papilla obsoleta notatum. Tegumenta tenuis- 
simum, facile non delegendum. Embryo inversus in axi al- 
buminis. Radicula supera, brevissima. Cotyledones maxim 
plane foliacea oblonge basi profunde cordatz, stipatate. 
Plumula inconspicua cotyledones curvatum  hippocrepidi- 
formem albuminis sequuntur. 
Cotyledones nec parallele sed mutuo oblique site secus 
marginem internos irregulares, tantum cordate, lateri exteri- 
ori vel potius auriculate. 
Has. Upper Assam. In sylvis Kujooque Thea indigena 
invenitur : Jan. 17th, 1836. 
Of this I have examined 2 fruits, but I should like to de- 
termine which cotyledon is external and indeed more of 
their structure. Ihave little hesitation in referring it to 
Menispermez from which it chiefly differs in the large size 
of the cotyledons, and in the position of the radicle ; but the 
foramen in the ovulum may be inferior. 
5. Menispermee, Pl. CCCCXCIV. Fig. I. 
Frutex tenuis volubilis scandens, breviter pubescens. — 
Fol. reniformia, vel cordata obtusissime vel acuta olim 
acuminata etiam subemarginata mucronata obsolete peltata, 
basi peltata 7-venia, supra sublucida, infra albida, intervenil$ 
minute reticulatis. " 
Petiolis basi subarticulatis, teretes diametr. transvers. folit 
majoremque vix gequantes. ^ 
Cymis paniculatis axillaribus, aggregatis ideoque gummi 
upra axillaribus, petiolos subzquantibus ramis divaricatis 
ramulis paucifloris, flore terminali prius evoluto, ferrug! ee 
pubescentibus, 
