Pericampylus.] flora indica. 193 



glaber, W. et A., is a very luxuriant form, with larger leaves and a more lax habit, 



but is certainly not distinct. To the numerous lists of synonyms already brought 



together by Richard and others, Mr. Miers has added the Cebatha of Forsk&l. The 



fruit of that species is said to be eatable, but it is so small that it can hardly be 



worth eating. A fermented liquor is also stated to be prepared in Arabia from the 

 juice. 



4. C. villosus (DC. Syst. i. 525, Prod. i. 98) ; foliis ovali-obion- 

 gis 8ubdeltoidei9 villosis, paniculis masculis abbreviatis, floribus fcemi- 

 ueis in axilla \-%.—Wall. Cat. 4957 I j W. et A.! Prod. i. 13. 0. se- 

 pium, Colehr. in Linn. Tr. xiii. 58. C. hastatus, DC. Syst. i. 522, Prod. 

 l. 98. Meiiispermum villosum, Lam. (non Roxb.). M. hirsutum, Linn.? 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 814. M. myosotoides, Linn. 



Hab. Pegu ! Ava ! Carnatica ! Malabar ! Maisor 1 Dekhan ! Concan ! 

 Bahar, et per totain Hindustaniara et Panjab usque ad basin Hima- 

 laya, ubique in sepibus et dumetis vulgatissimus ; sed e Malaya non 

 vidimus. — (FL per fere toturn annum.) (v. v.) 



Distrib. Africa occidentalis extratropica, Curror (in Herb. Hook.). 



Frutex alte scandens, ramulis villosis sulcatulis. Folia ovalia vel ovali-oblonga, 

 late deltoidea, augulis rotundatis, vel elongato-deltoidea, iuterdum subtriloba, retusa 

 vel obtusa cum mucrone, rarius acutiuscula, basi subcordata vel truncata, juniora 

 utrinque molliter villosa, majora ad paginam superiorem fere glabrata, ramorum 2-3 

 poll, longa, 1|~2 lata, pedicellis gracilibus vix semipollicaribus, ramulorum semper 

 minora et plerumque angustiora, ssepe lineari-oblonga, sed interdum fere orbicularia, 

 irti poll, longa, acuta vel obtusa, setoso-mucronata, dense incano-villosa. ^ Panicula 

 masculae in ramulis axillares, solitarise vel binse, foliis dimidio breviores, pilis patenti- 

 bus laxe villosa. Bractea lineares, minutae. Sepala laxe villosa. Petala acuta, 

 bidentata. Flores faminei solitarii vel 2-3-fasciculati, rarius (foliis ramulorum om- 

 nino abortivis) in axillis foliorum majornm longe racemosi. Drupes atro-purpurese. 

 Fid amen dorso argute carinatum, tuberculatum. 



A very well-marked species, which can scarcely be confounded with any other. 

 According to Roxburgh, ink is made of the berries, and a decoction of the roots is 

 used in Hindoo medicine as a substitute for Sarsaparilla. The first year's shoots are 

 barren and very long, and bear large leaves, in the axils of which short liovyer-bearing 

 branches are produced, densely covered with small leaves. The closely-allied African 

 species mentioned by Miers in Hooker's Niger Flora, at p. 215, we consider a state 

 of C. villosus. 



5. C. mollis (Wall. Cat. 4973 I) ; foliis ovatis acutis vel acuminatis 

 subtus albo-villosis, paniculis paucifloris petiolo subbrevioribus. 



Hab. In Nipalia, Wall.! in raont. Khasia, alt, 5000 ped.!— (v. v.) 



Frutex scandens, ramulis cylindricis striatis molliter pubescentibns demum glabra- 

 tis. Folia ramulorum steriliura interdum obtusa, mucronata, 2-4 poll, longa H -2 J 

 lata, petiolo § -1 -pollicari, basi cordata vel truncata, supra lsete vindia, pilis adpressis 

 sparsis pubescentia, demum fere glabra, subtus molliter tomentosa. Peduncuh axil- 

 lares vel paullo supra-axillares, tubercnlo tomentoso interposito, masculi lrregulanter 

 cymosi, 4-7-flori, bracteis paucis filifonnibus, fceminei 1-3-flori. Bractea 2 calyci 

 adpressie. Sepala ovalia. Petala emargimita. Fructus plerumque secus ramulos 

 (ob folia decidua) nudos pseudo -racemosi. Drupa? compress®, pisiformes. Putamen 

 dorso carinatum et lineis 4 tuberculorum notatum. 



9. PERICAMPYLUS, Miers. 



Sepala 6, bi seriatim imbricata, extcriora minora. Petala 6. Mas. 



2 C 



