MENISPERMACEAE, 61 
MENISPERMUM. Moonseed. 
(Family Menispermaceae). 
Woody twiners: deciduous. 
Twigs terete, fluted, rather slen- 
der: pith relatively large, contin- 
uous and homogeneous, white. 
Buds small, hairy, superposed 
with the uppermost quickly de- 
veloping into an inflorescence and 
the others covered by the leaf- 
scar, with about 3 scarcely distin- 
guishable scales. Leaf-scars alter- 
nate, elliptical, raised and con- 
cave: bundle-traces 3 or divided 
into about 7: .stipule-scars lack- 
ing. Fruit, when present, with a 
ring-like or crescent-shaped stone 
keeled on the back. 
Winter-characters to the family 
are given under Akebia. 
Twigs green becoming buff, gla- 
brescent. M. canadense. 
CoccuLus. Carolina Moonseed. 
(Family Menispermaceae). 
Winter-characters of Menispermum, but the fruit, when 
present, with the crescent-shaped stone with cross-ridges. 
Twigs, like the buds, loosely hairy. C. carolinus. 
CALYCOCARPUM. Cupseed. 
(Family Menispermaceae). 
Winter-characters of Menispermum, but the fruits, when 
present, with deep cup-like stone. 
Twigs somewhat hairy or glabrescent. C. Lyoni. 
