40 Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermacese. 



Cocculus macrophyllus, St. Hil. and Tul., aud the Cissampelos 

 Abutua, Flor. rium. tab. 140, may be considered as identical. 

 To this genus are likewise referrible the Cissampelos convexa 

 (Flor. rium. tab. 141), the Cissampelos uvata (idem, tab. 141), 

 the Cocculus tomentosus, Mart. (Flor. Fluui. tab. 143), and the 

 Cocculus Martii, St. Hil. and Tul. 



14. Menispermum now only comprises three of the species 

 enumerated by DeCandoUe, viz. M. Canadense, M. Dahuricum, 

 and M. smilaciniim : specimens of the former have furnished com- 

 plete details of its characters, of the second I have seen only 

 male flowers, and the last has not come under my observation. 



15. Pericampylus, a new genus, comprising an Indian group 

 of plants, of which the Cocculus incanus, DC. is the type. The 

 Cissampelos Mauritiana (Wall. Cat. n. 4980) ; C. discolor (Wall. 

 Cat. 4982 in partem) ; Menispermum villosum, Roxb. (who has 

 a Cijclea under the same name in his herbarium) ; Cissampelos 

 convolvulacea, DC, Wall. Cat. n. 4980 in partem, and Cocculus 

 corymbosus, Bl., all belong here. 



16. Hypserpa, an East Indian group of plants, of which the 

 Cocculus cuspidatus, Wall., may be considered as the type. Of 

 this genus complete characters have been obtained. 



17. Pselium, Loureiro, has been restored upon the evidence 

 furnished by his original typical specimen preserved in the 

 Britisb Museum. Of this genus characters have been obtained 

 of its male flowei's only. 



18. Ileocarpus, a new genus proposed for the Menispermum 

 {Cocculus) Schimperi, Hochst., from Abyssinia; of this I have 

 only obtained a sight of the female flowers and of the seed. 



19. Homocnemia, a new genus founded upon a South African 

 plant of Drege's collection, the Cissampelos umbellata, E. Mey. ; 

 the specimen I have seen presents only female flowers ; the male 

 flowers and the seed are therefore wanting to complete its full 

 generic characters. 



20. Stephania, Lour, (non Willd.), comprises a group of East 

 Indian plants, the typical species of which is from Japan. Its 

 characters are well-marked, but there has been a strange con- 

 fusion in regard to the names of the species. It comprises Cis- 

 sampelos hexandra, Roxb. {Cocculus Roxburghianus, DC, Wall. 

 Cat. n. 4972 in partem) ; Cissampelos hernandtfolia, Willd. ; C. 

 discolor, DC. ; C. convolvulacea, DC; C. fflaber, Wght.; C. au- 

 stralis, A. Cunn. ; Clypea venosa, Bl. (Cuming, n. 1160). 



21. Clypea. This genus of Blume was made to include most 

 of the species of Stephania, but as Lourciro's name claims the 

 priority, I have restored Clypea for two of Blume's species that 

 diff'er in their structure from Stephania : these are, Clypea acumi- 

 nalissima, Bl., and CI. capilata, Bl. I have seen only male 



