42 Mr. J. Miers un the Menispermacese. 



mined from authenticated specimens the Cocculus Cebathi, DC, 

 C. Leaba, DC, C. Epibaterium, DC, Epibaterium pendulum, 

 Forst., and Cocculus ellipticus, DC, all to be one species, which 

 will henceforward bear the former name. These, together with 

 the C. oblongifolius, DC, are the only three that I have been 

 able to establish, as appertaining to this genus, out of the forty- 

 six species enumerated in the ' Prodromus ' of DeCandolle : all 

 the others belong to other genera, to which I have referx'ed them, 

 excepting the eight following, whose place must remain doubtful 

 until they can be more carefully examined : viz. Cocculus Forsteri, 

 DC ; C. rotundifolius, DC. ; C. aristolocMm, DC ; C. hastatus, 

 DC ; C. Thunbei'gii, DC. ; C. cotoneaster, DC. ; C. multiflora, 

 DC; aud C. gomphioides, DC. The following twenty-two 

 additional species, collated in Walpers^s ' Repertorium,^ remain in 

 like manner doubtful, in regard to the genus to which they are 

 strictly referrible, viz. Cocculus corymbosus, Bl. ; C. lanuginosus, 

 Bl. ; C. rimosus, Bl. ; C. glaucescens, Bl. ; C. ovalifolius, Bl. (uon 

 DC.) ; C. banistericpf alius, Rich. ; C. oblongifolius, Mart, (uon 

 DC) ; C. filipendula, Mart. ; C. paniculiget-us, Mart. ; C. Japu- 

 rensis, ]\Iart. ; C. reticulatus. Mart. ; C. Imene, INIart. ; C. Icevi- 

 gatus, Mart. ; C urophyllus, INIart. ; C. Pa/mi, Mart. ; C. dichrous, 

 Mart. ; C. angustifolius, Heskrl. ; C. cinerascens, St. Hil. ; C. 

 macrojihyllus, St. Hil., and C. Martii, St. Hil. ; most of the last- 

 mentioned species, from the descriptions given, probably belong 

 to Abuta or Botryopsis. 



27. Nephroica. This genus I have proposed for a very distinct 

 group of plants, mostly natives of India, the type of which is the 

 Cocculus Nephroia, DC, the Nephroia sarmentosa. Lour. : its 

 characters are well-marked and complete. Here must be re- 

 ferred the Cocculus diontherus, Hook. ; C. ovalifolius, DC. ; C. 

 trilobus, DC ; C. cynanchoides, Presl ; C. Bantamensis, Bl. ; C. 

 Ferrandianus, Presl ; C. laicrif alius, DC. (Wall. Cat. 4965) ; C. 

 mollis, Wall. (Cat. 4973); Menispermum hexagonum, Roxb. (Wall. 

 Cat. 4968) ; M. parabolicum, Roxb. &c. 



28. Holopeira is a genus comprising several plants of East 

 Indian and African origin, differing from Nephroica in the shape 

 of its petals and the peculiar structure of its nut ; its type is the 

 Cocculus villosus, DC, and its characters have been completely 

 determined. 



29. Diplaclisia represents another group of East Indian and 

 Australasian plants, of which the Cocculus macrocarpus, W. and 

 Arn., is the type. They are readily distinguished by the extreme 

 length of their racemes, the structure of their nut, and the form 

 of the seed. 



30. Anelasma has been formed for a series of South American 

 plants, one of which has been figured by Poppig, Nov. Gen. 



