258 Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermacee. 
albuminis immersus, cotyledonibus incumbentibus, radicula— 
supera ad stylum spectante longioribus. 
Frutices Americe intertropice volubiles, ramulis tomentosis ; folia 
orbicularia vel ovata, subacuta, imo sepe cordata, supra gla- 
bra, subtus tomentosa, 3-5-nervia, nervis extus ramosis et 
transversim crasse venosis ; petiolo longiusculo, pubere: racemi 
paniculati, axillares, sepissime longissimi, tomentosi; flores 
minutt, pilose. 
The following is a list of the species already given in my 
‘ Contributions to Botany,’ where the characters are given at 
full length :-— 
§ 1. Abuta vera: folia crasso-coriacea, subtus valde tomentosa, 
nervis extus ramosis, grossis, valde prominentibus ; sta- 
mina in 3 glabra; plante scandentes. 
1. Abuta racemosa, Aublet (non aliorum).—Guiana; Cayenne 
(Aublet). 
a barbata, nob. ;—Abuta rufescens, Tr. & Pl. (non Aubl.). 
—Cayenne (Sagot, 919). 
3. Candollei, Tr. & P|.;—Abuta rufescens, DC. (non Aubi.). 
—Guiana (Sagot, 1264). 
4. heterophylla, nob. ;—Cissampelos convexa, Vell. Fi. 
Flum. x. tab. 142 ;—C. tomentosa, Vell. 1. c. tab. 148 ;— 
Cocculus tomentosus, Mart. (non Coleb.) ;—C. Martu, Sé. 
Mil. & Tul. ;—Rio de Janeiro. 
Se macr oph ylla, nob. ;—Cocculus macrophyllus, St. Hal. & 
Tul. ;—Cissampelos Abutua, Vell. /. c. tab. 140.—Rio de 
Janeiro. 
6. oblonga, nob.;—Cayenne (Martin, ¢ & 2 ; Le Blond, 9). 
he cuspidata, nob. ;—Abuta rufescens, Benth. (non Aubl.). 
— Barra (Spruce). 
Var. ovalifolia, nob. ;—Abuta Grisebachu, Tr. & Pl.— 
San Gabriel (Spruce, 2340). 
gt (Spruce). 
Species illate, mihi omnino ignote. 
ah oblongifolia ;—Cocculus oblongifolius, Mart. (non DC.). 
—Ruo de Janeiro. 
10. Imene ;—Cocculus Imene, Mart.— Hyapura. 
§ 2. Batschia: folia minus coriacea, subglabra, nervis minus 
crassis et Ee ominentibus ; stamina in 3 pilosa; arbus- 
cule erecta? 
1s racemosa, Tr. & Pl. ;—Batschia racemosa, Thunb. ;— 
Trichoa racemosa, Pers.—Rio Magdalena (Triana). 
12. Seemanni, Tr. & Pl.;—Abuta spicata, Zr. & Pl. ;— 
Batschia spicata, Thunb. ;—Batschia conferta, nob. olun ;— 
