100 v. MENISPERMACE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Tlllacora. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves 3-6 by 1-3J jn., ovate, acuminate, glabrous, base 

 acute truncate rounded or subcordate, thin, margin undulate; petiole |-l in. Panicles 

 6-12 in., hoary, at length glabrous; branches 1 in., male 3-7 flowered, female simple 

 1 -flowered ; bracts oblong or subulate; flowers yellow. Drupes \ in. red. Mr. Miers 

 (Contributions, I.e.) attributes to us the error of substituting in the Flora Indica the 

 specific name of acuminata for Colebrooke's prior name of racemosa ; in this we fol- 

 lowed his paper in Taylor's Annals. 



9. XiIXKACXA, Loureiro. 



Climbing shrubs. Flowers in panicles. Sepals 6, 2-seriate, outer smaller. 

 Petals 6 (or 3?) much smaller, auricled, embracing the stamens. MALE fl. : 

 Stamens 3-9 ? anthers adnate, bursting vertically. FKM. fl. : Sf<ini'u< 

 clavate. Ovaries 3 ; style short, compressed. Drupe* obovoid or reniform, 

 style-scar subbasal; endocarp 3-celled, 2 lateral cells empty. &ed elongate, 

 embracing the intruded endocarp; embryo slender, cotyledons elongate, 

 ^-terete, appressed. DISTRIB. Tropical Asia and Africa. 



* Sepals 8-12, inner imbricate. HYPSERPA, Miers. 



1. Zi. cuspidata, IF. f. <k T. Fl. ///</. 189; leaves ovate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate glabrous. Cocculus cnspldatua, \\'<tll. ('<il. I;H;O. 

 Hypserpa cuspidata, praevaricata, pauciflora, and uniflora, Mi> rt < ',,triit. iii. 

 102-107, t. 108. 



Tropical forests of EASTERN BENGAL, the EASTERN PENINSULA, and CEVLON. Dis- 

 TiMi;. .Malayan Archipelago. 



SrancliUt* striate, pubescent. Leaves 2-5 by 1-2 in., thin, shining, 3-nrrved, base 

 rounded or emirate, old glabrous ; petiole -1 'n. J'tiiiirl,* axillary and supra-axillary, 

 solitary or geminate, i'emale simple shorter; bracts minute, subulate. Drupes 4 in. 

 long. * 



** Sepals 6-9, inner vnl -'"'<itvate. 



2. Zi. triandra, M "/.< (.'< t /ili'Hi. iii. 112; leaves ol .long-lanceolate acute 

 glabrous, panicles 1-1. \ in. raeemed shorter than the leaves, stamens :j. 

 //./.<(' T. /'/. In<). 188. L. Aniherstiana ami Wallirliijina, ;l//V/-.s /.<-. 11^, 

 113. Meuisp. triandnini, Rn.,- 1 ,. /'/. ///*/. iii. 816. Cocculus triandrus, Cole- 

 brooke in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. i; 1 ; Wall. Cat. 4962, 4959 C. 4958 L. 



From PEOU and TENASSI.IMM \ TIN \ 



Branches puberulous, tlim irlalirat-. Lmren 2-4 by f-^ in., thin, triplinorvcd, base 

 rounded; pctinlc .', in. /'////V7r pnberulous : liravts minute, deciduous, ." "(flowered; 

 fio \vers vn-y minute, yellow. Outer sepals minute, inner oblong. Filaments cuueatc- 

 oblong, flesliy ; anther-cells spreading. 



3. X*. oblong-a, Miers Contril). iii. 109 ; branches pubescent, leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate glabrous, panicle 3-8 in., stamens 6. II. f. & T. /'/. 

 Ind. 189. Cocculus oblongus, IIW/. Cat. 4963. 



PENANO, MALACCA, and SINGAPORE, Wallich, &c. 



Pubescence fulvous. Leaves 3-8 by l-4 in., acute or acuminate, base subacute or 

 rounded; petiole -14 in., and nerves beneath pubescent, /'niti'-ltn supra-axillary ; 

 female solitary, males 2-3 superposed, branches 1-2 in. Outer sepals minute, inner 

 thick, tomentose, subvalvate. Drupes subglobose. 



4. Zi. velutina, Miers Contrib. iii. 110; stem velvety, leaves oblong 

 or ovate-oblong tomentose beneath or on both surfaces, panicles few-flowered, 

 stamens 6. //./. & T. Fl. Ind. 189. L. distincta and inornata, Miers I.e. 

 iii. t. 109. Cocculus velutinus, Wall. Cat. 4970. 



