Tiliacora.} MENISPERMAGEA&. 27 



9, clavate, in 1 whorl ; ovaries 3, on a short gynophore ; stigmas 

 subcapitate, refiexed. Drives on a 3-fid gynophore, transversely 

 or obliquely ovoid, somewhat compressed, dorsally gibbous ; style- 

 scar sub-basal ; endocarp woody. Seed globose, embracing a sub- 

 globose hollow intrusion of the endocarp ; albumen dense, of 

 horny granules ; embryo curved ; cotyledons narrow-oblong, thin, 

 spreading. 



ANAMIRTA COCCULUS, W. & A. 446 ; F. B. I. i. 98. Cocculus 

 suberosus, W. & A. 11. 



A large climbing shrub with long panicles of greenish flowers 



drooping from nodes of the old wood ; leaves broadly ovate, 



cordate, firm, glabrous except for small tufts in the principal 



nerve axils. 



Deccan, in Cuddapah and Mysore ; W. Ghats in the Pulneys, 



Cochin and Travancore. 



The source of the bitter drug " Cocculus indicus." 



3. Coscinium, Colebr. 



Climbing shrubs. Flowers bracteate, in dense globular soli- 

 tary or racemose heads. Sepals 6, orbicular. Petals 3, large, 

 spreading, elliptic. <j Stamens 6; outer 3 free, with 2-celled 

 anthers ; inner 3 connate, with 1-celled anthers ; anthers bursting 

 vertically. ? Staminodes 6 ; ovaries 3-6, subglobose ; styles 

 subulate, reflexed. Drupes globose ; endocarp bony. Seed 

 globose, embracing a globose intrusion of the endocarp ; albumen 

 fleshy, ruminate ventrally ; embryo straight ; cotyledons orbicular, 

 spreading, thin, sinuate lacim'ate or fenestrate. 

 COSCINIUM FBNESTRATUM, Colebr. ; F. B. I. i. 99. 



Young shoots and under side of leaves hoary ; leaves oblong- 

 deltoid ; flowers green, in heads '5-*8in. across, borne on 1 stalks 

 1 in. long ; drupes 1-3, '5 in. in diam., subglobose, villous. 

 W. Ghats, in the Nilgiris and Travancore. 



4. Tiliacora, Colebr. 



Climbing shrubs. Flowers dioecious or~polygamous, in axillary 

 panicles. Sepals 6, 2-seriate, the outer much smaller. J Petals 6, 

 minute, cuneate. cf Stamens 6 ; anthers adnate, bursting verti- 

 cally ; rudimentary carpels 3. ? Ovaries 3-12; styles short, 

 subulate. Drupes obovoid, pedicelled, subcompressed ; style- 



