MENISPERMACEJE. VII. COCCULUS. 



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cum, Thunb. jap. 195. Stems smooth, slightly polygonal. Seeds 

 white. 



Far. /3, Timoriensis (D. C. prod. 1. p. 96.) peduncles equal in 

 length to the petioles. Perhaps a different species. I? '"' S. 

 Native of the island of Timor. 



Japan Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



2 C. ROXBURGHIA'NUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 516.) leaves peltate, 

 ovate, roundish at the base, and acutish at the apex, quite entire, 

 smooth ; petioles much shorter than the leaves ; female peduncles 

 much shorter than the petioles, umbelliferous ; berries generally 

 6 or 7. J? . . S. Native of the East Indies. Cissdmpelos 

 glabra, Roxb. according to Wallich. Very like Cocculus Japo- 

 nicus. Branches smooth, climbing and twining, cylindrical. 



Roxburgh's Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



3 C. PELTA'TUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 516.) leaves peltate, some- 

 what triangular, acuminated, bluntly truncate at the base, quite 

 entire, rather scabrous ; petioles pilose ; female peduncles race- 

 mose, scarcely double the length of the petioles. Tj . r *. S. 

 Native of Coromandel and Malabar. Pluk. phyt. t. 24. f. 6. 

 Rheed. mal. 7. p. 93. t. 49. Menispermum peltatum, Lam. 

 diet. 4. p. 96. Root the form and size of that of Daucus 

 sattvus, or carrot, and it is used for the cure of dysentery and he- 

 morrhoids in Malabar. Female flowers small, whitish. Fruit, 

 when ripe, white and shining. 



Peltate-\ea.ved Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



4 C. BURMA'NNI (D. C. syst. 1. p. 517.) leaves peltate, trian- 

 gularly oblong, acuminated, quite entire, shining, bluntly truncate 

 at the base ; male peduncles very long, racemose. Tj . r ^. S. 

 Native of Ceylon. Burm. zeyl. 218. t. 101. Male flowers 6- 

 cleft, and the female ones with 1 pistil. 



Burmann's Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



5 C. FORSTE'RI (D. C. syst. 1. p. 517.) leaves peltate, ovate, 

 roundish at the base and acutish at the apex, quite entire, 

 smooth ; petioles longer than the leaves. Tj . . S. Native ? 

 Menispermum peltatum, Forst. ined. in herb. Lamb. This 

 shrub is very like C. Roxburghidnus, but the leaves are a little 

 larger. 



Forster's Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



6 C. RIMO'SUS (Blum, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Lin- 

 naea. 1. p. 498.) leaves somewhat peltate ; oval-oblong, acute, 

 coriaceous, smooth ; racemes panicled, axillary, shorter than the 

 leaves ; stems chinky, or rather the bark. Jj . r> . S. Native 

 of Java. Menispermum rimosum, Spreng. syst. app. p. 143. 



C/iiny-barked Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



| 2. Leaves cordate at the base. 



7 C. ROTUNDIFO'LIUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 517.) leaves somewhat 

 peltate, rather cordate at the base, orbicular, hardly acuminated, 

 mucronate, smooth ; peduncles axillary, racemosely-panicled, 

 shorter than the leaves. Tj . >_,. S. Native ? Cultivated in 

 the gardens at Paris in 1812. This shrub is very like Aristolo- 

 chia slpho in habit. Berries blackish, somewhat globose, the 

 size of a pea. 



Round-leaved Cocculus. Fl. ? Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



8 C. CORYMBO'SUS (Blum. 1. c.) leaves somewhat peltate, cor- 

 date-roundish, mucronulate, 5-nerved ; corymbs axillary, soli- 

 tary, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels somewhat umbellate. Jj . 

 w . S. Native of Java. Menispermum corymbosum, Spreng. 

 syst. app. p. 143. Plant villous. 



Corymbose-RovtereA Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



9 C. GJAUCE'SCENS (Blum. 1. c.) leaves somewhat peltate, 

 cordate-orbicular, mucronate, smooth, under surface glaucous ; 

 racemes panicled, lateral, longer than the leaves. Jj . r *. S. 

 Native of Java. Menispermum glaucescens, Spreng. syst. app. 

 p. 143. 



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Glaucescent-leaved Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



10 C. CORDIFO'LIUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 518.) leaves orbicular, 

 cordate, acuminately-cuspidate, 7-nerved, smooth ; female 

 racemes lateral, simple, longer than the leaves, fy . w . S. Na- 

 tive of Malabar and the East Indies. Citamerdu, Rheed. mal. 

 7. p. 39. t. 21. Menispermum cordifolium, Willd. spec. 4. p. 

 826. M. Malabaricum var. /3, Lam. diet. 4. p. 96. M. glabrum 

 Klein, mss. Fruit ovate, tern ; a decoction of them is re- 

 freshing, and the juice of the plant cures ulcers, according to 

 Rheede. It is also employed in the cure of jaundice in India. 

 It is tonic and febrifuge. 



Heart-leaved Cocculus. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 



11C. CONVOLVULA'CEUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 518.) leaves orbicu- 

 lar, cordate, acuminately-cuspidate, 7-nerved, smooth ; male 

 peduncles simple, axillary, shorter than the leaves. Tj . ^\ S. 

 Native of the East Indies. This plant is very like C. cordifollus, 

 and is perhaps the male plant of that species. 



Convolvulus-like Cocculus. , Shrub tw. 



12 C. MALABA RICUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 518.) leaves cordate, 

 ovate, acuminated, under surface villous ; female racemes simple, 

 lateral, length of the leaves. Tj . / ^ > . S. Native of Malabar, 

 where it is always in flower and fruit. Menispermum Malaba- 

 ricum, Willd. spec. 4. p. 826. Pee-amerdu, Rheed. mal. 7. p. 

 37. t. 19 and 20. The flowers, according to Rheede, are herma- 

 phrodite, and of a pale green-colour. Fruit first green, then yel- 

 lowish, but at last reddish and shining. 



Malabar Cocculus. Fl. year. Shrub twining. 



13 C. CORIACEUS (Blum, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. 

 Linnaea. 1. p. 498.) leaves cordate, ovate, bluntly acuminated, 

 mucronate, coriaceous, smooth ; racemes elongated, axillary, 

 solitary, pendulous, tj.^ S. Native of Java. Menispermum 

 coriaceum, Spreng. syst. app. p. 148. 



Coriaceous-leaved Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



14 C. POPULIFO'LIUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 519.) leaves heart- 

 shaped, acuminated, quite entire,,smooth ; female panicles large, 

 many-flowered. Jj . ^\ S. Native of the island of Timor. 

 This plant is very like C. cordifolius and C. Malabaricus, with 

 large leaves, similar to those of Populus anguldtus. Carpels 1 

 or 2, baccate, on pedicels, somewhat globose, about the size of a 

 pea. 



Poplar-leaved Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



15 C. LACUNO'SUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 519.) leaves heart-shaped, 

 acuminated, upper surface green and smooth, under surface 

 clothed with yellowish wool ; peduncles lateral, compound, race- 

 mose, twice as long as petioles. >j . ^. S. Native of the Cele- 

 bes and Moluccas on rocks by the sea-shore. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 

 35. t. 22. Menispermum lacunosum, Lam. diet. 4. p. 98. 

 Flowers small, white, 6-parted, with an ungrateful odour. Berries 

 at first white, then black, and at last purplish-black ; they are 

 used by the natives in various ways for taking birds and fish by 

 intoxicating them ; the most common mode of giving them, is in a 

 paste. 



Pfofed-barked Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



16 C. SUBEROSUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 519.) leaves cordate, 

 subtruncate at the base, compact, shining ; panicles many-flower- 

 ed ; stem perennial, twining ; bark corky and chinky. fj . *"*. S. 

 Native of Malabar. Cocci orientalis, Tab. icon. t. 924. f. 1. 

 Menispermum Cocculus, Lin. spe. 1468 ? Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 219. 

 t. 70. f. 1. exclusive of the synonyms. This is considered the 

 true Cocculus Indicus of the shops. The berries are used in 

 various ways as a medicine, and for killing vermin. They 

 are also used in the East Indies to intoxicate fish, &c. in order 

 to take them, being made up into a paste and thrown into the 

 water. Their use for this purpose is, we believe, prohibited 

 in England, nor is it easy to account for the copious importation 

 of these berries as an article of trade, unless they serve to adul- 



