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MENISPERMACE;E. vn. 



peduncles racemose, longer than the petioles. ^ . w . S. Native 

 perhaps of South America. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 93. Leaves 

 resembling those of Cotoneaster vulgaris, but a little longer. 

 Flowers small. 



Cotoneaster-]i\ie Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



41 C. TRIA'NDRUS (Coleb. in Lin. soc. trans. 13. p. 64.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, acuminated, smooth ; racemes axillary, one or more 

 together, rather longer than the petioles. ^ . '"N S. Native of 

 the Malay Islands. Menispermum triandrum, Roxb. MSS. 

 Flowers numerous, minute, yellow. 



Triandrous Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



42 C. OVALIFO'LIUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 426.) leaves oval, entire, 

 mucronate, 3-nerved, smooth ; branchlets villous ; lower pedun- 

 cles axillary, scarcely longer than the petioles, upper ones disposed 

 in terminal panicles ; pedicels sub-umbellate. Jj . ^. S. Native 

 of Java and China. Deless. icon. sel. 1 . t. 94. Menispermum 

 ovalifolium, Pers. ench. 2. p. 628. Berries 2-3, smooth, com- 

 pressed, orbicular. 



Oval-leaved Cocculus. Shrub, tw. 



43 C. FIBRA'UREA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 525.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 quite entire, smooth, on long petioles ; racemes oblong, lateral, 

 fj . w . S. Native of Cochin-china and China in woods. Fi- 

 braurea tinctoria, Lour. coch. ed Willd. 2. p. 769. Berries 

 small, yellow, not eatable. Taste of whole plant bitter. Roots 

 diuretic. The root and lower part of the stem are esteemed 

 resolvent, deobstruent, and diuretic. The bruised stems afford 

 by boiling a yellow dye, which is not very vivid but lasting, and 

 serves as a basis for Turmerick and Safflower which, though 

 more vivid, are not so durable. 



Golden-Jibred Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



44 C. EILI'PTICUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 426.) leaves elliptical, 

 obtuse, quite entire, smooth ; racemes axillary, in pairs, unequal, 

 much shorter than the leaves. Tj . w . S. Native of Senegal. 

 Menispermum ellipticum, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 657. Flowers small, 

 greenish, disposed in unequal, small racemes. 



Elliptical-leaved Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



45 C. LIMA'CIA (D. C. syst 1. p. 526.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, quite entire, smooth ; male flowers almost terminal, 

 crowded, female ones in pairs, axillary. Tj . w . G. Native of 

 Cochin-china in woods. Limacia scandens, Lour. coch. ed Willd. 

 2. p. 761. Flowers yellowish-green; berries small, smooth, 

 fleshy, acrid, but eatable. The specific name Lamacia was applied 

 to this plant by Loureiro, because the fruit resembles the shell of 

 a limacon or snail. 



iSnaiZ-fruited Cocculus. Fl. cl. 



46 C. CEBA'THA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 526.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 mucronate, smooth, shining ; peduncles axillary, length of pe- 

 tioles ; male ones capitate, female ones 1 -flowered. Tj . G. Native 

 of Arabia. Cebatha, Forsk. aegyp. arab. 171. Menispermum 

 edule, Vahl. symb. 1. p. 80. Flowers greenish. Berries red, 

 when ripe eatable, but they have an acrid taste, and from them a 

 wine is prepared which is called Chamr. el Madjnume in Arabia. 

 Cebatha is a name of Arabian origin. 



Cebatha Cocculus. Shrub cl. ? 



47 C. ACUMINA'TUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 527.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, quite entire, smooth, somewhat 5 -nerved at the base, 

 the rest feather-nerved ; racemes axillary, sub-villous, a little 

 longer than the petioles. T? . ^,. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 95. Menispermum acuminatum, Lam. 

 diet. 4. p. 101. Very like C. radiatus in habit, but the petioles 

 are one half longer. Flowers brownish. Berries obovate, nu- 

 merous, stipitate, smooth. 



Pointed-leaved Cocculus. Shrub, cl. 



48 C. RADIA'TUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 527.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, scarcely cordate, quite entire, feather-nerved, smooth; 

 peduncles racemosely-panicled, 3-times longer than the petioles. 



J? . w . S. Native of the East Indies. Valli-caniram, Rheed. 

 mal. 7. p. 5. t. 3. Menispermum radiatum, Lam. diet. 4. p. 100. 

 Brkunea menispermoides, Willd. spec. 4. p. 797. Berries 3- 

 seeded. Sepals and petals 3, with 6 nectariferous scales, in the 

 petals of the male flowers ; female ones with 3 styles. 

 Rayed Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



49 C. LEPTOSTA'CHIUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 528.) leaves oval, 

 acuminated, 3-nerved, smooth ; racemes axillary, simple, slender, 

 length of leaves. T? .,__,. S. Native of Timor. 



Slender-spiked Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



50 C. BRACHYSTA'CHYUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 528.) leaves ovate, 

 acute, 3-5-nerved, smooth ; female racemes axillary, shorter than 

 the petioles. Jj . w . S. Native of the island of Timor. Seeds 

 within the berry, arched. Stem hardly scandent. 



Short-racemed Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



51 C. DOMINGE'NSIS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 528.) leaves oval, acu- 

 minated, quite entire, scarcely 3-nerved at the base, smooth ; 

 peduncles racemosely-panicled, axillary, slender, somewhat shorter 

 than the leaves, rising from a tubercled villous base. Tj . ^. S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 96. Very like 

 C. brachystachyus. Flowers very small. 



St. Domingo Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



52 C. LE/EBA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 529.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 blunt, glaucous, somewhat pubescent, on short petioles ; branches 

 rather twining. 1? . ^. G. Native of Upper Egypt. Male 

 plant found about Liblad in the desert near Cairo, female ones 

 rarely, usually far from the males. Lea;' ba, Forsk. fl. aegyp. p. 1 72. 

 Juss. gen. 285. Menispermum Leaeba, Delile, fl. aegyp. ill. 30. 

 descr.-t. 51. f. 2 and 3. Leaeba is the nameof the plant in Upper 

 Egypt. Calyx yellowish ; petals greenish ; anther yellow. 



Leaeba Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



53 C. OBLONGIFO'LIUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 529.) leaves oblong, 

 3-nerved, blunt at both ends, mucronate, smooth; peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves, upper ones somewhat racemose, female 

 ones 1 -flowered. I? . *"*. S. Native of Mexico. Menispermum, 

 nov. spec. Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Flowers small, 

 white. 



Oblong-leaved Cocculus. Shrub tw. 



54 C. TRIFLO'RUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 529.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, S-nerved at the base, quite entire, smoothish ; 

 female peduncles axillary, trifid, 3-flowered, length of petioles. 



T; . w . S. Native of Java. Stems almost erect. 

 Three-flowered Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



55 C. MILLEFLO RUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 530.) leaves ovate, ob- 

 tuse, feather- nerved, smooth, shining ; panicle terminal, many- 

 flowered, branches spreading, in pairs. Tj . w . S. Native of 

 Madagascar. Very like C. gomphioides but differing in the 

 leaves being larger, more ovate at the base, and less attenuated at 

 the apex. 



Thousand-Jloniered Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



56 C. GOMPHIOIDES (D. C. syst. 1. p. 530.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, 3-nerved at the base, quite entire, smooth, shining ; 

 peduncles axillary, much longer than the leaves. Tj . v> . S. Na- 

 tive of Madagascar. Berries about the size of a small grape. 



Gomphia-like Cocculus. Fl. ? Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



57 C. LAURIFO'LIUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 520.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, smooth, shining ; peduncles lateral and axillary, 

 branched at the top, rather shorter than the petioles. Tj . v _ /l . S. 

 Native of Nipaul and Sirinagur. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 97. 

 Flowers very small, 8-10, smooth. 



Laurel-leaved Cocculus. Fl. Jan. Feb. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



4. Flowers monoecious. (Perhaps a genus.) 



58 C. EPIBATE'RIUM (D. C. syst. 1. p. 530.) flowers monoe- 

 cious; drupes 1-3; leaves oblong, quite entire, smooth. Tj. w . S. 

 Native of the island of St. James in the South Sea. Epibaterium 



