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pendulum, Forst. gen. t. 54. The name is derived from ETTI, epi, 

 upon, and ftaivia, baino, to walk, in allusion to the plant climb- 

 ing upon others. 



Epibaterium Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



59 C. NEPHRO'IA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 531.) flowers monoecious ; 

 drupes 6 ; leaves ovate, emarginate, smooth. Jj . w . G. Native 

 of Cochin-china in woods. Nephr6ia sarmentosa, Lour. coch. 

 ed Willd. 2. p. 692. Drupe small, fleshy, somewhat kidney- 

 shaped, 1 -seeded. The name is derived from ve^poe, nephros, a 

 kidney ; because of the form of the fruit. 



Kidney-fruited Cocculus. Shrub cl. 



Cult. The stove and greenhouse species of this genus will 

 thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat ; and cuttings root 

 easily if planted in a pot of light earth, with a hand-glass placed 

 over them, in a moderate heat. The only hardy species, Cocculus 

 Carollnus, may be propagated by parting the roots, which spread 

 out on the side, so that part of them may be cut off every other 

 year ; this should be done in the spring, and these should be 

 planted in a light soil in a sheltered situation against a wall, which 

 the branches can be trained to. All the species are climbers or 

 twiners. 



VIII. COSCrNIUM (from KOOKLVOV, Jcoslcinon, a little sieve ; 

 in allusion to the seeds being pierced). Coleb. in Lin. soc. trans. 

 13. p. 65. 



LIN. SYST. Dicecia, Hexandria. Sepals and petals in threes ; 

 male flowers with 6 stamens embracing the base, of the pistil, 

 female ones with 3 ovaries. Styles slender. Berries 1-3. Seeds 

 pierced by a large hole. A climbing shrub. 



1 C. FENESTRA'TUM (Coleb. Lin. soc. trans. 13. p. 66.) 

 fy . ^,. S. Native of Ceylon. Menispermum fenestratum, Gaert. 

 fruct. 1. p. 219. t. 46. f. 5. Wood yellow, bitter. Leaves alter- 

 nate, cordate, entire, 5-7-nerved, smooth and shining above, very 

 hoary underneath. In the young plants they are frequently 

 peltate ; peduncles umbellulate, several from the same bud. 

 Flowers greenish. Berries villous. This plant is in repute 

 among the inhabitants of Colomba, who slice it in thin pieces and 

 swallow it, with the liquid, after steeping it in water several 

 hours. They commend it as an excellent stomachic. It is called 

 in Singalese Veni-vell-gettah or Bang-rvell-gettah, in English the 

 Knotted plant. 



Windowed Coscinium. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



Cult. This plant will require plenty of room in the stove 

 where grown, or it will not flower as well as all the stove plants 

 belonging to this natural order. A mixture of peat and loam 

 suits it well, and cuttings will root freely under a hand-glass, 

 in heat. 



IX. TILIACO'RA (Tilia-kora, the Bengalese name of the 

 plant). Coleb. in Lin. soc. trans. 13. p. 67. 



LIN. SYST. Dice^cia, Hexandria. Sepals 6. Petals 3. 

 Nectary 6-leaved; male flowers with 6 stamens, alternately 

 shorter, length of corol. Anthers ovate. Female flowers with 

 about 12 ovaries in a circle, each ending in a short subulate style. 

 Berries many, short-pedicelled, clubbed, smooth. Nut 1 or 2- 

 celled. A climbing shrub with ash-coloured bark and alternate, 

 cordate, smooth, shining, pointed, and frequently scolloped leaves. 

 Male racemes frequently compound, female ones simple, few- 

 flowered. 



1 T. R AC EMO'SA (Coleb. in Lin. soc. trans. 13. p. 67.) ^. w . S. 

 Native of the coast of Coromandel in hedges and places overrun 

 with bushes. Menispermum polycarpon, Roxb. mss. Called 

 Bagha Hind. Tilia-kora Beng. Tiga-mashadi Teling. Flowers 

 small, yellow. Berries about the size of a French bean. 



Racemose Tilia-kora. Fl. all the year. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



Cult. This plant should be propagated and cultivated in the 



same manner as Coscinium, or the stove species of C6cculus, 

 which see. 



X. ANAMI'RTA (meaning unknown.) Coleb. in Lin. trans. 

 13. p. 66. 



LIN. SYST. Dicecia, Monodelphia. Calyx 2-sepalled. Petals 

 6, in 2 series, equal. Nectary none. Stamens collected into a 

 column or monodelphous. Anthers numerous, crowded in the 

 form of a globe ; female flowers have not been seen, but the 

 berries are as in Menispermum ; about the size of a ripe black- 

 heart cherry, and as they are collected in very large pendulous 

 bunches, their appearance is most inviting, but their taste is most 

 abominable. 



1 A. PANICULA'TA (Coleb. in Lin. soc. trans. 13. p. 66.) 

 17 . w . S. Native of the East Indies. Menispermum hetero- 

 clitum, Roxb. MSS. Bark cracked, ash-coloured. Leaves 

 alternate, cordate, stalked, entire, smooth, upper surface deep, 

 shining, green, under surface whitish, 3-5-nerved. Panicles 

 rising from the naked woody parts of the stem, drooping. Brae- 

 teas 3-fold, 1 -flowered, small, caducous. 



Pam'c/ed-flowered Anamirta. Shrub cl. 



Cult. This genus should also be propagated and treated in 

 the same manner as Coscinium, which see. 



XI. PSE'LIUM (from ij/eXiov, pselion, a bracelet ; form of 

 nuts). Lour. fl. cochin, ed Willd. 2. p. 762. D. C. syst. 1. 

 p. 531. prod. l.p. 100. 



LIN. SYST. Difecia, Hexandria. Sepals and petals disposed 

 in a ternary order in two series. Stamens 6, free. Female 

 flowers with 4 sepals, without petals ; ovary 1 ; stigma 4-cleft. 

 A climbing shrub with axillary flowers. 



1 P. HETEROPHY'LLUM (Lour. fl. coch. ed Willd. 2. p. 762.) 

 Tj t w . G. Native of Cochin-china in woods. Leaves alternate, 

 quite entire, smooth, stalked ; in the male plant they are somewhat 

 cordate, roundish, with short somewhat divided racemes ; in 

 the female plants the leaves are ovate, peltate, acuminated, with 

 racemes somewhat umbellate ; pedicels very short. 



Various-leaved Pselium. Shrub cl. 



Cult. This plant will grow freely in a mixture of loam and 

 peat; and cuttings will root freely in the same kind of soil, 

 under a hand-glass. 



XII. CISSA'MPELOS (KIOOOQ, kissos, the Greek name of 

 ivy, a/uTTfXoc, ampelos, a vine ; plants like the ivy in the 

 rambling branches, and like the vine in having the fruit in 

 racemes). Lin. gen. no. 1138. Lam. ill. t. 830. Juss. gen. 285. 

 D. C. syst. 1. p. 532. prod. 1. p. 100. 



LIN. SYST. Dicecia, Monodelphia. Male flowers with 4 

 sepals and 4-2, monodelphous stamens, without petals. Female 

 flowers with 1 sepal, and 1 petal in front of the sepal. Ovary 1. 

 Stigmas 3. Drupe oblique, reniform. Abumen none. Embryo 

 long, terete, perapheric. Radicle superior, rising from the base 

 of the stigma. Climbing shrubs with simple, stalked, orbicular, 

 ovate, heart-shaped or peltate leaves, which are mucronulate at 

 the apex. Racemes axillary ; male ones often trichotomously- 

 branched, somewhat corymbose, solitary, twin, or tern ; bearing 

 many flowers at the top of the pedicels, which are destitute of 

 bracteas, or furnished with very small ones ; female racemes sim- 

 ple, elongated, bearing broad alternate bracteas, with the pedi- 

 cels rising in fascicles from the axillae of these bracteas. 



1. Female flowers furnished with bracteas. Leaves in both 

 sexes peltate. 



1 C. TROP.EOI.IFO' LI A (D. C. syst. 1. p. 532.) leaves peltate, 

 ovate-orbicular, acutish, pubescent with scattered hairs ; ra- 

 cemes axillary, in pairs. fj . r \ S. Native of South America, 

 near Cuchero. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 98. Flowers dark-purple. 



