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MENISPERMACEJE. XII. CISSAMPELOS. 



Fruit compressed, orbicular, with their margins marked with 

 rayed stripes. 



Tropeeolum-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 



2 C. HERNANDIFO'LIA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 861.) leaves peltate, 

 ovate, acuminated, obtuse, mucronate, smooth, with the veins on 

 the under surface pilose. Tj . ^. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Leaves like those of Hernandia sonbra. Flowers unknown. 

 Berries 1 -seeded, in corymbs. 



Hernandia-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 



3 C. OWAKIE'NSIS (Beauv. ined. D. C. prod. 1. p. 100.) leaves 

 peltate, ovate, roundish, awned, somewhat lobed, upper surface 

 smooth, veins on the under surface finely-pubescent ; floral leaves 

 kidney-shaped, ciliated. Tj . w . S. Native of the western coast 

 of Africa in the kingdom of Waree. 



Waree Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 



4 C. PAREI V RA (Lam. ill. t. 830.) leaves peltate, somewhat 

 cordate, ovate-orbicular, under surface silky-pubescent ; female 

 racemes longer than the leaves ; berries hispid. Tj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of Martinico, Jamaica, St. Domingo, St. Thomas, New 

 Spain, and Brazil in mountain coppices. Ciss. Pareira, var. a, 

 Lin. spec. 1473. Swz. obs. 380. t. 10. f. 5. Caapeba Marcgr. 

 bras. 24. icon. Piso bras. 94. icon. The juice of this tree, 

 according to Piso, is a famous remedy against the bite of ser- 

 pents. The leaves applied whole or bruised to a wound cures it 

 very effectually. The root is the true Pareira brava of the shops, 

 it is a bitter-sweet diuretic, and is much used in infusion or pow- 

 der, especially in ischuria, urinary calculi, jaundice, gout, and 

 phlegmatic diseases. See Geoffroy, act. ac. par. 1710. p. 57. 

 Lochner, diss. par. br. norimb. 1719. Murray, app. med. 1. 

 p. 498. Woodv. med. bot. 2. p. 227. t. 82. It is to be suspected 

 that the roots of many plants belonging to this natural order are 

 used in the same manner as this plant in various regions, and 

 have the same qualities, and are confused under the same name 

 in commerce. The name Pareira-brava signifies a wild vine in 

 Portuguese. 



Pareira-brava Cissampelos. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1733. Shrub cl. 



5 C. GUAYAQUILE'NSIS (H. B. et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p. 

 67.) leaves peltate, somewhat kidney-shaped, hairy-pubescent, 

 hoary on the under surface ; male cymes axillary, in pairs, 

 shorter than the petioles. Jj . ,_,. S. Native of Guayaquil. 

 Female plant unknown. Perhaps it is only a variety of Ciss. 

 Pareira. 



Guayaquil Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



6 C. ARGE'NTEA (H. B. et Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p. 67.) 

 leaves peltate, roundish, kidney-shaped, emarginate at the apex, 

 upper surface pubescent, under surface silky-tomentose, and 

 silvery ; male cymes axillary, in pairs, shorter than the petioles. 



T? . w . S. Native of South America on the banks of the river 

 Magdelena near Mompox. Female plant unknown. Perhaps also 

 a variety of Ciss. Pareira. 



Silvery-leaded. Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



7 C. MICROCA'RPA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 534.) leaves somewhat 

 peltate and kidney-shaped, orbicular, under surface tomentose ; 

 berries at first pubescent, afterwards smooth. Tj . w . S. Native 

 of the West Indies in Jamaica, Martinico, St. Domingo. Ciss. 

 Pareira, var. /3, Lin. spec. 1473. Very like Ciss. Pareira, but 

 differing as above. 



Small-fruited Cissampelos. Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 



8 C. HETEROPHY'LLA (D. C. syst. l.p. 534.) stem leaves pel- 

 tate, orbicular, cordate at the base, under surface pubescent ; 

 floral leaves cordate-reniform, velvety on both surfaces. Tj . w . S. 

 Native of New Spain about San Bias. Male flowers small, his- 

 pid, 4-sepalled, female ones unknown. 



Variable-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



9 C. DI'SCOLOR (D. C. syst. 1. p. 534.) leaves peltate, broad- 

 ovate, truncate at the base, acuminated at the apex, 7-9-nerved, 



under surface pubescent, whitish, upper surface smooth ; male 

 peduncles 2-3 together, 3-times shorter than the petioles. Jj . ? 

 w . S. Native of the Molucca islands. Male flowers small, on 

 corymbose branched peduncles ; female ones unknown. 

 Two-coloured-\ea.\et\ Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



10 C. HIRSU'TA (Buch. D. C. syst. 1. p. 535.) leaves peltate, 

 ovate-orbicular, almost veinless. Tj . w . G. Native of Nipaul. 

 Male flowers very minute, villous ; female ones unknown. 



Hairy Cissampelos. Fl. ? Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



11 C. MAURITIA'NA (Petit-Th. in journ. bot. 1809. 2. p. 65. 

 t. 3 and 4.) leaves cordate-orbicular, pubescent-villous ; those of 

 the male plants peltate ; male racemes axillary, in pairs or nu- 

 merous. Tj w S. Native of the Mauritius, frequent in woods. 

 Ciss. Pareira var. y, Willd. spec. 4. p. 861. Ciss. pareiroides, 

 D. C. ess. prop. pi. ed. 2. p. 78. This plant is called Pareira- 

 brava in the Mauritius ; it possesses the same 'medical qualities 

 as the true Pareira-brava of Brasil, although in a lesser degree. 

 See Ciss. Pareira. This plant differs from Ciss. Pareira in the 

 branches being hispid, not smooth. 



Mauritian Cissampelos. Fl. 1 Clt. 1 820. Shrub cl. 



12 C. GLABE'RRIMA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 57.) stem herba- 

 ceous, twining ; leaves peltate, ovate, acute, rounded at the base ; 

 male flowers* corymbose and racemose ; divisions of the calyx 

 oblong-linear ; corolla campanulate, 4-lobed. Tj . r *. S. Native 

 of Brasil in the provinces of Rio Janeiro and Minas Geraes, Cipo 

 de Cobras Marcgr. bras. 25-26, with a figure. Piso, bras. 94, 

 with a figure. The stems and the leaves of this plant have a 

 bitter taste and stimulating odour, like that of Tropeeolum. The 

 whole plant is employed to cure the bite of snakes. 



Very-smooth Cissampelos. PL tw. 



13 C. ORIKOCE'NSIS (H. B. et Kth. spe. amer. 5. p. 68.) 

 leaves scarcely peltate, deltoid, cordate, obtuse, upper surface 

 puberulous, under surface silky-pubescent ; fructiferous racemes 

 hardly exceeding the petioles in length ; fruit tubercled, pilose. 



Jj . ^. S. Native in shady woods near the river Orinoco. Very 

 like Ciss. tamoldes. 



Orinoco Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



2. Female flowers furnished with bracteas. Leaves not 

 peltate. 



14 C. TOMENTOSA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 535.) leaves orbicular, 

 cordate, tomentose on both surfaces, as well as petioles and calyx ; 

 male peduncles axillary, many together, shorter than the leaves. 



I? . ^\ S. Native near Campechy, in fields. Male flowers vil- 

 lous, small ; female ones unknown. 

 Tomentose Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



15 C. TAMOIDES (Willd ined. D. C. sept. 1. p. 536. St. Hil. fl. 

 bras. 1 . p. 55.) leaves heart-shaped, pubescent ; obtuse, but acute 

 in the recesses; 5 -nerved at the base; male racemes longer than 

 the leaves. Jj . ^. S. Native of Brasil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes. Very like Ciss. Pareira. Male flowers small ; petal of 

 the female flower rather orbicular, villous beneath. 



Tamus-like Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 



16 C. COXVOLVULA'CEA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 863.) leaves heart- 

 shaped, acuminated, under surface pubescent, upper surface 

 smooth ; female racemes a little longer than the petioles. Tj . ^. S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Female flowers small, male ones and 

 fruit unknown. 



Convolvulus-like C'ssampelos. Shrub tw. 



17 C. TRI'LOBA (Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 152.) leaves cor- 

 date, somewhat 3-lobed, pubescent, denticulately-ciliated, 5-nerv- 

 ed ; female peduncles axillary, aggregate. ^ w S. Native of 

 Brasil. Bracteas ovate, very villous on the outside, 1 0-nerved, 

 denticulately-bearded. Perhaps this plant is the female of Ciss. 

 tamoldes. 



