MENISPERMACEJ2. XII. CISSAMPELOS. 



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Three-lobed-\ea\e&. Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



18 C. LiTTORA 1 LIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 54.) Stem pubes- 

 cent ; leaves cordate, retuse at the apex, quite entire, tomentose 

 beneath ; male racemes solitary or twin, hairy-tomentose, lower 

 ones much longer than the leaves ; corolla cup-shaped, divisions 

 lanceolate acute. Tj . S. Native of Brasil, in the province of 

 Minas Geraes, on the banks of rivers. The taste of the root of 

 this plant is very stimulant. 



Sea-shore Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



19 C. CAAPE'BA (Lin. spe. 1473.) leaves somewhat orbicular, 

 cordate at the base, 7-nerved, rather pubescent ; female racemes 

 length of the petioles. !(. . w . S. Native of St. Domingo. Plum, 

 ed. Burm. t. 67. f. 2. Berries small, kidney-shaped, hardly 

 compressed, rather hispid. Male flowers unknown. Caapeba 

 is the name of the plant in Brasil. 



Caapeba Cissampelos. Fl. Jun. Jul. Clt. 1773. PI. cl. 



20 C. OHBICULA'TA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 537.) leaves orbicular, 

 cordate at the base, under surface villous, upper surface pubes- 

 cent ; male peduncles generally in threes, shorter than the pe- 

 tioles. Ij . ^j. S. Native of the East Indies. Ciss. tetrandra, 

 Roxb. ined. in herb. Lamb. Leaves similar to those of Menis- 

 permum orbiculatum. Berries small, somewhat compressed, hairy. 

 Flowers in crowded corymbs, small, villous. 



Orbicular-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



21 C. CRENA'TA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 537.) leaves ovate-orbicular, 

 nearly sessile, 7-nerved, obtuse, mucronulate, crenately-sinu- 

 ated, rather tomentose ; female racemes in pairs, longer than the 

 leaves. Tj . w ? S. Native of Brasil. Fruit ovate-orbicular, 

 pubescent, reticulately-nerved, somewhat compressed. 



CVenate-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



22 C. AUSTRA'LIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 54.) leaves cordate, 

 emarginate, mucronate, pubescent ; racemes of the female flowers 

 solitary or twin; stem suffruticose, twining. Tj . r ^. S. Native 

 of Brasil. Stem smoothish; peduncles and axis pubescent. Drupe 

 ovate-orbicular, compressed. 



Southern Cissampelos. PI. tw. 



23 C. MONOID CA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 55.) leaves cordate, ob- 

 tuse, rather pilose, puberulous beneath ; flowers racemose, monoe- 

 cious. I? . w . S. Native of Brasil, in the province of St. Paul. 

 Stem rather pubescent. Drupes globose, scarlet, rather compressed. 



Monoecious Cissampelos. Fl. Feb. Shrub cl. 



24 C. GRA'CILIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 55.) leaves cordate, 

 acutish, pubescent ; flowers small, corymbose, and racemose ; pe- 

 duncles pubescent, fj .^ . S. Native of Brasil, on the banks of 



e Uruquay. Stem slender, twining. Corolla cup-shaped. 

 Slender Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 



25 C. OVALIFOLIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 537.) leaves oval, acutish, 

 coriaceous, under surface hoary, upper surface smooth ; male ra- 

 cemes usually twin, hispid, 3-times longer than the petioles. 

 I? . w ? S. Native of Brasil. Flowers small, dark purple ; vil- 

 lous on the outside ; female flowers unknown. Probably the 

 same as No. 34. 



Oval-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



26 C. OVA'TA (Poir. diet. 5. p. 11.) leaves ovate, obtuse, mu- 

 cronate, upper surface smooth, under surface pubescent on the 

 nerves ; female racemes longer than the petioles ; bracteas subu- 

 late. Tj . w . S. Native of the East Indies. Berries kidney- 

 shaped, orbicular, somewhat compressed, smooth, about the size 

 of a pea. ' 



0ate-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



27 C ? ACUMINA'TA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 538.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminated, smooth, 3-nerved at the base ; male peduncles axil- 

 lary, racemosely panicled, one half shorter than the leaves. 



fy.^j.S. Native of the East Indies. Female flowers unknown, 

 male ones very small. 



Acuminated-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub cl. 



28 C ? CAPE'NSIS (Thumb, prod. 110.) leaves ovate, bluntish, 

 smooth, on very short petioles ; racemes much branched, hardly 

 longer than the petioles. ^ . < "\ G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Stems frutescent, twining, branched, somewhat velvety. 

 Petioles short, pubescent. Flowers small, tomentose. 



Cape Cissampelos. Fl. ? Clt. 1775. Shrub tw. 



29 C. ? HU' MILIS (Poir. diet. 5. p. 11 .) leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 truncate at the base, smooth, stalked with the axillae woolly. 

 Tj . 7. Native of Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, tomentose. 

 M. Decandolle has two specimens, the one a garden, and the other 

 a native specimen ; the first is nearly erect, the second is twining ; 

 and he thinks they may be different species, and that Ciss. C'a- 

 pensls humilis and Calcanfera may form another genus. 



Dmarf-Cape Cissampelos. Fl. ? Clt. 1817. Shrub tw. 



30 C. ? CALCARI'FERA (Burch. cat. no. 1795.) leaves elliptical- 

 oblong, blunt at both ends, on very short petioles, cinereously- 

 pubescent, and furnished with a spur at the external base of 

 petiole ; male flowers glomerate, and nearly sessile in the axillae 

 of the leaves. Tj . G. Native of Cape of Good Hope. Ciss. fru- 

 ticosa Thunb. prod. 110? Lin. fil. suppl. 432? Stem erect, 

 branched, never twining nor climbing. 



Spur-bearing Cissampelos. Shrub 2 feet. 



31 C. ? LAURIFO'LIA (Poir. diet. 5. p. 11.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, quite smooth ; petioles short, thick ; female racemes 

 short ; fruit large. Tj . ,_,. S. Native of the Island of St. Tho- 

 mas, in the West Indies. Fruit ovate, narrowed at the base, 

 pulpy, wrinkled, about the size of a nut, when dry of a blackish 

 brown colour. 



Laurel-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 



32 C. ANGBSTIFO'UA (Burch. cat. no. 1717. extrav. 1. p. 389.) 

 leaves broad-linear, roundish at the apex, often emarginate ; stem 



twining 



\ G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Narrow-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub tw. 



3. Stems simple, twiggy, erect, suffruticose. 



33 C. SUBTRIANGULA'RIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 51.) stems 

 suffruticose, erect, simple, downy ; leaves orbiculately-triangular, 

 somewhat truncate at the base, sides rounded, obtuse at the apex, 

 .pubescent above, and downy beneath ; petal of the female flower 

 rather orbicular. Tj . S. Native of Brasil. Stems solitary or 

 numerous. Racemes shorter than the leaves, bracteate, many- 

 flowered. Style trifid. Drupe elliptically globose. 



Subtriangular-\ea.ved Cissampelos. PL 1^ to 2 feet. 



34 C. OVALIFO'LIA (St. Hil. pi. usu. bras. t. 34. fl. bras. 1. t. 

 51.) stems suffruticose, erect, simple, downy; leaves on short 

 stalks, ovate, bluntish at the apex, somewhat repand, tomentose 

 on both surfaces, or only beneath, as well as the petioles and 

 female racemes ; petals of female flower rather villous beneath ; 

 male corymbs usually tern. ^ . S. Native of Brasil, where it 

 is called Orelha de Onca. The root of this plant is acrid, 

 bitter, and is a powerful febrifuge, and the inhabitants of Brasil 

 make a decoction of it, which they drink with success in inter- 

 mittent fevers. 



Var. a, cinereo-viridis (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves cordate at the base, 

 tomentose on both surfaces, greenish grey, paler beneath. Na- 

 tive in the province of Minas Geraes. 



Var. fl, rufescens (St. Hil. 1. c. 52.) Stems rufescent, and are 

 as well as the leaves much less tomentose above than var. a, less 

 orbicular, and scarcely cordate at the base. Native in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes. 



Var. y, cinerdscens (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 52.) leaves a little larger, 

 scarcely cordate at the base. Native of Para. 



Oval-leaved Cissampelos. Shrub 2 feet. 



35 C. COMMD'NIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 52. 1. 11.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, erect, simple, tomentose ; leaves cordate, acute, quite entire, 



