8t> SYLVA TELLUR. 



CENTURIA VI. 



501 . Cissus L. only 6 sp. in Lihneus, now over 

 100 by uniting thereto a medley of plants with 

 totaly different habit and -even flowers, leaves 

 simple, ternate, digitate, pinnate &c indicating 

 peculiar G. which I shall partly settle; but as 

 the flowers of all are not described, they must 

 be verified. My Cissus R. will have cal. 4dent. 

 petalis 4 liberis, disco piano, stain. 4 liberis epi- 

 tlisco, stylo tereto, stig. obt. bacca globosa mo- 

 nosp. ticandens, foL simplicib* alt. such are 

 most of the sp. probably. 



502. IRSIOLA Brown, Raf. diff. calix planus 

 4gonus,pet. 4 reflexis epicalix. stain. 4 monadel- 

 phis urceol. 4part. antheris in sinub. ovar. 4gon. 

 stylus, stig, acut. drupo monosp. urnbilicato. 

 Frut. scand. jol. simpl. fl, umbeL Type Irs. 

 sicy aides Raf. C. do L. 



503. KEMOXIS Raf. (sour Ivy) diff. cal. ur- 

 ceol. obt. 4dent. persistens, pet. 4 refl. basi coal- 

 itis, disco marginatus. FoL trifolialis, Jl. um- 

 bellatis Type K. acida R. Cis, do L. 



501. GONOLOMA Raf. (ang. edge) diff. cal. 

 piano marginans integro 4gono, pet. 4,stylo 4sfono. 

 FoL trifol. fl. umbel Type G, alata Raf^ Cis- 

 sus trifoliata L, and probably several other tri- 

 foliate sp. 



505. ITUTEIUON Raf. (n. gr. Hedera) diff. 

 cal. urceol. 4fidus persiscens, pet. 4 revolutis 

 basi coalitis marcescens persistens. Arbor foL. 

 oppos. simpl. jt. panic. Is it of same family ? 



506. Ituterion arborea R. Cissus do Forsk, 

 auct. fol. petiol. obi. crassis integris, fl. sessil 

 large tree of Arabia with very peculiar habit, 

 berries pisiform yellow or black. 



507. SCF.LANTIIUS Forsk, united to Cissus by 



