Menispermaceae. 



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Mentspermum. Moonseed. 



(Family Menispermaceae). 



Woody twiners: deciduous. 

 Twigs terete, fluted, rather slen- 

 der: pith relatively large, contin- 

 uous and homogeneous, white. 

 Buds small, hairy, superposed 

 with the uppermost quickly de- 

 veloping into an inflorescence and 

 the others covered by the leaf- 

 scar, with about 3 scarcely distin- 

 guishable scales. Leaf-scars alter- 

 nate, elliptical, raised and con- 

 cave: bundle-traces 3 or divided 

 into about 7: stipule-scars lack- 

 ing. Fruit, when present, with a 

 ring-like or crescent-shaped stone 

 keeled on the back. 



Winter-characters to the family 

 are given under Akebia. 

 Twigs green becoming buff, gla- 

 brescent. M. canadense. 



Cocculus. Carolina Moonseed. 

 (Family Menispermaceae). 

 Winter-characters of Menispermum, but the fruit, when 

 present, with the crescent-shaped stone with cross-ridges. 

 Twigs, like the buds, loosely hairy. C. carolinus. 



Calycocarpum. Cupseed. 

 (Family Menispermaceae). 

 Winter-characters of Menispermum, but the fruits, when 

 present, with deep cup-like stone. 

 Twigs somewhat hairy or glabrescent. C. Lyoni. 



