80 SYLVA TKLLUR. 



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. \\hich 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, stam. 4 liberis epi- 

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

 nosp. ^candens, foL simplicib. alt. — such are 

 most of the sp. probably. 



502. Irsiola Brown, Raf. diff*. calix planus 

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

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

 stylus, stig, acut. drupo nionosp. umbilicalo. 

 Frut, scand. fol, simpl. fl, umbeL — Type Irs, 

 sicyoides Raf. C. do L. 



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

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

 itis, disco marginatus. Fol, frifolialis^ Jl^um- 

 hellatis — Type K, acida R. Cis, do L. 



501. GoNOLOMA Raf. (ang. edge) difi*. cal. 

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

 ¥oL trifoL fl. umbel, — Type G. alata Raf. Cis- 

 sus trifoliata L, and probably several other tri- 

 foliate sp. 



505. Ituterion Raf. (n. gr. Hedera) diffl 

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

 basi coalitis marcescens persistens. Arbor foL 

 oppos, simpl, ji, 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. ScKLANTiius Forsk, united to Cissus bv 



