Ißß L. Diels. — Menispermaceae. 



transversa dehiscentes. — Flores Q : Sepala et petala eis floris (j 1 conformia. Petala 

 cuneala obovata lateribus introflexis, staminodia 6 basi petalis imis adnata linguiformia. 

 Carpella 3 libera, erecta, semipyriformia, extus pilis strigosis glanduligeris subpatentibus 

 dense vestita, Stylus brevis extrorsum curvatus, stigma dilatatum in lacinias 2 — 3- 

 fidas expansum. — Drupae ovoideae, styli cicatrice subterminali notatae; exocarpium 

 crassum succoso-carnosum, hispidum; endocarpium applanato-ovoideum, dorso convexum 

 tuberculatum atque pilis fibrillosis numerosis dense vestitum, ventre laeve; condylus 

 scutelliformis extus concavus intus convexus et paulo intrusus. Semen meniscoideum ; 

 albumen carnosum ruminatum ; embryo subcurvatum, cotyledones lateraliter divaricatae, 

 radicula supera brevis teres. — SufTrutices alte scandentes, pilis ± vestiti. Folia 

 ampla, longe petiolata, e basi cordata rotundata palmatim 3-, 5-, 7-loba. Racemi axil- 

 lares (j* elongati e ramis laxis 3 7-floris compositi, § simplices breviores, bracteae 



longe setoso-ciliatae. Flores majusculi, subsessiles. — Fig. 1, 59. 

 Species 2 arcte affines in Africa tropica indigenae. 



Gonspectus specierum. 



A. Caulis, petiolus, inflorescentiae hispido-strigosi. Foliorum 



lobi acuminati vel acuti. Stamina libera 1. J. palmata. 



B. Caulis, petiolus, inflorescentiae rigide setosi. Foliorum lobi 



anguste cuspidati. Stamina zb connata 2. /. strigosa. 



1. J. palmata (Lam.) Miers in Hooker, Niger Fl. (18 49) 214 in nota, in Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. 2. ser. VII. (1851) 38, in Gontrib. Bot. III. (1871) 27. — J. Galumba Miers in Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. 2. ser. VII. (1851) 38, in Contrib. Bot. III. (1871) 28 pl. 90. — J. Columba 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. I. (1868) 42; K. Schumann in A. Meyer u. Schumann, Atlas offic. 

 Pflanzen, Leipzig (1899) S. 69. Tai'. 120. — /. Miersii Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. I. (1868) 

 42. — Cocculus palmatus DC. Syst. I. (1818) 522;Colebr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 

 (1822) 63; Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 2970, 2971. — Menispermum palmatum Lam. Dict. 

 IV. (1797) 99. — Menispermum Columba Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. (1832) 807. — Chas- 

 manthera palmata Baill. Hist. pl. III. 12. (1872) f. 16. 17. — Radices fusiformes illis 

 Dauei similes (ex Roxburgh). Caulis pilis strigosis vestitus. Foliorum petiolus pilis 

 strigosis vestitus, circ. 20 — 25 cm longus; lamina membranacea subtus pallidior, in utra- 

 que facie pilis strigosis conspersa vel glabrescens, ambitu late rotundata, e basi inciso- 

 cordata plerumque 5-loba lobis dilatato-ovatis apice acuminatis nonnunquam Herum 

 angulato-sinuatis, 15 — 35 cm longa, 18 — 40 cm lata, nervi primarii plerumque 7-pal- 

 mati, cum secundariis nervulisque subtus prominentes. Racemi (J 1 compositi elongati, 

 usque ad 40 cm longi, rhachis pilis strigosis apice capitellatis patentibus vestita, race- 

 mulorum lateralium 2 — 8 cm longorum rhachis subcapillaris flexuosa glabrata basi 

 bractea lineari-lahceölata setoso-ciliala praedita; flores in racemulis pauci, sessiles, 

 plerumque ebracteati ; sepala demum patentia elliptica, 3 mm longa, 1 ,5 mm lata, vel 

 minora, viridula; petala margine involuta apice truncata, ad 2 mm longa, stamina am- 

 plectentia; stamina basi petalis imis adnata 1 — 1,8 mm longa. Inflorescentiae fructi- 

 ferae 10 — 15 cm longae. Drupae subovoideae dense strigoso-hispidae, 2 — 2,5 cm longae, 

 1,5 — 2 cm latae. — Fig. 1. 



Südost-Afrika: Zwischen Oibo und Mozambo in schattigen Wäldern (Berry); 

 Insel Mozambik »in horto Praefecti« (j 1 blüh, von Februar bis August (Bojer in Herb. 

 Monac! et Vindobon. !); Mozambik q? blüh. (Peters!); Shire Hochland (Buchanan 

 n. 242!); Sambesi, gegenüber Pita Island bei Senna, frucht. im Januar 1860 (Kirk!). 

 »Nyasaland« o. n. O. (Buchanan n. 777!) . — Natal: Durban, im Wald beim Bo- 

 tanischen Garten (Wood n. 3512!) — In Kultur von Oibo und Mozambik (ex Rox- 

 burgh Fl. Ind. III. 807) im Bot. Garten Calcutta, tf blüh., forma hispidior (Roxburgh 

 blüh. 1812 — Original der Art!, Griffith n. 96!, Wallich n. 4953! u. a.!); 

 culta »in horto Telfairiano ad Boischerii in insulä Mauritii« (Bojer — Original der 

 J. Miersii Oliv., forma glabrescens). 



