128 Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermacese. 



racemus c? supra-axillaris, petiolo hrevior ; flores minuti, in 

 capitulis pedunculatis sessiles, et dense aggregati, omnino cano- 

 iomentosi. 



1. Coscinium fenestratum, Coleb. Linn. Trans, xiii. 51 ; Flor. Ind. 

 i. 178; — Menispermum fenestratum^ Gaertner, Fr. i. 219, 

 tab. 46. f. 5 ; Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 809 ; DC. Sijst. i. 541, Prodr. 

 i. 103 ; — ramulis teretibus, striatis, ferrugineo-tomentosis ; 

 S foliis palatis, rotundato-ovatis, imo truncatis et 2-sinuatis, 

 in lobo medio anguste cordatis, apice breviter et subito lineari- 

 attenuatis, ad marginem ssepe acute ac breviter lobatis, 5- 

 nerviis, crasso-coriaceis, supra lucidis, planis, in nervis sulcatis, 

 sub lente tenuissime reticulatis, subtus fulvo vel cano-tomen- 

 tosis ; nervis crassis extus ramosis venisque transversis promi- 

 nentibus ; petiolo longo, ferrugineo-tomentoso, imo tortuoso et 

 incrassato ; racemo supra-axillari, tomentoso,petioli tertia parte 

 longitudinis; ramis plurimis, longis, divaricatis, apice capitu- 

 latis, capitulis e floribus sessilibus arete aggregatis : § foliis 

 subpeltatis, deltoideo-ovatis, acutis, acumine lineari-attenuatis, 

 imo truncatis, aut vix cordatis, ad marginem plus minusve 

 lobatis, lobis rotundatis vel subito valde attenuatis, 5-nerviis 

 (prseter alios nervos 4 basales vix conspicuos), supra lucidis ; 

 racemo fructifero e pedunculo supraaxillari valido, petioli tertia 

 parte longitudinis, apice subumbellatim pedicellato; pedicellis 

 elongatis, crassiusculis, drupas globosas 3-2-1 breviter stipi- 

 tatas gerentibus. — Ceylon, v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit. (Konig) ; 

 in herb. Lindl. ; in herb. Champ, d et $ . 



In Konig's specimen the leaves are 6^ inches long, 4|^ inches 

 broad, the first pair of nerves running nearly parallel with the 

 margin to near the apex, the petiole measuring 4 inches. In 

 Prof. Lindley's plant, the leaves are 7 inches long, 5| inches 

 broad, on a petiole 3| inches ; here the first pair of nerves some- 

 times terminates in a short acute lobe. In Major Champion^s 

 (J plant, the leaves, though much broader and of similar shape 

 at base, are 6^ inches long, 5| inches broad, on a petiole nearly 

 3 inches long : in the $ plant, the leaves are distinctly peltate, 

 4^-5 inches long, 4 inches broad at base, tapering gradually in 

 a sinuous line to an attenuated apex ; here the second pair of 

 nerves are often extended into two acute, deep, nearly basal 

 lobes ; the petiole is 3 inches long, twisted and tumid at base, 

 and inserted into the blade 2 or 3 lines within the basal margin. 

 In the male plant, the inflorescence is about 1 inch long, with 

 numerous branchlets extending at right angles about \ an inch 

 long, each terminated by a globular head 2 or 3 lines in diam. 

 In the fructiferous plant the peduncle is strong, 1-2 inches long, 

 terminated by several radiating pedicels 8-9 lines long, each 



