Mr. J. MIers on the Menlspermacese. 129 



supporting nearly globular drupes, which are tomentose and 

 f inch diameter. 



2. Coscinium Blumeanum, nob., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. vii. 37 ; 

 FI. Ind. i. 79 ; — Cocculus Blumeanus, Wall. ; — ramis petiolis- 

 que brunneo velutinis ; foliis valde peltatis, lanceolato-oblongis, 

 basi orbicularibus vix cordatis, dehinc gradatim angusti- 

 oribus, apice repente acutis, 10-nerviis, nervis 2 primis sub- 

 parallelis et fere ad apicem continuis, crasso-coriaceis, supra 

 nitidissimis, nervis venisque transversis sulcatis, istis subtus 

 valde prominentibus, cum pagina inferiore et petiolo longis- 

 simo imo apiceque valde tumefacto dense cano- vel gilvo- 

 tonientosis ; racemo supra-axillari petiolo subbreviore, floribus- 

 que sessilibus, dense aggregatis, gilvo-tomentosis ; ramis al- 

 ternis subbrevibus, apice globoso-capitatis ; sepalis rotato- 

 expansis, superne glabris, flavescentibus, subtus murino- 

 tomentosis. — Penang, v. s. in herb. Soc. Linn, et Hook, c? 

 (Wall. Cat. No. 4971 a). 



The branches of this very distinct species are clothed with 

 dense floccose tomentum, and are ^ inch diam., with internodes 

 3 inches apart ; the leaves above are very polished, very coria- 

 ceous, and below are covered with dense white or yellow tomen- 

 tum, mixed with a few brown silky hairs; they are 12 inches 

 long, or lOf inches from the insertion of the petiole, 4| to 7^ 

 inches broad below the middle, the petiole being nearly 7 inches 

 long, terete, barely a line in diam., but swollen for some length at 

 base to a diam. of 4 lines, and thickened at the apex; other 

 leaves are of the same length, with nearly parallel sides, about 

 3^ inches broad, suddenly contracted on the margins opposite 

 the insertion of the petiole by a short hollow sinus, and are 

 thus somewhat panduriform, the petiole being 5 inches long. 

 The male raceme, originating at some distance from the petiole, 

 is simple, about 4 or 5 inches long, with ten or fifteen alternate 

 curving pedicels ^ inch long, bearing rounded heads, 4 lines 

 in diam., of crowded sessile flowers. 



3. Coscinium Wallichianum, nob. he. cit. p. 37 ; — C. fenestratum, 

 H. 6f L. in parte Fl. Ind. i. 178; — ramis petiolisque dense 

 falvo-lanatis ; foliis oblongis, acutis, basi obtuse rotundatis et 

 subsinuatis, palaceis, 5-nerviis, crasso-coriaceis, supra omnino 

 glabris, nitentibus, in nervis sulcatis, subtus dense sulphureo- 

 tomeutosis ; nervis crassis venisque transversis valde reticu- 

 latis prominentibus ; petiolo imo tortuoso et valde incrassato. 

 — Singapoor, v. s. in herb. Soc. Linn., sine flore (Wall. Cat. 

 4971, sub "Cocculus Blumeanus"). 



The authors of the ' Flora Indica ' have considered this to be 

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