31 d Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermacese. 



lated, subosseous putaraen, having a globulai*, hollow, internal 

 condyle^ on the ventral face, with a small external aperture : 

 round this condyle the meniscus-shaped seed, which fills the 

 cell of the putamen, is moulded, and attached by the longitudinal 

 line of the raphe. The embryo (as in all the rest of the Hetero- 

 cliniea) has a superior terete radicle and large divaricating folia- 

 ceous cotyledons, imbedded in distinct cells of a copious rumi- 

 nated albumen. 



TiNOSPORA, nob. — Flores dioici. Masc. Sepala 6, biseriata, 

 exteriora minora, obovata, glabra, submembranacea, margine 

 eroso-crenulata j sestivatione imbricata. Petala 6, minuta, 

 sepalis opposita, imo subunguiculata, apicem versus 3-loba, 

 lobis lateralibus inflexis, stamina amplectentibus. Sta- 

 mina 6, libera, divaricato-patentia, petalis opposita : filumenta 

 longiuscula, apice clavato-incrassata ; anthercB 2-lobffi, sub- 

 extrorsse, lobis oblongis, apice conniventibus, imo divaricatis, 

 utrinque lateraliter semi-immersis, rima obliqua fere marginali 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovaria rudimentaria nulla. — 

 Fcem. Sepala ut in masc. Petala minuta, spathulato-oblonga, 

 erecta. Stamina sterilia, 6, petalis opposita, breviora et cum 

 illis imo gyntecii affixa : antheris effoetis. Ovaria 3, gibboso- 

 oblonga, libera, supra gynsecium cylindricum imposita, erecta, 

 1-locularia; ovulo unico anatropo supra medium loculi ex 

 angulo interno funiculo brevi appenso. Stylus brevis, 

 erassus. Stigma subliguliformi-peltatum, subcavum, mar- 

 gine sinuatum, aut profunde 3-laciniatum, laciniis injcqua- 

 libus rotundatis, Drupce 3, vel abortu pauciores, globosa?, 

 gibbosulae, carnosse, breviter stipitatse, stigmate persistcnte 

 subexcentrico apiculata? : putamen osseo-pergamineum, com- 

 presso-subglobosum, dorso convexius, hie ssepe tuberculatum, 

 sutura peripherica, sub-3-valvare, ventre subplanum, hinc 

 intus condylo magno cavo globoso usque ad medium loculi 

 protenso, meatu externo lineari perforato instructum. Semen 

 loculo conforme, meniscoideum, ad faciem ventralcm valde 

 cavum : integumenta tenuissima, intra fissuras albuminis pli- 

 cata, raphe ventrali longitudinali signata : embryo intra albu- 

 men 2-laminare inclusus, lamina dorsali tenui, simplici, 

 ventrali crassiore, in rugas plurimas transversas profunde ru- 

 minata; cotyledonibus tenuissime foliaceis, ovatis, 3-nerviis, 

 valde divaricatis, in locellis sejunctis utrinque absconditis, 

 radicula supera tereti multo longioribus. 



Frutices alte scandentes, Asia, Australasia, et Africa intertropica : 

 folia petiolata, cordata, submembranacea, S-b-nervia : raccmi 

 simplices, extra-axillares ; ramis plurimis, imo bracteatis, 1-4- 

 floris ; flores aggregati, flavi. 



