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1. Tinospora cordifulia, nob., Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3. vii. 38; 

 Hook. & Th. Fl. Tnd. i. 184;— Cocculus cordifolius, DC. SysL 

 i. 518, Prodr. i. 97; Rheede, Hort. Mai vii. 39, tab. 21; 

 W. 6f A. FL Ind. i. 12 ; Wight, Icon. ii. tab. 485, 486 ; Colebr, 

 Linn. Trans, xiii. 62 ; — Cocculus convolvulaceus, DC. Sj/st. i. 

 518, Prodr. i. 97; — Cocculus verrucosus. Wall. Cat. {pariim); 

 — Menispermum cordifolium, Willd. iv. 826; Ro:vb. FL Ind. 

 iii. 811; — raniulis teretibus, striatis, cortice laxo, nitente, 

 tuberculato; foliis suborbicularibus, late cordatis, acutis aut 

 repente tenuiter acumiuatis, glaberrimis, submembranaceis, 

 7-nerviis, subtus subglaucis ; petiolo limbo breviore aut sub- 

 sequilongo ; racemis in axillis solitariis, simplicibus, glabris, 

 6 folio brcvioribus, $ folio longioribus ; floribus S fasciculatis, 

 5 solitariis ; drupis rubris, cerasiformibus, siccitate pisi magni- 



tudine. — In India orientali, v. s. in herb. Soc. Linn., Mungger 

 (Wall. Cat. 4955), Ava (Wall. Cat. 4966 b, sub Coc. verru- 

 cosus) ; in herb. Mus. Brit, et Hook. (Wight, 44), &c. 

 This species appears to have an extensive range all over the 

 peninsula of India, extending even to Ceylon : the length of 

 the leaves is 2-4 inches, their breadth is the same, or more ; 

 the petiole is 1 ^-2^ inches long ; on their under surface, at the 

 junction of the nerves (which, however, are not connected by a 

 membrane), an oblong brown spot is usually seen between them; 

 the S raceme is 2|- inches, the $ 5 inches long. C. cordi- 

 foliiis,J)C., seems to be the S , and C. convolvulaceus, DC, the 

 ? plant. In the male flower, the petals are 3-lobed, and their 

 inflected lobes embrace the filaments ; in the female, the petals 

 are cuneately oblong, with entire margins, which are not inflected: 

 the inner sepals scarcely exceed a line in length. 



2. Tinospora palminervis, nob.; — Cocculus verrucosus. Wall, 

 partim); — cortice laxo, verrucoso; ramulis junioribus subangu- 

 latis, glabris, lenticellisparvis signatis; foliis remotis, deltoideo- 

 oblougis, acuminatis, marginibus integris vel repando-sinuatis, 

 imo cordatis, sinu subangulato, 5-7-nerviis, membranaceis, 

 glaberrimis, supra pallidis, subtus glaucis, hinc nervis ad con- 

 cursum basalem membranula ligatis ; petiolo limbo fere 3-plo 

 breviore; racemis 6 geminis vel solitariis, supra-axillai'ibus, 

 gracilibus, folio vix longioribus ; floribus 2-3, in ramis brevi- 

 bus pedicellatis. — In Birma, v. s. in herb. Soc. Linn., Fluv. 

 Irawaddi (Wall. Cat. 4966). 



In its general features this species approaches the preceding, 

 both having cordate, glabrous, pale, membranaceous leaves upon 

 very slender petioles, which seldom exceed half the length of the 

 blade ; they have a similar verrucose bark ; but the leaves are 

 deltoidly oblong, acute, with sinuose margins, and the basal 



