Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermacese. 319 



pallidis, supra pubescentibus, subtus cano-tomentosis ; petiolo 

 limbo paulo breviore; racemis siipra-axillaribus, simplicibus ; 

 floribus paucis^ aggregatis, sepalis expansis, petalis subin- 

 tegris, drupis aurantiacis. — la Bengalia et Ava, v.s. sine flore 

 aut fructu, in herb. Soc. Linn. (Wall. Cat. 4956 a, b). 



Colebrook states that its leaves are from 3 to 6 inches long, 

 and about the same breadth, with a petiole of nearly equal 

 length. In WallicVs specimen they are 4 inches long, 3^ inches 

 broad, sinuated near the summit ; the apex is obtusely narrowed 

 and deeply emarginated, the petiole being 3 inches long. In 

 Roxburgh's specimen, the sinuated margins are almost obsolete, 

 while the summit has a deep emargination, with a mucronate 

 point : it is 4 inches long, 3^ inches broad, the petiole, thickened 

 at its base, being 2^ inches long. The drupes are said to be 

 orange-red, the size of a large pea, enclosing a tuberculated 

 putamen. 



5. Tinospora glauca, nob.; — Cocculus glaucus, DC. Syst. i. 521, 

 Prodr. i. 97; — Menispermum glaucum. Lam. Did. iv. 100; 

 Rumph. Amb. v. 40, t. 25. f. 1 ; — ramulis teneribus, teretibus, 

 pilosis ; foliis vagis, orbiculari-cordatis, acuminatis, imo ma- 

 cula purpurascente notatis, et hinc 5-nerviis, supra flavescen- 

 tibus, subtus glaucis et pubescentibus ; petiolo rigido, imo 

 recurvo, folio fere dimidio breviore ; racemis paniculatis, pe- 

 tiolo brevioribus, drupis purpureo-nigricantibus, parvis. — 

 In Amboyna. 



This is described as a climber, with distant leaves, 3-4 inches 

 long, and of equal breadth. Lamarck considered this species 

 to be distinguished from the preceding ones by its much shorter 

 racemes and its much smaller drupes of a blackish hue, scarcely 

 as large as a peppercorn : its putamen is somewhat compressed 

 and tuberculated. 



6. Tinospora crispa, nob.. Hook. & Th. /. c. 183 ; — Cocculus 

 crispus, DC. Syst. i. 521, Prodr. i. 97 ; Colebr. I. c. p. 60, 

 tab. 5. f. 3 ; — Menispermum crispum, Linn. ; — Menispermum 

 tuberculatum, Lam. Diet. iv. 96 ; — Menispermum verrucosum, 

 Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 808; — ramis glaberrimis, cortice nitido, 

 laxo, brunnescente, striato-corrugato, remotiuscule verrucosis ; 

 foliis interdum crebriter approximatis, longissime petiolatis, 

 suborbicularibus, imo late 2-sinuato-cordatis, apice,subito ac 

 breviter acutis, valde membranaceis, 5-7-nerviis, sub lente 

 rugoso-punctulatis, utrinque glaberrimis, glauco-pallidis, ner- 

 vis subtenuibus paulo prominulis et rufulis; petiolo limbo 

 multo longiore, compresso, sulcato-striato, imo incrassato 



