258 Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermacese. 



albuminis immersus, coUjledonibus incumbentibus, radicula 

 supera ad stylum spectante longioribus. 

 Frutices America intertropica volubiles, raniulis tomentosis ; folia 

 orbicularia vel ovata, subacuta, imo sape cordata, supra gla- 

 bra, subtus foment osa, 3-5 -nervia, nervis extus ramosis et 

 iransversim crasse venosis ; petiolo longiusculo, pubere : racemi 

 paniculati, axillares, sapissime longissimi, tomentosi ; flores 

 minuti, pilosi. 



The following is a list of the species already given in my 

 'Contributions to Botany/ where the characters are given at 

 full length : — 



§ 1. Abuta vera : folia crasso-coriacea, subtiis valde tomentosa, 

 nervis extus ramosis, grossis, valde prominentibus ; sta- 

 mina in S glabra ; plantce scandentes. 



1. Abuta racemosa, Aublet (non alioruni). — Guiana; Cayenne 



(Aublet). 



2. — — bar bat a, nob. ; — Abuta rufescens, TV. ^ PL {non Aubl.). 



— Cayenne (Sagot, 919). 

 3. Candollei, Tr. &P1.; — Abuta rufescens, DC. {nonAubL). 



—Guiana (Sagot, 1264). 

 4. heterophylla, nob. ; — Cissampclos convexa, Veil. Fl. 



Flum. X. tab. 142; — C. tomentosa. Veil. I. c. tab. 143; — 



Cocculus tomentosus. Mart, {non Coleb.) ; — C. Martii, St. 



Hil. ^ Tul. ; — Rio de Janeiro. 

 5. macrophylla, nob, ; — Cocculus macrophyllus, St. Hil. ^ 



Tul.; — Cissampclos Abutua, Veil. I.e. tab. 140. — Rio de 

 . Janeiro. 



6. oblonga, nob.; — Cayenne (Martin, c? & $ ; Le Blond, $ ). 



7. cuspidata, nob. ; — Abuta rufescens, Benth. {non Aubl.). 



— Barra (Spruce). 



Var. ovalifolia, nob. ; — Abuta Grisebachii, Tr. ^ PL — 

 San Gabriel (Spruce, 2340). 

 8. rigida, nob. — Barra (Spruce). 



Species illata, mihi omnino ignota. 



9. oblongifolia ; — Cocculus oblongifolius, Mart, {non DC). 



— Rio de Janeiro. 

 10. Imene; — Cocculus Imene, Mart. — Hyapura. 



§ 2. Batschia : folia minus coriacea, subglabra, nervis minus 

 crassis et prominentibus ; stamina in ^ pilosa ; arbus- 

 culce erecta ? 



11. -racemosa, Tr. & PL; — Batschia racemosa, Thunb.; — 



Trichoa racemosa, Pers. — Rio Magdalena (Triana). 



12. Seemanni, Tr. & PI.;— Abuta spicata, Tr. ^ P/.;— 



Batschia spicata, Thunb. ;— Batschia conferta, nob. olim; — 



