128 Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermacee. 
racemus ¢ supra-axillaris, petiolo brevior ; flores minuti, in 
capitulis pedunculatis sessiles, et dense aggregati, omnino cano- 
tomentosi. 
1. Coscinium fenestratum, Coleb. Linn. Trans. xui. 51; Flor. Ind. 
i. 178;—Menispermum fenestratum, Gaertner, Fr. i. 219, 
tab. 46. f.5; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 809; DC. Syst.i.541, Prodr. 
i. 103 ;—ramulis teretibus, striatis, ferrugineo-tomentosis ; 
¢ foliis palatis, rotundato-ovatis, imo truncatis et 2-sinuatis, 
in lobo medio anguste cordatis, apice breviter et subito lineari- 
attenuatis, ad marginem sepe acute ac breviter lobatis, 5- 
nerviis, crasso-coriaceis, supra lucidis, planis, in nervis sulcatis, 
sub lente tenuissime reticulatis, subtus fulvo vel cano-tomen- 
tosis ; nervis crassis extus ramosis venisque transversis promi- 
nentibus ; petiolo longo, ferrugineo-tomentoso, imo tortuoso et 
incrassato ; racemo supra-axillari, tomentoso, petioli tertia parte 
longitudinis ; ramis plurimis, longis, divaricatis, apice capitu- 
latis, capitulis e floribus sessilibus arcte aggregatis: 9 foliis 
subpeltatis, deltoideo-ovatis, acutis, acumine lineari-attenuatis, 
imo truncatis, aut vix cordatis, ad marginem plus minusve 
lobatis, lobis rotundatis vel subito valde attenuatis, 5-nerviis 
(preeter alios nervos 4 basales vix conspicuos), supra lucidis ; 
racemo fructifero e pedunculo supraaxillari valido, petioli tertia 
parte longitudinis, apice subumbellatim pedicellato ; pedicellis 
elongatis, crassiusculis, drupas globosas 8-2-1 breviter stipi- 
tatas gerentibus.—Ceylon, v. s. an herb. Mus. Brit. (Konig) ; 
in herb. Lindl.; im herb. Champ. 3 et 9. 
In K6nig’s specimen the leaves are 64 inches long, 4} inches 
broad, the first pair of nerves running nearly parallel with the 
margin to near the apex, the petivle measuring 4 inches. In 
Prof. Lindley’s plant, the leaves are 7 inches long, 5? inches 
broad, on a petiole 34 inches; here the first pair of nerves some- 
times terminates in a short acute lobe. In Major Champion’s 
6 plant, the leaves, though much broader and of similar shape 
at base, are 64 inches long, 5? inches broad, on a petiole nearly 
3 inches long: in the 9 plant, the leaves are distinctly peltate, 
41_5 inches long, 4 inches broad at base, tapering gradually in 
a sinuous line to an attenuated apex; here the second pair of 
nerves are often extended into two acute, deep, nearly basal 
lobes; the petiole is 3 inches long, twisted and tumid at base, 
and inserted into the blade 2 or 3 lines within the basal margin. 
In the male plant, the inflorescence is about 1 inch long, with 
numerous branchlets extending at right angles about 4} an inch 
iong, each terminated by a globular head 2 or 3 lines im diam. 
In the fructiferous plant the peduncle is strong, 1-2 inches long, — 
terminated by several radiating pedicels 8-9 lines long, each 
