Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermacee. 129 
supporting nearly globular drupes, which are tomentose and 
3 inch diameter. 
2. Coscinium Blumeanum, nob., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. vi. 37 ; 
Fl. Ind. i. 79 ;—Cocculus Blumeanus, Wall. ;—ramis petiolis- 
que brunneo velutinis ; foliis valde peltatis, lanceolato-oblongis, 
basi orbicularibus vix cordatis, dehine gradatim angusti- 
oribus, apice repente acutis, 10-nerviis, nervis 2 primis sub- 
parallelis et fere ad apicem continuis, crasso-coriaceis, supra 
nitidissimis, nervis venisque transversis sulcatis, istis subtus 
valde prominentibus, cum pagina inferiore et petiolo longis- 
simo imo apiceque valde tumefacto dense cano- vel gilvo- 
tomentosis ; racemo supra-axillari petiolo subbreviore, floribus- 
que sessilibus, dense aggregatis, gilvo-tomentosis; ramis al- 
ternis subbrevibus, apice globoso-capitatis ; sepalis rotato- 
expansis, superne glabris, flavescentibus, subtus murino- 
tomentosis.—Penang, v. s. in herb. Soc. Linn. et Hook. 3 
(Wall. Cat. No. 4971 a). 
The branches of this very distinct species are clothed with 
dense floccose tomentum, and are 4 inch diam., with internodes 
3 inches apart; the leaves above are very polished, very coria- 
ceous, and below are covered with dense white or yellow tomen- 
tum, mixed with a few brown silky hairs; they are 12 inches 
long, or 102 inches from the insertion of the petiole, 43 to 74 
inches broad below the middle, the petiole being nearly 7 inches 
long, terete, barely a line in diam., but swollen for some length at 
base to a diam. of 4 lines, and thickened at the apex; other 
leaves are of the same length, with nearly parallel sides, about 
33 inches broad, suddenly contracted on the margins opposite 
the insertion of the petiole by a short hollow sinus, and are 
thus somewhat panduriform, the petiole being 5 inches long. 
The male raceme, originating at some distance from the petiole, 
is simple, about 4 or 5 inches long, with ten or fifteen alternate 
curving pedicels 4 inch long, bearing rounded heads, 4 lines 
in diam., of crowded sessile flowers. 
3. Coscinium Wallichianum, nob. loc. cit. p. 87 ;—C. fenestratum, 
Hi. & L, in parte Fl. Ind. 1. 178 ;—vamis petiolisque dense 
fulvo-lanatis ; foliis oblongis, acutis, basi obtuse rotundatis et 
subsinuatis, palaceis, 5-nerviis, crasso-coriaceis, supra omnino 
‘glabris, nitentibus, in nervis sulcatis, subtus dense sulphureo- 
tomentosis ; nervis crassis venisque transversis valde reticu- 
latis prominentibus ; petiolo imo tortuoso et valde incrassato. 
—Singapoor, v.s. in herb. Soc. Linn., sine flore (Wall. Cat. 
4971, sub “ Cocculus Blumeanus ”). 
The authors of the ‘ Flora Indica’ have considered this to be 
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