Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermacez. 131 
imbricata. Petala nulla. Stamina 12, 4-serialia, libera, 
quorum 6 sepalis opposita et breviora, 6 interiora longiora et 
alterna, erecta, longitudine sepalorum ; filamenta lata, mem- 
branacea ; anthere 2-lobe, lobis fere parallelis, dorso affixis, 
rima longitudinali introrsum dehiscentibus ; ovari vestigium 
nullum.—Fem. Sepala 6, obovata. Petala 6, iis opposita, triplo 
breviora, lineari-oblonga, carnosa, intus profunde canali- 
formia. Stamina sterilia 6, petalis paulo longiora; anthere 
glanduliformes, effcete. Ovaria 3 vel 4, hbera, gynzecio glo- 
boso insita, gibboso-oblonga, glabra, 1-locularia; ovulo soli- 
tario lateri ventrali appenso. St ylus brevis, crassus. Stigma 
in lacinias plurimas acutas irregulares radiatas fissum. 
Drupz 3, globoso-oblongze, styli vestigio paulo excentrico 
apiculate, carnose, glabre; putamen tenuiter chartaceum, 
meniscoideo-ovatum, dorso globosum, ventre concavum, mar- 
gine chartaceo in dentes pluri imos acutos irregulariter serrato, 
apiceque spina obliqua armatum, et dehine carina brevi serrata 
facie ventrali notatum, 1- loculare ; condylus subobsoletus, scu- 
tiformis, extus concavus, intus valde convexus, et intra locu- 
lum protensus ; semen loculo conforme, meniscoideum, funi- 
culo brevi ex apice condyli suspensum; integumenta mem- 
branacea, raphe longitudinali ventrali non procul ab apice ad 
basin extensa; embryo in albumine fere simplici inclusus ; 
radicula minima, supera ; cotyledones ovales, tenuiter foliaceze, 
stipitate, primo paulo imbricatz, dein valde divaricatee et in 
locellis distinctis albuminis sepultz. 
Frutex scandens Americe Septentrionalis ; folia longe petiolata, 
profunde 5-loba, marginibus sinuata: panicule racemose, axil- 
lares; 3 elongate, multiflore; 2 breves, pauciflore. 
1. Calycocarpum Lyoni, Nutt. in Torr. & Gr. Fl. N. Amer, 1. 48 ; 
A. Gray, Gen. Unit. St. 1. 75, pl. 80 ;—Menispermum Lyoni, 
Pursh, Fl. Bor. Am. it. 871; DC. Syst. i. 541 ;—scandens, 
ramulis teneribus, striatulis ; foliis profunde cordatis, palmato- 
lobatis, lobis 3-5, subzequalibus, subellipticis, acuminatis, 
margine irregulariter smuato-dentatis, supra viridibus, subtus 
flavido- -opacis, utrinque sparsim pilosis; petiolo longissimo, 
glabro, striato, imo tumidulo ; panicula racemosa, 3 folium cum 
petiolo subzequante ; ramis alternis e basi iter umque ramosis, 
plurifloris; floribus parvis, iridescenti-albis, imo bracteola 
donatis.—In Alabama, Tennessee, et Kentucky. 
In the specupens I have seen, the branches are 13 line diam., 
the leaves 53 inches diam.; the deep lobes, with ued sinus, 
are 23-33 inches long, 14 inch bread ; the petiole is 5 inches 
long, + line thick, palately inserted ; the axillary panicle, in form 
of a slender raceme, is 10 inches long, with branches varying 
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