Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermacee. 317 
1. Tinospora cordifolia, nob., Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vii. 38 ; 
Hook. & Th. Fl. Ind. i. 184 ;—Cocculus cordifolius, DC. Syst. 
1.518, Prodr. 1. 97; Rheede, Hort. Mal. vii. 39, tab. 21; 
W. & A. Fl. Ind.i. 12; Wight, Icon. ui. tab. 485, 486 ; Colebr. 
Linn. Trans. xiii. 62 ;—Cocculus convolvulaceus, DC. Syst. i. 
518, Prodr. 1. 97 ;—Cocculus verrucosus, Wall. Cat. (partim); 
—Menispermum cordifolium, Willd. iv. 826; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 
ii. 811 ;—ramulis teretibus, striatis, cortice laxo, nitente, 
tuberculato ; foliis suborbicularibus, late cordatis, acutis aut 
repente tenuiter acuminatis, glaberrimis, submembranaccis, 
7-nerviis, subtus subglaucis; petiolo limbo breviore aut sub- 
eequilongo ; racemis in axillis solitariis, simplicibus, glabris, 
3 folio brevioribus, 9 folio longioribus ; floribus ¢ fasciculatis, 
@ solitariis ; drupis rubris, cerasiformibus, siccitate pisi magni- 
tudine.—In India oriental, v.s. in herb. Soc. Linn., Mungger 
(Wall. Cat. 4955), Ava (Wall. Cat. 4966 B, sub Coc. verru- 
cosus) ; in herb. Mus. Brit. et Hook. (Wight, 44), &c. 
This species appears to have an extensive range all over the 
peninsula of India, extending even to Ceylon: the length of 
the leaves is 2-4 inches, their breadth is the same, or more; 
the petiole is 14-2 inches long; on their under surface, at the 
junction of the nerves (which, however, are not connected by a 
membrane), an oblong brown spot is usually seen between them; 
the g¢ raceme is 21 inches, the @ 5 inches long. C. cordi- 
folius, DC., seems to be the ¢, and C. convolvulaceus, DC., the 
? plant. In the male flower, the petals are 3-lobed, and their 
inflected lobes embrace the filaments ; in the female, the petals 
are cuneately oblong, with entire margins, which are not inflected: 
the inner sepals scarcely exceed a line in length. 
2. Tinospora palminervis, nob.;—Cocculus verrucosus, Wail. 
partim) ;—cortice laxo, verrucoso ; ramulis junioribus subangu- 
latis, glabris, lenticellis parvis signatis ; foliis remotis, deltoideo- 
? 5 . 3 . . . . 5 . J . 3 . . 
oblongis, acuminatis, marginibus integris vel repando-sinuatis, 
imo cordatis, sinu subangulato, 5—7-nerviis, membranaceis, 
glaberrimis, supra pallidis, subtus glaucis, hine nervis ad con- 
cursum basalem membranula ligatis ; petiolo limbo fere 3-plo 
breviore ; racemis ¢ geminis vel solitariis, supra-axillaribus 
ee tt ne Gon ee CBRE? - 
gracilibus, folio vix longioribus ; floribus 2-3, in ramis brevi- 
bus pedicellatis—aIn Birma, v. s. in herb. Soc. Linn., Fluy. 
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Trawaddi (Wall. Cat. 4966). 
In its general features this species approaches the preceding, 
both having cordate, glabrous, pale, membranaceous leaves upon 
very slender petioles, which seldom exceed half the length of the 
blade; they have a similar verrucose bark; but the leaves are 
deltoidly oblong, acute, with sinuose margins, and the basal 
