Anamirta.] 5. MENisPERMAf'EyF. 7 



ANAMIRTA, Coleb. 

 A cliiubing shrub. Flowers panicled. Sepals 6, a little unequal. 

 Petals 0. Male fl. Anthers sessile on a column. Female fl. Stami- 

 nodes 9, clavate, 1-seriate. Ovaries 3 on a short gpiophore. Stigma 

 reflexed. Drupes stalked ; putanien woody. Seed globose embracing 

 the hollow intruded endocarp. Albumen almost ruminate. 



A. Cocculus, W. & A. Prodr. I. 440 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 08 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 8 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 4 ; Vern. Icakaphnla, Icakmarl. Kou- 

 kan ; North Kdnara. " Berries size and colour of a black cherry," Roxb. 



TILIACORA, Coleb. 



A climbing shrub. Flowers in axillary panicles. Sepals Q, 2- 

 seriate, outer much smaller. Petals 6, minute, cuneate. Male fl. 

 Stamens 6, free. Female fl. Carpels 9-12 ; styles short subulate. 

 Drupes stalked ; putamen sulcate. Albumen oily, ruminate. 



T. racemosa, Coleb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. Q7 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 99. 

 Konkan, not mentioned by Dalz. & Gibs, in the Bombay Flora; not 

 observed in North Kanara. Fl. throughout the year. Brandis. 



COCCULUS, DC. 



Climbers. Sepals G, inner 3 larger. Petals G, shorter than the 

 sepals, entire or 2-cleft. Male fl. ; stamens 6, free, embraced by 

 the petals. Female fl. Staminodes G or 0. Ovaries 3-G. Drupes 

 laterally compressed, style scar nearly basal. Endocarp tubcrculate, 

 horse-shoc-shaped. 



Leaves more or less glabrous, suborbicular, long petioled. 



Flowers in large panicles. Drupe 1 in. in diam. ... C. macrocarpus. 

 Leaves ovate, villous. Flowers in short panicles ... C. viUosus, 



Leaves oblong or trapezoid, glabrate. Male flowers 



fascicled. Female flowers solitary. Drupe 1/12 to 1,G in. C. Leaha, 



C. macrocarpus, W. k A. Prodr. 13; Fl. Br. I. 1. 101; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. -5. Vatoll, vafijd, M. Konkan; North Kdnara along banks 

 of rivers and nalas and in moist forests locally abundant. Fl. Feb. 

 Mch. Fr. May. 



C._ villosus, DC. Prod. I. 98; Fl. Br. 1. 1. 101 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. i) ; Brandis For. Fl. 9. Ktirsan, zamir, Sind ; vasanvel, M. ; vasandi, 

 Sans. Common in hedges througliout the presidency. Fl. Feb. Mch. 



C. Leseba, DC. Prod. I, 99 ; Fl. Br. 1. 1. 102 ; Brandis For. Fl. 9. 

 Deccan ; Siud, in dry and arid regions. Fl. throughout the year. 



STEPHANIA, Lour. 

 Climbing shrubs with peltate leaves. Flowers in axillary, cymose 

 umbels. Male fl. Sepals G- 10. Petals 3-5, fleshy. Anthers 6, con- 

 nate, at top of stamina! column, transversely dehiscent. Female fl. 

 Sepals 3-5. Petals of the male. Ovary 1 ; style 3-G-divided. Endo- 

 carp compressed, horse-shoe-shaped, dorsally tubercled; sides per- 

 forated. 



