MÉNISPERMACÉES.: 33 
GENERA 
[ COCCULEÆ. 
1. Coceulus Baun. — Flores diœci, regulares. Sepala libera 6, 2-se- 
rialia, v. rarius 9-12 ; exterioribus 3-6 brevioribus bracteiformibus ; 
præfloratione subvalvata v. imbricata. Petala 6, 2-serialia, sepalis bre- 
viora, Concava v. circa filamenta involuta, integra v. 2-fida. Stamina 6 
(in flore fæmineo sterilia), rarius in floribus nonnullis numero (7-10) 
accreta (Sehoynia); filamentis liberis; antheris terminalibus v. latera- 
libus et subextrorsis (Limacia), 2-ocularibus, sæpe 4-obis, 2-rimosis. 
Carpella plerumque 3, sepalis exterioribus opposita, libera; ovariis 
1-locularibus ; stylis forma variis, cylindricis v. compresso-dilatalis, 
erectis v. recurvis, apice attenuato v. varie dilatato, integro v. 2-fido, 
stigmatiferis. Ovula solitaria (v. 2; altero minimo abortivo) descen- 
dentia, anatropa ; micropyle extrorsum supera. Drupæ subrotundatæ 
V. obovatæ, rarius elongatæ (Diploclisia), sæpius a latere compressæ ; 
Sly cicatrice a basi parum remota ; putamine areuato v. bippocrepi- 
formi, utroque latere concavo, plus minus intromissd, dorso tuber- 
Culato v. eristato : processubus imperforatis (Pericampylus) v. plus minus 
perforatis, intus ex utroque latere et plus minus supra basin intrusis. 
Semen hippocrepiforme; embryonis in axi albuminis elongati colyle- 
donibus linearibus appressis. — Frutices scandentes; caulhibus sarmen- 
tosis, sæpius volubilibus, lignosis v. rarius subherbaceis ; folis alternis 
petiolatis exstipulaceis, basi integris v. rarius subpeltatis cordatisve; flo- 
ribus in racemos simplices v. sæpius ramososcymiferos dispositis. (Orbts 
lol. reg. trop. et subtrop.) — Vid. p. 1. 
2. Menispermum T. — Flores Cocculi. Stamina 12-æ (in flore 
fæmineo sterilia 6); antheris terminalibus, 4-lobis. Carpella 3-6; stylis 
1, — 3 
