CISSUS . AMPELIDEÆ (AUCT. J. E. PLANCHON). 471 
Sælanthus Forsk. Fl. Alg.-Arab., p. 34. Aimenia et Thouina Com- 
mers. mss. in herb. Juss. 
Botria Lour. Fl. Cochinch. I, p. 199, monente Rob. Br., 1. c. Colu- 
mella Lour. Ibid., I, p. 107, non Jacquin nec R. et Pav. Cayratia Juss. 
in Diet. elass. d'hist. nat., IV, p. 346. 
Flores hermaphroditi v. monoico-polygami (?) tetrameri. Petala 4, 
demum patentia, rarius in calyptram plus minus connexa. Discus 
4-lobus, ovarii basi adnatus. Ovarium biloculare, loculis bi-ovulatis. 
Stylus subulatus. Bacca 1-2-3-4-sperma, seminibus ovoideis v. obtuse 
trigonis, facie leviter bifoveolatis. 
Frutices amphigei plerique intertropici, sæpius scandentes et tune 
Cirrhosi, rarius erecti et plus minus ecirrhosi. Inflorescentia cymoso- 
corymbosa, sæpius oppositifolia, nune false axillaris. Fructus inter- 
dum acres v. insipidi v. nauseosi, rarius edules, non vere viniferi. 
Secr. I. EUCISSUS. 
Petala ovato-triangulata v. ovato-oblonga in corollam conicam . 
V. ovatam non constrictam ante anthesim conniventia. 
yma plus minus umbellatim divisæ, cymulis extremis in umbel- 
lulas spurias plus minus contractis. 
Frutices Africani, Asiatici, Australasici et Americani, habitu vario. 
Pedunculi oppositifolii, ses rarissime (in Australasicis) pedunculo 
passim adjectis. 
Sælanthus Forsk. pro parte. 
Irsiola P. Browne. Thouina Commers. 
Secr IL. CAYRATIA A.-L. de Juss. in Dict. class. 
d'hist. nat., IV, p. 346. 
Corolla sect. præcedentis sed basi plus minus inflata, petalis 
demum ab apice patentibus. 
Cymæ divaricato-divisæ. Semina sæpius trigona, plus minus cris- 
tato-muricata. 
Frutices asiatici, africani et australasici, sæpe debiles, plus minus 
herbacei e caudice substerraneo annuis, foliis sepius pedato-divisis. 
Inflorescentiæ sæpius spurie axillares. 
lumella Loureiro, non R. et Pav. 
