208 BENGAL PLANTS. (Anam 
globose, surrounding the intruded pericarp; albumen gram 
horny; embryo curved. cotyledons thin. 
43. Anammra Coccunus W. & A.; F. B. I. i. 98; EB. D. A. 1088 
Menispermum Cocculus F. I. iii. 807, 
rissa. 
A climbing shrub, with ovate, cordate leaves. Verna. 
24. Stephania Lour. ; 
leaves usually peltate. Flowers in ee af 
umbellate cymes. ¢ Sepals 6-10, free, ovate or obovate. Pe ¢ 
3-5, obovate, fleshy. Anthers 6, connate, encircling the top of the 
; dehiscence transverse. Sepals Bi = wild : 
Staminodes 0, Carpel solitary, style 3-6-partite. F - 
drupe-like, glabrous; endocarp compressed, heen : 
tubercled on the back, hollow and perforated on the sides. i 
almost annular ; cotyledons long, slender, ee 
STE HERNANDIFOLIA Walp.; F. B. I. i. 103; E. : 
8. 2794. Cissampelos hernandifolia F. I. iii. 842. “ 
Common in hedges and thickets. - 
A slender climber with somewhat peltate leaves. Beng- a 
A’kanddi, nimukha. 
Climbing shrub; 
25. Cissampelos Linn. : 
Shrubs, suberect or climbing; leaves often peltate. 3 F ne : 
Cymose. Sepals 4, rarely 5-6, erose. Petals 4, connate "e : 
4-lobed cup. <Anthers 4, connate, encircling the top o bi 4 
3 dehiscence transverse. 9 Flowers rac 17 
of leafy bracts. Sepals 2, petals 0; or ya 
rac 
cotyledons. 
TRA Stisa: F. B. I. i. 108; E. D. C. 1206. 2 
C. Caapeba F, I. iii, 849, C. convolulacea F, I. iii. 842: 
ehar ; W. Bengal; Chota N ur. 
A climbing plant with generally peltate leaves ; the female 
racemes with leafy imbricated bracts. Santal. Tej® 
Malla; Beng, Ekleja. ' 
