24 V. MENISPEBMACE.F [Cyclea 



1. C. peltata, Hook. fil. & Thorns. Vein. Paryel, Mar. 



Leaves deltoid, entire, branchlets petioles and underside of leaves hairy, 

 .<£ : Calyx campanulate, 4-lobed, corolla an irregularly 4-lobed cup. Drupe 

 pilose. 



Sikkim, Assam, Kliasi hills, Burma, Western coast of the Peninsula, from the Kon- 

 kan southwards. PI. B. S. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Nearly allied and very 

 similar : 2. C. Burmanni Miers, Western Ghats and coast from the Konkan southwards, 

 Ceylon. Leaves elongate, deltoid, acuminate, slightly undulate or sinuate, corolla 

 urceolate, nearly entire, drupes pearly white, the dense masses of fruit like miniature 

 bunches of white grapes. 



Lophophyllum bieristatum, Griff. ; PI. Brit. Ind. i. 105, is a tall woody climber of the 

 lower hills of Sikkim (to 2,000 ft.), Bhutan, the Khasi hills and Manipur. Branchlets, 

 petioles and underside of leaves harry ; leaves cordate, not peltate ; tertiary nerves promi- 

 nently reticulate, <? without petals, ? with 2 fleshy sepals. One circle only of wood 

 wedges, which bifurcate near the bark. 



3. TINOSPORA, Miers ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 96. 



Deciduous climbers, sterns succulent, corky ; leaves membranous, not peltate, 

 with 5-7 basal nerves. PL, when the plant is leafless, in axillary or terminal 

 racemes or panicles. Sepals 6, the 3 inner larger'; petals 6, smaller than the 

 inner sepals. J 1 : Stamens 6, free, filaments thick, often adnate to petals, 

 anther cells bursting obliquely. $ : Staminodes 6, clavate, ovaries 3, stigma 

 broad. Drupes 1-3, style scar terminal, seed generally curved round the 

 intruded endocarp. Species 9, tropics of Asia, Australia and Africa. 



1. T. cordifolia, Miers. — Syn. Cocculus cordifolius, DC; Wight Ic. t. 

 485, 486. Vern. Babindu, Pb. ; Gulel, guloh, gurach, Hind. ; Gulwail, Mar. 



A glabrous climber. Leaves cordate, blade l-2i in., petiole 1-2 in. long. 

 PI. yellow, in slender racemes or racemose panicles, drupes 1-3, red, succulent, 

 J in. diam., endocarp smooth. 



Subhimalayan tract, from the Jumna eastwards, Central India and Western Peninsula, 

 Chittagong, Andamans. PI. February- April. Nearly allied : 2. T. midiflora, Kurz, 

 F. Fl. i. 52. Sindon mamce, Burm. Lower Burma. Shoots densely whitish-tomentose. 

 Leaves ovate, softly pubescent, pale beneath, drupes juicy, 1 in. diam., orange-yellow. 



3. T. malabarica, Miers ; Trimen Handbook Ceylon, i. 38. 



Stems -| in. diam., smooth and shining, bark papery, shoots pubescent, 

 leaves cordate, pubescent above, whitish-tomentose beneath, blade 4-5 in. 

 Ripe carpels crimson, i in. diam., endocarp tubercled. , 



Western Peninsula, Sikkim, Khasi hills and Chittagong. Fl. February-May. 

 Following Trimen I unite with this : T. tomentosa, Miers ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 96. 

 Nearly allied : 4. T. crispa, Miers. Assam to Burma, Malay Peninsula. Leaves glabrous, 

 blade 2-6 in., petiole 1-3 in. long, drupe 1 in. long, ovoid. 



4. ASPIDOCARYA, Hook. fil. & Thorns.; PL Brit. Ind. i. 95. 



1. A. uvifera, Hook. fil. & Thorns, (the only species). 



A climber, leaves ovate-cordate, slightly peltate, basal nerves 3-5, petioles 

 2-3 in. Fl. in slender panicles. Sepals green, 12, in 2—4 rows, the 6 outer 

 narrow, the 6 inner broadly-ovate or orbicular. Petals 6, smaller than the 

 inner sepals, obovate, the edges incurved. <J : Anthers 6, bursting trans- 

 versely, on the top of a slender staminal column. § : 6 clavate staminodia 

 opposite to petals and enveloped by them, 3 carpels, united at the top by a 3 fid 

 stigma. Fruit a fleshy edible drupe, consisting of one flat 1 -seeded carpel, 

 § in. long, rarely 2 or 3, style scar terminal. 



Sikkim, ascending to 5,000 ft. Fl. H. S. 



Parabaena sagittata' Miers. Subhimalayan tract from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 



