30” 
putamen horse-shoe-shaped, crested on the back, laterally excavated 
on both sides, imperforated : cotyledons elongated. 
(1) P. incanus. (Miers.) 
Ident. Miers. in Tayl. Ann. Ser. H. VIE. p. 40.—Hook. & 
Thoms. Flor. Ind. I. p. 194. 
Syn. Cocculus incanus, Colebr. in Linn. Trans. XIII. p. 57. 
—Clypea corymbosa, Blume.—Cissampelos Mauritiana, Wall, (not 
Dec.)—Menispermum villosum, Road. fi. Ind. 1I1. p. 812. 
Spec. Cuan. Climbing shrub: leaves very broad, slightly cor- 
date at the base, subpeltate, mucronated, sometimes retuse, glabrous 
above, ashy-tomentose or hoary below, 5-nerved: cymes bi-tricho- 
tomous, shorter than the leaf: bracts subulate at the ramifications : 
sepals villous on the back: petals trapezoid, inflexed at the mar- 
gins: drupes red: putamen marked at the back with 3 rows of 
obtuse tubercles. 
Assam. Khasia. Silhet. Chittagong. 
GENUS X. STEPHANIA. 
Diecia Monandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Stephane, a crown, alluding to the anthers sur- 
rounding the tops of the filaments in the form of a golden crown. 
Gen. Cuar. Climbing shrub. Mate. Sepals 6-10, in two 
rows, oval or obovate: petals 3-5, obovate, fleshy. Frm. Sepals 
3-5: petals as many: drupe solitary: putamen compressed, horse- 
shoe-shaped, tubercled at the back, excavated at the sides and per- 
forated with a circular hole. 
(1) S. evecans. (H. F. § T.) 
Ident. Hook. & Thoms. Flor. Ind. I. p. 195. 
Spec. Cuar. Leaves deltoid, acuminated, truncated or cordate 
at the base, quite glabrous: peduncles very slender, usually longer 
than the petioles: umbels many-rayed, sometimes twice-divided : 
sepals broad-ovate, acuminated: drupes subglobose, red: flowers 
purple or green. 
Khasia. Assam. Flowering in June and July. 
(2) S. neRwanpirotia. (Wailp.) 
a Walp. Rep. I. p. 96.—Hook. & Thoms. Flor. Ind. I. p. 
Syn. Cissampelos hernandifolia, Willd.—Clypea hernandifolia; 
