V. MENisPERMACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) 



Drapes -witli a tenninal or subterminal stjle-soar. 



als 12 ; filaments coDnate . . _ 1. Aspidooaeya. 



Sepals 6 ; filaments connate . . .' 2. Parabjena. 



Sepals 6 ; petals 6 ; filaments free 3. Tinospora. 



Sepals 9 ; petals 6 ; filaments free . 4. Tinomisoium. 



Sepals 6 ; petals ; filaments free 5. Fibeadkea. 



* Drupes with a subbasal style-soar. 



lis 6 ; filaments all connate 6. Anamieta. 



lis 9 ; outer filaments free 7. Coscihium. 



Teibe II. Cocculeae. Flowers 3-merous. Ovaries usually 3. Drupe 

 with a subbasal rarely subterminal style-gear. Seed horse-sboe shaped, 

 albumen copious ; embryo slender, cotyledons linear or slightly dilated. 



Petals 6, minute ; ovaries 3-12 ; style subulate 8. Tiliaooea. 



Petals 5-8 ; ovaries 3 ; styles compressed 9. Limacia. 



Petals 6 ; ovaries 3-6 ; styles subulate 10. Cocculus. 



Petals 6 ; ovaries 8; styles forked 11. Pekicampylus. 



Teibe III. Clssampelldeae. Fhwers 3-5-merous. Ovaries usually 

 solitary. Drupe with a subbasal style-scar ; endocarp dorsally muricate or 

 echinate. Seed horse-shoe shaped, albumen scanty ; embryo linear, cotyle- 

 dons appressed. 



Sepals 6-10, free ; petals of g and ? 3-5 free 12. Stephania. 



Sepals 4, free ; petals of ^ 4 connate, of ? 1 13. Cissampelos. 



.Sepals 4-8, connate; petals of (J 4-8 connate, of ? 1 , . .14. Ctclea. 

 Sepals 4-8, connate ; petals of <? 0, of ? 2 saccate . . . .16. Lophophylltjm. 



Teibe IV. Fachyg'onesB. Flowers- usually 3-merous. Ovaries usually 

 3. Drupes with a subbasal or ventral style-scar. Seed curved hooked or 

 inflexed, albumen ; cotyledons thick fleshy. 



Sepals, petals and stamens, 6 each 16. Pachyoone. 



Sepals and petals 6 each ; stamens 9 17. Pycnaeehewa. 



Sepals 9-12 ; petals and stamens 6 each 18. H.ematocaepus. 



Sepals 8; petals 2; stamens 4 19. Antitaxis. 



1. ASFXDOCARVA, H. f. & T. 



A climber. Flowers in slender panicles. Sepals 12, 2-4-seriate, inner 

 broader. Petals 6, short, cuneate. Male fl. : Anthers 6, encircling the 

 top of the staminal column, bursting transversely. Female fl. : Stami- 

 nodes 6, ■ clavate. Ovaries 3 ; stigmas subcapitate. Drupes dorsally com- 

 pressed, style-scar terminal ; endocarp much compressed, keeled dorsally, 

 not intruded, margins winged, toothed. /Sisecil oblong, flat j cotyledons foUa- 

 ceous, base divaricate, then parallel 



1. A. uvifera, E.f. & T.Fl. Ind. 180; leaves subpeltate ovate-cordate, 

 Miers Gontrib. m. 58, t. 99. 



Subtropical forests of Sikkim, alt. 1-5000 ft., S. f.& T. 



Branches slender, terete. Leaves 4-6 hy 3-6 in., long-aourainate, tip obtuse, base 

 sometimes subsagittate, nerves beneath hairy ; petiole 3-4 in., oylindric. Panicles 

 4-8 in., pubescent. Sepals greenish, oiliate. Petals concave. Drvpes |-1 in. ; en- 

 docarp woody, fragile. 



2. PARABJENA, Miers. 



A climber, juice milky. Flowers in axillary dichotomous cymes. Sepals 6, 

 subequal. Petals much smaller. ' Male fl. : Anthers 6, horizontal, encircling 



