98 V. MENisPERMACE^. (Hook. f. &Thoms'.) [Mbranrea. 



3 minute bracts, inner larger. Fetcds 0. Male fl. : Stainem 6, filaments 

 clavate; anthers terminal, adnate, cells spreading, bursting yerticalty 

 Female fl. : Staminodes 6. Ovaries 3, ovoid, 2-ovuled ; stigma sessile, punc-- 

 tiform. Brupes 3, 1-seeded, oblong, terete, style-scar subterminal; ende- 

 carp oblong, dorsally convex, ventrally flattened and channelled, hardly 

 intruded. Seed oblong, terete, reniform on a transverse section, albumen 

 copious, horny ; cotyledons foliaceous, longitudinally curved, oblong, very 

 thin ; radicle short, cylindric. 



1. T. tinctoria, Lour. Fl. Coch. ii. 769 ; leaves 3-nerved from the 

 base or above the base. H. f. S T. Fl. Ind. 204. F. tinctoria, f asciculata, 

 and chloroleuca, Miers ConVrib. iii. 41, 42, t. 93. Cocculus Fibraurea, DG. 

 Prodr. i. 99. 



TssAsa, PUllips ; Malacca, Gnffith.—DisTms. Cochin-China, Borneo. 



Branches pale ; bark lax. Leaves 4r-l by 2-4 in., elliptic-ovate or oblong, thick, 

 coriaceous, obtusely acuminate, shining above, pale beneath, S-plinerved from the base 

 or above it; petiole 14-3 in., striate, subangular. JPanides often fascicled, mudh 

 branched from the base, buds globose ; fruiting panicle 1 ft., woody ; peduncles ^-1 in. 

 Drupes 1 in. — We await evidence of there being more than one known species of this 

 genus, pending which we adhere to the opinion expressed in Flora Indioa. Leaves Wki 

 those of Tmomiscmm ystJoZore, but not reticulate beneath. As Griffith ', (mss. in Herb. 

 Hook.) correctly observes, there are 2 superposed ovules in each ovary, of which the 

 upper only becomes a seed. 



6. ANAmiRTA, Colebrooke. 



A climbing shrub. Flowers panicled. Sepals 6, with 2 appressed bracts. 

 Petals 0. Male fl. : Anthers sessile, on a stout column, 2-celled bursting trans- 

 versely. Fem. fl. : Staminodes 9, clavate, 1 -seriate. Ovaries 3, on a short 

 gynophore ; stigma subcapitate,- reflexed. BrupeS on a 3-fid gynophore, 

 obliquely ovoid, dorsally- gibbous, style-scar subbasal; endocarp woody. 

 Seed globose, embracing the subglobose hollow intruded endocarp, albumen 

 dense, of horny granules ; embryo curved, cotyledons narrow-oblong thin, 

 spreading. 



1. A. Cocculus, W. & A. Prodr. i. 446 ; leaves ovate or ovate-cordate 

 rarely oblong-ovate. H.f.&T. Fl. Ind. 185. A. paniculata, (Joleh. A. 

 flavescens and- toxif era, Miers Gontrih. iii. 51. Menisp. Cocculus, Linn. ; 

 Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 807. M. heteroclitum, Roxh. I.e. 817. CocculusJacunosus, 

 DC. Prodr. i. 97. C. suberosus DG. I.e. ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 11 ; WaM. Gat. 

 . 4954. C. populifoUus, DG. I.e. 



Eastern Ben&al ; Khasia bills ; Assam ; and from Concan and Oeissa to CeyecSh, 

 — ^DisTRiB. Malayan Islands. 



Bark corky ; shoots stout, glabrous, striate. Leaves 4-8 in.llong, as broad or naiTOwer, 

 acute or acuminate, base rarely acute, glabrous above, hairy in the nerve-axils beneath, 

 base 3 nerved ; petiole 2-6 in. Panicles on the Did branches 1-1 4 ft., pendulous. 

 Flowers i-in. diam., glabrous. Sepals deciduous. Drupes | in., black, glabrous. 



7. COSCXNIUnZ, Colebrooke. 



Climbing shrubs. Flowersin dense globose heads. Sepals 6, with a bract, 

 orbicular. Petals 3, large, spreading, elliptic. "Male fl. : Stamens 6, filaments 

 cylindric, 3 inner connate to the middle ; anthers adnate, outer 1- inner 2- 

 celled, bursting vertically. Fem. fl. : Staminodes 6. Ovaries 3-6, subglobose ; 

 styles subulate, reflexed. Drupes globose j endocarp bony. Seed globose. 



