100 V. MENISPERMACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [TiliacoT'a. 



Branehes glabrous. Leaves 3-6 bj; li-3i in., ovate, acuminate, glabrous, base 

 acute truncate rounded or subcordate, thin, margin undulate ; petiole 4-1 in. Tamcks 

 6-12 in., hoary, at length glabrous ; branches 1 in., male 3-7-flowered, female simple 

 l-flowered ; bracts oblong or subulate ; flowers yellow. Drupes i in. red.— Mr. Miers 

 (Contributions, I.e.) attributes to us the error of substituting in the Flora Indica the 

 Bpeci6c name oi acuminata for Colebrooke's prior name of racemosa; in this we fol- 

 lowed his paper in Taylor's AiSnals. 



9. XiXnZACIA, Loureiro. 



Climbing shrabs. Flowers in panicles. Sepals 6, 2-seriate, outer smaller. 

 Petals 6 (or 3 ?) much smaller, auricled, embracing the stamens. Male fl. : 

 Stamens 3-9 ; anthers adnate, bursting vertically. Fbm. fl. : Staminodes 6, 

 clavate. Ovaries 3 ; style short, compressed. Drupes obovoid or reniform, 

 style-scar subbasal; endocarp 3-celled, 2 lateral cells empty. /Sfeec? elongate, 

 embracing the intruded endocarp ; embryo slender, cotyledons elongate, 

 4-terete, appressed.— Disteeb. Tropical Asia and Africa. 



* Sepals 8-12, inner imbricate. Hypsekpa, Miers. 



1. Xi. cuspidata, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 189 ; leaves ovate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate glabrous. Cocculus cuspidatus, Wall. Cat. 4960. 

 Hypserpa cuspidata, praevaricata, pauciflora, and uniflora, Miers Cmitrih. ui. 

 102-107, t. 108. 



Tropical forests of Easters Bemoal, the Easteeh Pesinsula, and Cetlos. — ^Dis- 

 TEIB. Malayan Archipelago. 



. £rancMets striate, pubescent. Leaves 2-5 by 1-2 in., thin, shining, 3-nerved, base 

 rounded or cnneate, old glabrous ; petiole 4-1 in. Panicles axillary and supra-axillary, 

 solitary or geminate, female simple shorter ; bracts minute, subulate. Drupes 4 in. 

 long. * 



** Sepals 6-9, inner valvate or Sfubvalvaie. 



2. !■■ triandra, Miers Contrih. iii. 112 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate acute 

 glabrous, panicles l-lj in. racemed shorter than the leaves, stamens 3. 

 E. f. dt T. Fl. Ind. 188. L. Amherstiana and Wallichiana, Miers I.e. 112, 

 113. Menisp. triandrum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 816. Cocculus triandrus. Cole- 

 hrooke in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 64 ; Wall. Gat. 4962, 4959 C. 4958 L. 



From Pegu and Tehassekim to Penang. 



Branches puberulous, then glabrate. Leaves 2-4 by f-4 in. , thin, triplinerved, base 

 rounded; petiole 4 in. Panicle puberulous ; braots minute, deciduous, 3-5-flowered; 

 flowers very minute, yellow. Outer sepals minute, inner oblong. Filaments cuneate- 

 oblong, fleshy ; anther-cells spreading. 



3. Ii. oblong-a, Miers Contrib. iii. 109 ; branches pubescent, leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate glabrous, panicle 3-8 in., stamens 6. — H. f. d: T. Fl. 

 Ind. 189. Cocculus oblongus. Wall. Cat. 4963. 



Penang, Malacca, and Sikcapoee, WaUich, &c. 



Pubescence fulvous. Leaves 3-8 by 1-44 '"•■ acute or acuminate, base subacute or 

 rounded; petiole |-14 in., and nerves beneath pubescent. Panicles supra-axillary; 

 female solitary, males 2-3 superposed, branches 1-2 in. Outer sepals minnte, inner 

 thick, tomentose, subvalvate. Drupes subglobose. 



4. Xi. velutina, Miers Contrih. ui. 110; stem velvety, leaves oblong 

 or ovate-oblong tomentose beneath or on both surfaces, panicles few-flowered, 

 stamens 6. H.f. <fc T. Fl. Ind-. 189. L. distincta and inornata, Miers I.e. 

 iii. t. 109. Cocculus velutinus, Wall. Cat. 4970. 



