106 V. MENISPERMACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Pyemrrhmat^ 



gibbous, style-scar lateral ; endocarp subrenifonn. Seed slightly concave 

 ventrally, albumen ; cotyledons oblong, |-terete, very thick, slightly in- 

 curved, radicle minute, ventral. — Disteib. Two species, an Indian and 

 Bornean. 



1. P. pleniflora," ifiers Contrib. iii. 353, 1. 141 ; leaves oblong-lamceo- 

 late qtiite glabrous. P. planiflora, H.f.&T. Fl. Ind. 206. Cocculus plani- 

 florus. Wall. Cat. 4961 {error for pleniflorus). 



SiLHET, Wdllich. 



Branches striate, puberulous. Leaves 5-7 by l|-24 in., thin, coriaoeons, obtusely 

 acuminate, puberulous on the midrib beneath, reticulate; nerves prominent beneath, 

 arphing within the margin ; petiole | in., top clavate. Flowers almost capitate ; pe- 

 duncles J-J in., pubescent, 1-2-flowered, with 2 basal and a median bract. Dru]^s 

 J m., smooth. — P. mecistophylla, Miers I.e. 353, from Assam (Griffith), described from 

 leaves only, does not appear to us to be cougenerio. 



18. KSniATOCA,BFUS, Miers. 



A strong glabrous climber. Leaves very coriaceous, 3-nerved. Mowers 

 in axillary racemes, dioecious. Male fl. : Sepals 9-12 with 3 bracts, large. 

 Petals 6, base minutely auricled. Stamens 6, free ; anther-cells 2, remote on, 

 the face of a large galeate dUated connective, bursting obliquely. Rvdi- 

 mentary carpels 3, minute. Fem. fl. : unknown. Drupes 1-4, large, ovoid 

 flfshy, oblong, stalked, style-scar subbasal; endocarp coriaceous, oblong,, 

 adherent. Seed ohloMg, albumen ; embryo large, cotyledons accumbent, 

 folded on themselves, very thick |-terrete, obtuse ; radicle short, stout, in- 

 ferior. 



1. H. Thomsonl, Miers Contrib. iii. 325, t. 134; leaves oblong obtusely 

 acuminate. F. comptus and incusus, Uiers I.e. 326, 327. Baterium vali- 

 dum, Miers in Tayl. Anal Ser. 3, xiii. 124. Fibraurea? hsematocarpa, 

 E.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 204. 



SiKKiM- Himalaya and Khasia bills, alt. B-4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Branches stout, pale. Leaves 3-4 by lJ-2 in., base obtuse or acute, pale or glabrous 

 beneath, nerves reticulate ; petiole slender, f-1 in. Racemes supra-axillary, solitary 

 OT several, slender, branches short; flowers small; pedicels slender. Sepals ciliate. 

 Petals concave. Fruiting racemes woody, 1-3 in. ; torus globose with 4r-6 scars. 

 Vrupes 14-2 in., smooth, suboblique; stalks 4 in., stout; sarcocarp hard, blood-red; 

 mesocarp traversed by stout vessels from the thin crustaceous endocarp. 



19. ANTZTAXXS, Miers. 



A shrub. Leaves penninerved. Flowers in axillary fascicles, dioecious. 

 JHaue 11. : bepals 8, in decussate pairs ; outer small ; 2 next obovate ; 4 inner 

 larger, orbicular imbricate. Petals 2, obovate. Stamens 4, filaments clavate ; 

 anthers 1-celled, subglobose, bursting transversely. Fem. fl. ; unknown.. 

 Drupes 1-3, subglobose, style-scar ventral ; endocarp thin, fragile, subreni- 

 fonn oblong. Seed subglobose, concave ventrally, albumen 0; cotyledons 

 oblong, i-terete, slightly incurved, very thick; radicle minute, ventral.— 

 JDiSTEiB. Jiastern Archipelago. 



1. A. fasciculata, Miers Contrib. iii. 336^ t. 142 ; leaves oblong acumi- 

 nate glabrous, petiole tomentose. Cocculus lucidus, Teysm. & Ben. Nat. 

 Tvjdsch. IV. 397. 



