Tinospora.'] flora indica. 183 



shape of the embryo and the nature of the albumen of Chasmanthera were not de- 

 terminable in the seed examined. 



In a Tinospora which we refer to T. crista, Miers, a portion of stem, probably six 

 to eight years old, is loose, and soft and spongy, about half an inch in diameter, and 

 has the following structure: — Pith one-third the diameter of the stem, of large 

 hexagonal utricles, full of starch. Medullary rays and bark the same. Wood-wedges 

 small, about twenty, half-way between centre and circumference, often lobed, and 

 with traces of annual increase, divided by broad medullary rays, broadly lanceolate 

 on a transverse section, formed of dotted or perforated pleurenchyma, and large 

 dotted ducts, with oblique gashes on their waUs. Mber-bundles arcuate, rather 

 distant from the wood, often confluent into a narrow zone. Bark of delicate utri- 

 cular tissue, fuU of starch ; outer layer of many rows of parallel radially compressed 

 cells. Epidermis covered with many longitudinal rimse, each with a central furrow 

 and prominent cellular Ups. 



1. T. tomentosa (Miers in Taylor's Annals, ser. 2. vii. 38); foliis 

 subtrilobis subtus tomentosis. — Cocculus tomentosus, Colebr. in Linn. 

 Tr. xiii. 59 ; TFall. Gat. 4956 1 Menispermum tomentosum, Roxb. M. 

 Tnd. iii. 813. 



Hab. In dumetis Bengaliae, Roxb.! Ava, Wall.! — (Fl. Febr. Mart.) 

 {v. s.) 



Friitex alte scandens, cortice einereo, pustulis scabris tecto ; partes novelise to- 

 mentosse. Folia rotundato-eordata, antice repanda, vel plus minus triloba, utrinque 

 (subtus prffisertim) tomentosa, 3-6 poll, longa et fere sequilata. Fetioli folia fere 

 a;quantes, tomentosi, Bacemi solitarii vel faseiculati, plerumque simplices, floribus 

 in axillis bractearum minutarum deciduarum fasciculatis. Filamenta clavata. jin- 

 tlier<s bilobai. Drupee 1-3, pisi majoris raagnitudine, subglobosse, Iseves, aurantiaca;. 



Our description is entirely taken from Roxburgh, as we have seen no specimens 

 except those in the Wallichian Herbarium, which are very imperfect. The stem is 

 covered with very minute granular tubercles. 



3. T. Malabarica (Miers in Taylor's Annals, ser. 2. vii. 38); fo- 

 liis cordato-ovatis subtus dense vel tenuiter pubescentibus. — Menisper- 

 mum Malabaricum, Lam. Willd. Cocculus Malabaricus, DC. Syst. i. 

 518, Prod. i. 97 ; Wall. Cat. 4969 \—Rheede Mai. vii. t. 19. 



Hab. In Malabaria, Rheede ; ConcATX, Nimmo ■ in Bengalia versus 

 basin Himalayse Sikkimensis, Hamilton I in montibus Khasia a basi ad 

 alt. 4000 ped. ! et in prov. Chittagong ! — («. c.) 



Frutex scandens, cortice einereo ; partes novelise pilis albieantibus obsitse. Fetioli 

 teretes, basi incrassati, pilosi. Folia cordiformia, acuminata, subtus lanuginosa, su- 

 perne pUis subaspera septemnervia, 3-6 poll, longa et fere sequilata. Bacemi folii 

 longitudiue. Flores virides. Drupa maturse corallini ruboris. 



There is a specimen in the Hookerian Herbarium from Ceylon, without leaves, 

 which is probably referable to this species ; but, as we cannot identiiy it with cer- 

 tainty, we do not describe it. Our Khasia and Chittagong specimens are in leaf 

 only, and are therefore also doubtful. Careful observations are required to establish 

 the distinctive characters of all the species of this genus. 



3. T. crispa (Miers in Taylor's Annals, ser. 2. vii. 38) ; foliis cor- 

 dato-ovatis vel oblongis acuminatis glabris, staminibus basi cum petalis 

 cohserentibus, antheris tetragonis. — Menispermum crispum, Linn. 8p. 

 1468. M. verrucosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 808 ; Fleming in Asiat. Res. xi. 

 171. Cocculus crispus, DC. Syst. i. 521, Prod. i. 97 ; //'. et J. Prod. i. 



