J 8-i' FLORA iNBicA. [Menispermacea . 



13 in adnot.; Hasskarl, Tl. Jav. Bar. p. 166 ; Colebr. m Linn. Tr. xiii. 



60. Cocculus verrucosus, Jf^all. Cat. 4966 A! B ! (non C-E). C. coria- 



ceus, Bl. Bijdr. 25. 



Hab. Silhet, Colebroole ; Pegu, Wall.!— {v. s.) 

 DiSTRlB. Sumatra; Java; ins. Molucc. at Philippin. 



Frutex alte scandens, cortice Isevi, distanter verrucnloso; partes novellEB glabra). 

 Folia ovali-oblonga, acuminata, basi leviter cordata, lobis distantibus interdnm sub- 

 sagittatis, integerrima vel repanda, utrinque glabra, 2-6 poll, longa, 1-4 lata, petiolis 

 \ brevioribus. Sacemi ad axillas foliormn delapsorum secus caules vetustiores, so- 

 litarii vel fasciculati, elongati, 4-8-pollicares. Flores 2-3 in axilla bractcEC ovatfc 

 camosa;, pedicellati, virides, campanulati, 2 lineas longi. Brupa pallide aurantiacEe 

 vel flavffi, olivsc magaitudine. 



Colebrooke's synonym is perhaps doubtful, as he says that the cotyledons of his 

 plant are not divaricate, and he figures them as partially overlapping. The speci- 

 mens in the "Wallichian Herbaiium are very imperfect, but the glabrous bark, with 

 distant rough tubercles, is very conspicuous. On the first sheet a piece of the stem 

 of T. tomentom is fastened down along with the stems and foliage of the true plant. 

 We found at Chittagong and in Silhet specimens of a Slenispermaeeous plant with- 

 out leaves or flowers, the scandent stems of which agi'ee with the description given 

 of this species. Their structure has been described above. As we have no materials 

 of our own to depend upon, we have embodied in the diagnosis and description the 

 main points of distinction pointed out by authors between this species and the last ; 

 but, as these are in part derived from the description of Roxburgh and De CandoUe, 

 and partly from those of Blumo and Hasslcarl, all of which are not certainly specifi- 

 cally identical, our character is perhaps little to be relied upon. "We are, however, 

 inclined to believe that Roxburgh's plant is the same as that of the Javanese bota- 

 nists, because he attributes to it the same medicinal (tonic) virtues as are usually 

 attributed to T. crisjia, and because their descriptions agree so far as they go. T. 

 crispa is highly esteemed by the natives of the Malayan Archipelago as a febrifuge. 



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

 cordatis glabris, staminibus liberis, antheris ovali-oblongis. — Menisper- 

 mum Malabaricum ji. Lam. Did. iv. 96. M. cordifolium, W^illd.; Roxb. 

 M. Lnd. iii. 811. Cocculus cordifolius, DC. Syst. i. 518, Prod. i. 97 ; 

 Colelr. in Linn. Tr. xiii. 62 ; Jfall. Cat. 4955 ! ; JF. et A. Prod. i. 12 ; 

 Wight, To. t. 485, 486. C. coiivolvulaoeus, DC. Syst. i. 518, Prod. i. 

 97. C. verrucosus, Wall. Cat. 4966 C! DID! {non A nee B). 



Hab. Per Indiamtropioam in dumetis vulgaris; inZeylania, Thwaites! 

 Carnatica ! Malabaria ! Maisor ! Dekbau, Jaoquemont ! Concan, Gra- 

 ham ; Orissa! Bengalia ! Assam, Jenkins ! 'Bdh&x, Hamilton! — (Fl. per 

 totum annum.) (v. w.) 



Frutex alte scandens, cortice suberoso verruculoso ; partes novellje glabra;. Folia 

 late cordata, acuta, vel acumine gracili tcrminata, 2-4 poll, longa et lata, petiolis 

 fere Eeqnilongis. Racemi axillares, rarius terminales, vel ex axillis foliorum delapso- 

 rum solitarii, folia ssepe longe superantes, simplices vel basi subcompositi. Bractem 

 subnlatse, inferiores rarius subfoliacese. Flores flavi; masculi fasciculati; foeminei 

 plerumque solitarii, glabri. Fetala cuneata, lamina triquetra vel subtriloba, demum 

 reflexa. DrufcB cerasi parvi magnitudine, rubrse, pulpa glutinosa fmtfe. 



Wight and Arnott seem disposed to attach a good deal of importance to the shape of 

 the petals, and to doubt the identity of the plants of Roxburgh and Wallich with that 

 of the Peninsula, because Roxburgh's plate diifers in that respect from the specimens 

 before them. We believe that this character will be found to vary much, as usual in 

 the Order, and that the petals embrace the filaments in the bud, and become reflexed 



