/tnamirla.] flora indioa. 185 



in the cxpnndcd (lower. T. cordifoHa sorms n very variable plant, and some forms 

 of it approach very near to T. Balcis, Micrs U'orruhia Bakis, Fl. Senegamb. t. 4), 

 which has, however, a diflereut habit, and often terminal flowers. According to 

 A-inslie and Wiglit, this species is equally eflicacious with T. crispa as a tonic, and is 

 l<nown by the same uaiue, Gulunclui. 



5. ANAMIRTA, Colebrooke. 



Sepala 6, ovali-oblonga, obtusn, cavnosula, bracteis 2 adpvessis sli- 

 pata. Petttla 0. Mas. J'ilaiventa in coluninnm crassam centralcm 

 coalita ; anthera sessiles, bilociilares, transverse dehiscentes. Fosm. Sla- 

 niiiia sterilia 9, clavata, wniserialia. Ovaria 3, gynoplioro brevi cavnoso 

 hemisphaerico insidentia. Stiyma depressnm, reliexiim, fere capitatuwi. 

 Dnipai g-ynophoro apice trifido stipatas, oblique ovales, carnosw, dorso 

 gibbosiB, aritice styli cicatrice a hilo non longe distante notata;. Puta- 

 meii lignosum, pi'ocessum alte bilobum teve intus cavum in seminis 

 cavitatem intrusum continens. Semen globosum, intus cavum, funi- 

 culo inter lobos processus interni inserto. Testa tenuis, membranacea. 

 Albumeti fere corneum, oleosum, massulis crebris albidis farinaeeis plus 

 minus rotundatis inter se discretis quasi ruminatum. Embryo curvatus ; 

 radwula superior, styli cicatrioem speclaiis ; cotyledones anguste ob- 

 longae, tenuissimce, divaricatse, in loculis diversis albuminis inclusse. — ■ 

 Frutices scundentes ; t^qX\6\i cylindrici bad crassiores articulati ; paniculse 

 maxima; e rands vetuatioribus pendulis, mnltijlorcB. 



The wood of Anawirta appears to agree in all essential particulars with that of 

 Cosclnium, but the liber does not present any traces of annual growth by obscure 

 concentric rings. 



1. A. Cocciiliis (W. et A. Prod. i. 446) ; foliis cordatis glabris. — 

 A. paniculata, Colebr. in Linn. Tr. xiii. 53, 66. Menispermum Coccu- 

 lus, Linn. Sp. 1468 ; Gart. Fr. i. 70./. 7 ; Jrall. As. Res. xiii. ; Roxb. 

 M. Lnd. iii. 807. M. heteroclitum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 817. Cocculus 

 lacunosus, BC. Si/si. i. 519, P?-od. i. 97. Cocculus suberosus, DC. Syst. 

 i. 519, Prod. i. 97 ; TF. et A. Prod. 1. 11 ; Wall. Cat. 4954 ! ; Colebr. 

 in Linn. Tr. xiii. 63. C. populifolius, BO. Syst. i. 519, Prod. i. 97 ; 

 Becaisne, Tim. 95. 



Hab. In Zeylania, Gardner! IJnvaites ! Malabar, -Roa;^., Wiglit! Con- 

 can, Law! Orissa, Roxburgh; Khasia ! Assam, Jenlcins ! — {v. v.) 



DisTEiB. Celebes, ins. Moluccan., Timor. 



Vrutex alte scandcns, eortice cinereo riraoso suberoso. Ramuli crassi, cylindrici, 

 glahriuscnli, striati. Folia exacte cordiformia, vel ovalia hasi cordata sen truncata, 

 acuta vel acuminata rarius obtusiuscula, supra glabra, subtus pallida, et ad axillas 

 nervorum fasciculis pilorum munita, hasi trinervia cseterum penninervia, 4-8 poll, 

 longa, et sequilata vel pauUo angustiora. Fetioli elongati, striatuli, 2-6 poU. longi. 

 Faiilcula e ramis crassioribus pendute, pedales vel sesquipedales, ramoste ; ramuli 

 1-3-pollicares, multiflori. Flores glabri, majusculi, diam. fere i-pollicares. Sepala 

 decidua. Gynopliora ^-poUicaris, lignosa. Drufce glabrEO, f-pollicares, nigricantes, 

 sapore (ex Ro.^burgh) pessimo. 



Mr. Miers mentions four species, but only names the one described above and G. 

 liopiilifolius, which we believe to be a synonym. AVe see nothing in the specimens 

 to which we have access, nor in the descriptions of authors, which implies there 



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