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nals tliat he is acquainted with a second triandrous species, represented by a part" of 

 Wallich's No. 4953, evidently a misprint for 4959, as the former of these numbers 

 is not a Menispermaceous plant. 



3. L. oblonga (Miers in Taylor's Annals, ser. 3. vii. 43) ; caule 

 fulvo-pubescente, foliis oblongis vel lanceolatia utrinqiie glabris, pani- 

 culis elongatis petioles pubescentes longe superantibus plerumque folio 

 brevioribus.— Cocoulus oblongus, TFalL Cat. 4963 ! 



Hab. In Malaya ad Singapur, Lolib/ Malacca, Griffith! et Penang, 

 Wall.!—iv.s.) 



Frutex alte scandeus. Folia acuta vel longe acuminata, mucronata, basi rotundata 

 vel acutiuscula, tenuiter coriacea, utrinque pra;ter petiolum nervumqne medium subtus 

 pubescentes glabra, subtus pallida et nervosa, 3-8 poll. longa, l-4i lata, petiolo 

 f-14-pollicari, basi pseudo-articulato. Vaniculce elongatrc, pauUo supra-axillares, 

 i'tciriiiieai solitarias, masculfe plerumque 2-3 superpositffi graciliores, 3-8-polHcares, 

 fulvo-pubesccntes, ramuhs 1-2 pollicaribus multitloris vel apicem versus plurifloris. 

 Supala exteriora miuuta, iutciiora crassa, extus tomentosa, late ovaUa, apicalo in- 

 ilexo, ajstivatione subvalvata. 



The specimen of L. scandcns. Lour., at the British Museum, has the leaves of this 

 species, but the inflorescence is more lilce that of the next species, the male panicles 

 beina; few-flowered, and the peduncles, from which the drupes have fallen, solitary. 

 It may, however, prove to be an abnormal state of L. oilonga. 



3. Ii. velutina (Miers in Taylor's Annals, sev. 3. vii. 43); caule 

 velutiuo, foliis late ovalibus vel ovali-oblongis subtus vel utrinque fulvo- 

 toraentosis, paniculis petiolos subffiquantibus paucifioris, staminibus 6, 

 drupis obovatis. — A. Gray, Bot. Jfilkes' Exji. i. 40. Cocculus veluti- 

 uus, TFalt. Cat. 4970 ! 



Hab. Mergui, Griffith! Moulmein, Lobb! Singapur, Walticli! — («.«.) 

 DiSTRlB. Ins. Philip., Cuming, No. 2403 1 



Frute.rc scandens, caule dense aurco- vel fulvo-tomentoso demum glabrcscente. Fo- 

 lia ovali-oblonga, oblonga vel lanceolata, forma et magnitudiue valde varia, basi ro- 

 tuudata vel acuta, interduin obliqua, triplinervia, cajterum penninervia, acuta cum 

 mucroue parvo, rarius obtusa, interdum obtusissima et fere rotundata, supra glabra 

 (exceptis junioribus) sed secus costam fulvo-pubcscentia, (in sicco) crebre reticulato- 

 venosa, subtus cum potiolis (juniora dense, adulta sparse) fulvo-tomentosa, 2-6 poll, 

 longa, f— i lata, petiolo ^-li-poUieari. Faniculie axillares vel stepius paullo supra- 

 axillaves, solitariffi vel plures in eadem axilla, |)etiolo snhbreviorcs, rarius secus ramu- 

 los axillares aphyllos dispositse, fulvo-tomeutosEe, pauciflora;. Braciece squamfeformes. 

 Flores fusco-villosi. Se-jJala interiora rotundata, iutus glabra, a!st. valvata. Petala 

 obovato-spathulata, retusa vel truncata. Fedunmli fructiferi in specimine solitarii, 

 pollicarcs. Brujxp obovatse, corapressa:, poUicares, glabra;. Patamen Iseve, obova- 

 tum, zona lata cariiiali cinctum. 



4. L. cuspidata (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovato- vel oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis glabris, paniculis masculis petiolos parum superantibus, 

 foemineis subimifloris, staminibus 6-9, drupis subglobosis. — Cocoulus 

 cuspidatus, Walt. Cat. 4960 ! Hypserpa cuspidata. Mien in Taylor's 

 Annals, ser. 3. vii. 40. 



Hab. In Zeylania, JFallcer! Gardner! T!iwaites! ; in Tenasserlm ad 

 Mergui, Griffith!; Silhet et Khasia, Wall.!— {v. s.) 



Frulex alte scandeus. Saniitli clegantcr striatuli, juniores pubescentes. Fnlia 

 basi roluudata vel subcuucata, 3-uorvia, tenuiter coriacea, lucida, crebre reticulata, 



