Cisiampelos.'] flora indica. 197 



the supplementary lists under the letter C, Dr. Wallich having inadvertently over- 

 looked the previous employment of that letter in the hody of the work. 



3. S. rotunda (Lour.l Fl. Cocb. Chin. 747) ; foliis late ovatis vel 

 fere rotundatis irregulariter sinuato-lobatis vel repandis tenuibus gla- 

 bris longe petiolatis, umbellulis laxe cymosis. — Cocculus Koxburghia- 

 nus, Wall. Cat. 4972 ! {vix DC.) ; TF. el A. Prod. i. 450 in adndt. C. 

 Finlaysonianus, Wall. Cat. 4974 ! excl. spec, sinist. ad S. hernandifo- 

 liam pertinens. Cissampelos glabra, Roxb. M. Ind. iii. 840 {et vero- 

 similiter etiam Herb. Hamilton). Clypea Wigbtii, Am.! in Wight, III. 

 i. 22. 



Hab. In Himalaya tropica et temperata a basi ad alt. 7000 ped. ; 

 Simla! Kumaon, Str. et Wint.! Nipal, Wall.! Sikkim ! Bhotan, Orif- 

 fitlt! Assam, Hamilton; in montibus Khasia ! et Silhet, Wall.!; in 

 Pegu, M'Clelland ! ; et in montibus peninsulse australioria ad Courta- 

 1am, Wiffht!—{¥1. Apr., Jun.) (v. v.) 



DiSTRiB. Siam ! Cochin China ! 



Trutex alte scaudeus. Radix tuherosa, magna, subglohosa. Oaules vetustiores 

 tuberculis rimosis crebris tecti, grisei vel ilavicantes ; juniores glaberrimi, atrofusci, 

 striati. Volia obtusa vel acuta, interdum acuminata, aubtus pallida, 3-7 poll. louga 

 et Eequilata. Petioli folia Eequantes vel (prasertim in foliis majoribus) longe supe- 

 rantes, interdum Q-pollicares, graciles, basi subarticulati. Pedunculi longitudine 

 valde varii, ssepe petiolos sequantes, axillares et graciUimi, vel secus caules crassiores 

 ad axillas foliorum delapsorum soUtarii aut in ramnlo abbreviate aphyllo racemosi, et 

 tunc crassiores, focminei saepe carnosuli. Vmbella radii abbreviati vel elongati, 

 basi bracteolis subulatis stipati, cymosi. Mores majusculi, diametro interdum fere 

 i-poUicares, sed plerumque minores, flavidi vel crocei, carnosuli. Sepala in flora 

 raasc. 6-10, biserialia, anguate cuneata, obtusa, dorso farfuracea vel puberula. Pe- 

 tala 3-5, late cuneata, sepalis \ breviora. Drwpie glabrae. 



Loureiro's specimen in the British Museum, though very imperfect, evidently be- 

 longs to the species now described. We refrain from quoting De CandoUe's C. Pax- 

 burghianus, because he describes the peduncles as " adpresse velutini," and the leaves 

 as quite entire ; his description is also otherwise unintelligible. C. WigJiiii, Arn., is 

 stated to have the male flowers in a simple capitulum, but the specimen before us 

 (which bears ripe fruit) agrees so exactly with S. rotunda, that we cannot doubt the 

 identity of the two ; probably, therefore, the male umbels are very young, in which 

 state those of S. rotunda appear to form a simple head. Roxburgh describes the 

 female flower vrith one sepal, and two petals longer than the sepal, and of a deep 

 orange-yellow colour. This is evidently the structure of the genus Cyclea, but 

 Loureiro describes the perianth of the female flower as consisting of six leaves. We 

 do not possess the means of determining this point. Possibly Roxburgh may have 

 had sent to him specimens of Cyclea populifoHa, as his description of the.female in- 

 florescence does not agree with our specimens, in which it is the same as in the male. 

 According to Roxburgh the tuberous roots of this species are very acrid, and are 

 used in medicine. Loureiro says they are very bitter, and have similar qualities 

 to those of Aristolocliia rotunda. 



11. CISSAMPELOS, Linn. 



Mas. Sepala 4. Petala 4, in corollam cupuliformem margine fere 

 indivisam coalita. Fcem. Sepala 3 in squamam carnosiilam saspius 

 binervcm emarginatam vel indivisam bractea antica suffultam coalita. 



