Cissampeloa.'] ploka indica. 199 



Seneff. i. 11. C. acuminata, Benth.! PI. Hartweg. C. nephrophylla, 

 Bojer, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. xx. 55. C. comata, Mien ! in Hook. Niger 

 M. 215. 0. Vogelii, Miers, I. c. 314 (quoad plant, masc.!). C. dis- 

 color, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes Exped. i. 38 {non DC). Menispermum 

 orbiculatum, Linn. Sp. 1468. Cocculus orbiculatus, DC. Syst. i. 523, 

 Prod. i. 98. 0. villbsus, TFall. Cat. 4957 O partim 1 {spec. masc:). 0. 

 membranaceus, Wall. Cat. 4967 ! 

 Quoad foliorum form am variat — 



a. foliis peltatis rotundato-deltoideis basi truncatis. 



0. foliis plus minus peltatis rotundatis vel late ovatis basi cor- 

 datis. 



y. foliis baud peltatis rotundatis vel late ovatis basi cordatis. 



h. foliis baud aut vix peltatis reniformibus obtusissimis saepe emar- 

 ginatis. 



Quoad indumentum variat — 



a. foliis firmis conspicue nervosis laxe hirsutis vel tomentosis. 



b. foliis tenuibus supra puberulis subtus adpresse sericeis. 



c. foliis supra glabriusculis subtus pubescentibus. 



d. foliis etiam junioribus utrinque glabriusculis. 



Hab. Per totam Indise planitiem et in montibus utriusque penin- 

 sulse et Himalayee inferioris usque ad Jelam fiumen vulgatissima, ex- 

 ceptis provinciis aridissimis Afghanistan, Beluchistan, Sindh, Marwar, 

 Panjab. — (Fl. per totum annum.) (u. v.) 



DisTRiB. In zona tropica et temperata calidiore utriusque orbis. 



Fruiex alte scandens, ramulis striatulis tomentosis vel pubescentibus, rarius sub- 

 glabris. Folia forma et magnitudine valde varia, plerumque obtusa cum mucroue, 

 rarius acuta, rarissime acuminata, basi truncata vel cordata, sinu aperto vel pro- 

 fundo, diaraetro 1-4-pollicaria. Petioli folia plerumque vix sequantes, interdum daplo 

 superantes. Cymie masculm axUlares vel paullo extra-aiillares, interdum in ramulo 

 axillari eorymbosEe, ^-li poll, longse, plerumque 2-3 superpositse in eadem axilla, 

 decomposita;, multiflorffi, bracteolis minutis subulatis rarissime una alterave sub- 

 foliosa. Pedunculi graciles, pubescentes vel tomentosi, vel pilis patentibus hirsuti, 

 plerumque petiolo dimidio breviores, interdum eum superantes. Loco cymse infe- 

 rioris vel omnium, in plantis luxuriantibus, ramus microphyllus elongatus, cymas par- 

 vulas in axillis gerens, hand raro evolvitur. Sacemi foiminei solit^rii vel bini, axil- 

 lares, florigeri folia vix eequantes, fructiferi plerumque elongati. Bractem subsessiles, 

 dense vel laxe imbricate, rotundatae vel reniformes, breviter vel longe mucronatae, 

 cinereo-incanse, plerumque ciliato-viUosse, interdum glabrae, in speciminibus luxuri- 

 antibus petiolatEe, vel in folia parva evolutse, in fructu persistentes, vel rarius post 

 florescentiam decidufe, in fructu immutatte vel submembranacese. Fedicelli flomm 

 fcemineorum brevissimi, pubescentes vel laxe villosse. Ovaria tomentosa, rarius gla- 

 briuscula. Drupes corapressas, subrotundatse, coccinese, circa 2 Uneas latffi, hirsutse 

 vel demum subglabrse. 



The long list of synonyms vfhich vfe have given above will show the view we take 

 of this species. Wight and Arnott having reduced all the Indian forms to Oissam- 

 pelos convolvulacea, it became necessary to find some character, if possible, to dis- 

 tinguish that species from its American and African congeners. The two charac- 

 ters indicated by Wight and Arnott, namely, the length of the staminal column 

 and the shape of the male sepals, proved very unsatisfactory, and an examina- 

 tion of the floral organs, male and female, has indicated a degree of variability for 

 which we were not prepared. T,he size of the flowers, both male and female, the 



