150 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



4. MOONSEED FAMILY. Order, Menispermace^. 



Climbing shrubs. Flowers dioecioiis, small, in panicles 

 or racemes. Se2mls and ;je/rt?s often confounded, 4 or 6. 

 Stamens monadelphous, or separate, generally of the same 

 number as the petals, opposite them, sometimes four times 

 as many. Anthers adnate or innate, 4-lobed. Ovaries sev- 

 eral. Drupes baccate, 1-seeded, incurved. Leaves alter- 

 nate, simple,^palmately veined, exstipulate. 



This order contains, according to Gray and Darby, only 

 2 genera. AYood has 3. 



1. Stamens 12 to 20. Pistils 2 to 4. Floivers tvhitej 

 leaves rounded and angled, shield- shaped. 



Fruit Uue-Uach. Menispermum. Moonseed. 



2. Stamens 6, one before each petal. Flowers greenish; 

 leaves heart-shaped. Coccuhis. Cocculus. 



3. Stamens 12 in staminate floivers. 

 Stamens 6 in pistillate floivers, abortive. 



Anthers 2-celled. 



Ovaries 3. 



Sepals 6, petals none. Calycocarpum. Cupseed. 



MENISPERMUM, L. Moonseed. 



Flowers dioecious. Sepals and petals 4-8. Stamens 

 12-14. Anthers 4-celled. Ovaries 2-4. Stigma dilated, 

 spreading. 



Leaves rounded, angular or lobed, slightly cordate and 

 pellate at the base. Flowers white, panicled. 



M. Ca:n'ADEN'SE, L. Stem twining. Sterile panicles 

 elongated. Drupe black. July. Banks of streams. 



COCCULUS, L. 



Flowers dioecious or polygamous. Sepals and petals 6, 

 each in two rows. Stamens 6, anthers 4-celled, abortive in 



