INDIAN PLANTS 405 



Stamina numerofiffima, patentia^ filamentis apice fubulatis nudis, uin^ 



therarum locula linearia, utrinque adnata. 

 Pifli/la copiofa, erefta, ftaminibus breviora, villofo-barbata^ receptaculo 



elevato pilofo infidentia. ^ 



Capfuics numerofae, fufcae, comprefTae, falcatae, margine incrafTatse, 



fparfe pilofse, apice incurvata fenfim defmente in fetam gracil- 



limam bipollicarem plumofam. 

 Funiculu& brevis, filiformis, apici loculamenti hinc applicatus, Coet: 



ut in Ckmati Vitalha, Gcertn. Carp. i. 353 t. 74, 

 Qbfervcition* This fpecies is fufficiently diftind from all its congeneres 



and require? no further detail, its elegant leaves, the dark brown 



velvet perianth, and the numerous yellow itamens contribute to 



render it a very beautiful plant. 



Menifpermum Cocculus. 



Perenne volubile ct fcandens, foUis cordatis, bali truncatis iirmis 



lucidis. Mis. Gul.. Roxburgii. 

 Natfjatam f. Batta-Valli, Rheed. MaU vii. 1. tab. 1. 

 Tuba bacciferay Humph. Amb. v. ^5» tab. 22. 

 Tuba flavat ibid. 38 tab. 24 ? 

 Menifpermum Cocculus. Linn. Mat med, n. I75. (excltis: fynon. 



Pluckenetii) Gaertn. Carp. -i. 219. tab, 7o. 

 Menifpermum lacunofum. Lam, EncycL Eot. 1/ p. 98. 

 Menilpermum flauefcens. Lam. ibid ? 



Giffampelos Cocculus, Poiret. ibid v p. 9 (exclulis plurimis fynon.) 

 Habitat in Malabaria ; Amboina, Celebe, etc. In hortum botauicura 



Calcuttae introdudum a ceL B. Heyne. M. D. 

 Frutes magna f. potius arbiifcala, volubilis et fupra arbores ope baiium 



petiolorum cirrhatorum late /candecss raoiofiflima, frondonflima, 

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