TiLiACOEA.] MENISPEBMACE^. 27 



2. ANAMIRTA, Colebr. ; Fl. Br. Ind. i. 98. 



Woody climbers. Flowers in panicles. Sepals 6, with 2 ap- 

 pressed bracts. Petals 0. Maie fl.: Anthers sessile, on a 

 stout column, 2-celled, bursting transversely. Fem. fl.: Sf ami- 

 nodes 9, clavate, 1-seriate. Ovaries 3, on a short gynophore ; 

 stigma subcapitate, reflexed. Drupes on a 3-fid gynophore, 

 obliquely ovoid, dorsally gibbous ; style-scar subbasal ; endocarp 

 woody. Seed globose, embracing the subglobose hollow intruded 

 endocarp ; albumen dense, of horny granules ; embryo curved. 

 — Trop. Asia. 



A. paniculata, Colebr, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, 661. A. Cocculus, 



W.<SfA, Prod. 446; Hl.f.Sf T. PI. Ind. 185 ; F. B I. i. 98 ; Brand. 



For. Fl. 8 ; Watt E.D. Menispermum Cocculus. Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 



Hi, 807. M. heteroclitum, Roxh, I. c. 817. Cocculus suberosus, W. ^ 



A. Prod. 11 ', Boyle III. 61. Vern. Kahmdri. 



A large woody climber with corky bark. Leaves 4-8 in. long, broadly 

 ovate, acute or obtuse, rounded or subcordate at the base, thinly coria- 

 ceous, glabrous above, paler and with small tufts of hairs in the axils 

 of the veins beneath ; petioles thickened and prehensile at the lower 

 eqi^s. Flowers from the old wood, 5 in. in diam, pale greenish-yellow, 

 sweet-scented. Sepals imbricate, ultimately reflexed. Eipe ca)*23eJs sub- 

 globose, ^ in., smooth, black. 



Forests of N. Oudh (K. Thompson). Distrib.: E Bengal; S. 

 India to Ceylon and Malay Archipelago. The bitter berries of this plant, 

 known as, ' Cocculus indie ns,' are used in India for intoxicating fish 

 and crows and in England for the adulteration of beer. 



3. TILIACORA, Colebr. ; Fl. Br. Ind. i. 99. 



An evergreen climbing shrub. Floivers in axillary panicles, 

 dioecious or polygamous. Sepals 6, 2-seriate, outer much smaller. 

 Petals 6, minute, cuneate. Male fl.: Stamens 6, filaments sub- 

 cylindric ; anthers adnate. Fem. fl.: Ovaries 3-12 ; style-scar 

 subbasal. Seed hooked ; albumen ruminate ; cotyledons linear. 

 —A single species. 



T. racemosa, Colehr. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxiii. 67 ; F. B. I. i. 

 99; Brand. For. Fl. 10; Watt E. D. T. acuminata, Miers ; HI. f. Sf T. 

 Fl. Ind. 187. Menispermum polycarpum, Roxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 816. 

 Cocculus acuminatus, W. Sf A. Prod. 12. Vern. Karwanth^ rangoe 

 (Oudh), tilialcora (Beng.). 

 Toung shoots glabrous. Leaves 4-5 in., ovate or ovate-cordatej 



acuminate, somewhat 3- veined, undulate, glabrous, dark green ; 



petiole f-1 in., slender. Panicles 6-12 in., hoary, at length glabrous » 



male branches 3-7-flowered ; fem. simple, 1-flowered. Flowers 5 in.. 



