28 MENISPUBMACE^. [Tiliacoea. 



yellow. Eipe carpels I-IO, ^ in,, smooth, red or yellow ; endocarp 

 wrinkled. Seed, bent double. 



Oudh forests, Distrib. : Bengal to Orissa and Konkan ; Ceylon; 

 Singapore ; Java. The long flexible branches are used for thatching 

 and for basket work. 



4. COCCULUS, DC. ; Fl. Br. Ind. i. 101. 

 Climbing or sarmentose shriibs, rarely suberect. Petioh nat 

 dilated at the base. Floioers panicled. Sepals 6, 2- seriate,., 

 outer smaller. Petals 6, smaller than the sepals, nsually aiiricled. 

 Male fl. : Stamens embraced by the petals ; anthers subglobose, 

 cells bursting transversely. Fem. fl. : Staininodes 6 or 0. 

 Ovaries 3-6 ; styles usually cylindric. Drupes laterally com- 

 pressed; endocarp horseshoe-shaped, dorsally keeled and tubercled, 

 sides excavate. Seed curved ; albumen fleshy ; embryo annular . 

 — In all warm climates. 



A small tree with glabrous shining coriaceous leaves 1. 0. laurifolius. _ 

 Climbing shrubs — 



Leaves villous and green . , . . 2. C. villosus. u 



Leaves glabrous, glaucous . . • , 3. C Leceha. 



1. C. laurifolius, DC, Syst. i, 520; ETc.f. .^ T. Fl. Tnd. 191 ; F. B. I. 

 i. 101; Brand. For. Fl- 9. Menispermum laurifolium, Eowh. Fl. Ind. m„. 

 815. Vern. Tilphara (Dehra Dun), 



A small handsome evergreen tree. Leaves on short petioles, 3-6 

 in. long, 3-nerved, lanceolate, acute'or acuminate, dark green, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous and shining. Panicles axillary, shorter than the 

 leaves, solitary or 2 superposed ; bracts deciduous, hairy. Flcwers 

 minute. Sepals acute. Petals 2-lobed. Styles reflexed. Drupes glo- 

 bose, minute. 



Dehra Dun, in shady moist localities. Distrib. -. Subtrop. Hima- 

 laya, from the Eavi to Nepal up to 5 or 6,000 ft. ; also in Japan. 

 2.C.vmosus, DC. Syst i, 525; W. Sf A. Prod. 13 ; Eh. f. Sf T. Fl. 



Ind. 193: D. Sf G. Bomh. Fl.5;F. B, I. i.lOl'; Brand. For. Fl, 9- 



Watt E. D. Menispermum hirsutum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Hi ; 814. Vern. 



Eier, Karsane (Oudh). 



A climbing undershrub. Branchlets leaves and inflor. clothed with 

 greyish hairs. Leaves 2-3 in. long, petioled, ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 occasionally 3-lrbed, obtuse or mucronate, sab-cordate^ or truncate 

 at the base, villous, rarely subglabrous. Male fl. in short axillary 

 panicles. Fem. fl. 1-3, on axillary pedicels, rarely racemed ; bracts 

 minute, linear. Drupes dark purple ^ in. in diam. ; endocarp 

 annular, perforated. 



Abundant throughout the area in hedges and waste places. Dis- 

 TBIB. : Punjab Plain and base of Himalaya to Malabar and Pegu;. 



