Tlliacora] 



V. MENISPEEMACE.E 



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8,000 ft., Klia&i Mils, Cliittagoiig, Biiima. 

 Leaves cordate or sagittate, often sinu- 

 ate toothed, fl. in |)ediincnlate diclioto- 

 moiis cymes, sepals 6, drupes ovoid tuber- 

 dilate ^ in. long. 



5. ANAMIRTA, Colebrooke; 

 M. Brit. Ind. i. 98. 



Species 2 or perhaps more, India, 

 Malay Archipelago. 



A. paniculata, Colebr,; Trimen 

 Handb. Ceylon, i. 40. — Syn. A. Coc- 

 culuSj Wight et Arn. Vei^n, Kak- 

 mari^ Hind. 



A powerful glabrous climber, 

 stems woody, 4 in, diam., twisting 

 round supports and sending out 

 numerous rootlets, bark thick, 

 spongy, deeply cracked. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, cordate or broadly 

 ovate, blade 4-8, petiole 2-6 in. long, 

 basal nerves 3-5. El. green, scented, 

 in long pendulous panicles, sepals 6, 

 petals 0. c? '- Numerous 2-celled an- 

 thers, round the top of a short thick 

 central column. ? : 4-5 carpels, 

 style lateral. Drupes usually 2, 

 black, \ in. diam,, on short thick 

 stalks, in ample panicles. 



Fig. 0. — Anamirta paniculata, Colebr. 

 Leaf, fruit. -|. 



Assam, Khasi hills, both Peninsulas. Cey- 

 lon. !F1. February in Burma, May, June in 

 Ceylon. Also Malay Archipelago. The dry 

 fruit (Coeculus indicus) an article of trade. 

 Seeds extremely bitter, used to adiilterate 

 beer and in India to intoxicate fish. Con- 

 tain Picrotoxin, a poisonous substance. 



Cosciniumfenestratum, Colebrooke. Ceylon, 

 probably also in the Peninsula. A woody 

 climber, young shoots and underside of 

 leaves yell6w-tomentose, leaves broadly 

 ovate or coi-date, in young jolants peltate, 

 blade 4-8, petals 3-4 in., fi. dioecious, in 

 dense globose heads; sepals 6, petals 3, 

 stamens 6, the 3 inner cohering half way 

 up. Drupes 1-3, ^ in. diam. Cotyledons 

 orbicular, thin, laciniate. 



6. TILIACORA, Colebrooke; 

 Fl. Brit. Ind, i. 99. 



T. racemosa, Colebr. (the only 

 species). Vern. Kartcant^ Oudh, Tilia- 

 TcorUj Beng. 



A large evergreen climber, perfectly 

 Fia. 10,-Tiliacora racemosa, Colebr, i. glabrous leaves ovate, blade 3-5 in., 



Section of carpel f. 



petiole 1 in. long, 3 basal nerves, 



