5. MENlSPERMACEiE. 



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6. CISSAMPELOS, Linn. 



Climbers. Leaves peltate. Male fl. : cymose. Sepals 4. Petals 4, 

 connate, forming a 4-lobed cnp. Stamens monadelphous, anthers united 

 into a peltate disk, bursting transversely. Female fl. : racemed in 

 the axils of leafy bracts. Perigonium of 2, 2-nerved sepals adnate to 

 the bracts. Ovary 1 ; style short, 3-toothed. Drupe circular ; style- 

 scar near the base ; endocarp horse-shoe- shaped, dorsally tubercled, 

 sides excavated. 



C. Pareira, Linn. Fl. Br. L 1. 103 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 5 ; Brandia 

 For. Fl. 10. Faharvel, paharmulj M. ; Padavali, K. 



Throughout tropical and sub-tropical India, from Sind to Ceylon, not 

 in the arid parts of Sind and Punjab, neither have I observed it in 

 North Kdnara ; it is common on the Bababudeu Hills of Mysore at about 

 3000 ft. elevation. Fl. Mar. -Oct. It furnishes the "Radix Pareirse'* of 

 druggists. A tonic and diuretic medicine. 



7. CYCLEA, Arnott. 



Climbers. Leaves usually peltate. Flowers in axillary panicles. 

 Male fl. : Sepals 4-8, connate into an inflated calyx. Petals 4-8, 

 connate. Anthers 4-6, connate into a peltate disk, crowning tho 

 staminal column, bursting transversely. Female fl. : Sepal 1. Petal 

 1. Ovary 1 ; style short, 3-5-lobedj lobes iradiating. Drupe ovoid, 

 hairy ; endocarp horse-shoe-shaped, dorsally .tubercled, sides 2-locellate. 



Calyx subglobose, 6-8 -lobed. Corolla urceolate ... 1. C. Burmannu 



Calyx campanulate, 4-lobed. Corolla a 4-lobed cup ... 2, C. peltata, 



1. C. Burmanni, Miers Contrib. TIL 239. t. 121 ; Fl. Br. I 1 104 • 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 6. Fahur, S^ern. 



Western Ghdts and the Konkan. Flowers Jan. Stems slender. 



2. C peltata, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 201 ; Fl. Br. L 1. 104 : Dalz & Gibs 

 Bomb. Fl. 6. Faryel, M. ' ■ 



From Assam and the Khasia Hills eastwards ; Eastern and Western 

 Peninsulas and Ceylon ; common in the Konkan and North Kanara 

 moist forests from the sea-level upwards. Fl. E, S. Fr. Jan. Stems 

 slender. 



Order 6. ViOLACEiE. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, stipulate. Flowers regular or 

 irregular, 2-bracteolate. Sepals 5, persistent, equal or unequal, 

 imbricate. Petals as many, hypogynous, imbricate or twisted in bud! 

 .Stamens 5, filaments short, broad; anthers free or connate, conneetivo 

 broad aud produced beyond the cells. Ovary sessile; 1-celled ; ovules 



