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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
With the view of assisting the recognition of the plants of 
this family, the following synopsis is offered of the distribution 
of the genera, which will be separately described in the same 
order. 
Synopsis Generum Menispermacearum. 
Tribus 1. Heteroclinie^e. Embryo fere rectus, 
cotyledonibus foliaceis, divaricatis, intra locellos 
albuminis copiosi hinc ruminati inclusis, radicula 
parva, tereti, supera. Condylus diversiformis, in- 
ternus, vel fere obsoletus. 
Cotyledones irregul. laciniati; condyl. globos. 2- 
camerat 1. Coscinium. 
Cotyledones integri. 
Stamina libera. 
Stam. 12(6 inter, longiora) ; antherae in- 
trorsae ; condyl. umbiform. concav 2. Calycocarpum. 
Stam. 6 ; anther, longit. dehisc. ; condyl. 
umbiform. concav 3. Jateorhiza. 
Stam. 6 ; anther, transv. dehisc. ; condyl. 
globos. 2-camerat 4. Tinospora.] 
Stam. 6 ; filam. dilat. memb.; condyl. glo- 
bos. 2-camerat 5. Chasmanthera. 
Stam. 6; filam. petal, coaht.; condyl. e phca 
longit. valde intrus 6. Fibraurea. 
Stam. 6 ; filam. clavat. incurv.; condyl. e 
sulco longit. obsolet 7* Tinomiscium. 
Stam. 6 ; filam. brev. incrass 8. Burasaia. 
Stamina monadelpha. 
Antherae 15-40, recept. globos. sessil. coaht.; 
condyl. glohos. 2-camerat 9. Anamirta. 
Antherae 6, in caput aggreg., filam. gracil. 
suffult. ; condyl. umbiform. concav 10. Parabcena. 
Antherae 6, peltat. afiixae ; filam. columnar.; 
condyl. umbiform. obsolet 11. Aspidocarya. 
Stamina 6; filam. ad medium coalit.; con- 
dyl. umbiform. concav 12. Odontocarya. 
Stamina ignota ; , putamen echinat. ; condyl. 
magn. scutiform. 1-camerat 13. Rhigiocarya* . 
Tribus 2. Anomosperme.®. Embryo tenuis, teres, 
intra albumen copiosum undique ruminatum in- 
clusus, cotyledonibus accumbentibus, incurvatis 
aut fere rectis ; radicula brevissima, ad summum 
spectante. Condylus internus, verticalis, lamini- 
formis. Sepala aestivatione valde imbricata. 
Petala 6, stamina amplectentia 14. Anomospermum. 
Tribus 3. Tiliacore.®. Embryo teres, tenuiter 
elongatus, hippocrepice curvatus, intra albumen 
copiosum undique ruminatum centralis, cotyledo- 
nibus teretibus, incumbentibus ; radicula tereti, iis 
2-plo breviore, ad stylum fere basalem spectante. 
Rhigiocarya racemifera, Riv. Quorra (Barter, 3325). 
