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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
racemus d supra-axillaris, petiolo brevior ; flores minuti, in 
capitulis pedunculatis sessiles, et dense aggregati, omnino cano- 
tomentosi. 
1. Coscinium /erees^rfl^Mwi,Coleb.Linn.Trans.xiii.51; H.etTh.Fl. 
Ind, i. 178 •, — Menispermum fenestratum, Geiertner, Fr. i. 219, 
tab. 46. f. 5 ; Roxb. FI. Ind. iii. 809 ; DC. Syst. i. 541, Prodr. 
i. 103 ] — ramulis teretibus, striatis, ferrugineo-tomentosis •, 
d foliis palatis, rotundato-ovatis, imo truncatis et 2-sinuatis, 
in lobo medio anguste cordatis, apice breviter et subito lineari- 
attenuatis, ad marginem ssepe acute ac breviter lobatis, 5- 
nerviis, crasso-coriaceis, supra lucidis, planis, in nervis sulcatis, 
sub lente tenuissime reticulatis, subtus fulvo vel cano-tomen- 
tosis ; nervis crassis extus ramosis venisque transversis promi- 
nentibus ; petiolo longo, ferrugineo-tomentoso, imo tortuoso et 
incrassato ; racemo supra-axillari, tomentoso,petio]i tertia parte 
longitudinis ; ramis plurimis, longis, divaricatis, apice capitu- 
latis, capitulis e floribus sessilibus arete aggregatis ; 2 foliis 
subpeltatis, deltoideo-ovatis, acutis, acumine lineari-attenuatis, 
imo truncatis, aut vix cordatis, ad marginem plus minusve 
lobatis, lobis rotundatis vel subito valde attenuatis, 5-nerviis 
(prseter alios nervos 4 basales vix conspicuos), supra lucidis ; 
racemo fructifero e pedunculo supra-axillari vabdo, petioli tertia 
parte longitudinis, apice subumbellatim pedicellate ; pedicellis 
elongatis, crassiusculis, drupas globosas 3-2-1 breviter stipi- 
tatas gerentibus. — Ceylon, v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit. (Konig) ; 
in herb. Lindl . ; in herb. Champ, d et 2 • 
In Konig’s specimen the leaves are 6^ inches long, 4^ inches 
broad, the first pair of nerves running nearly parallel with the 
margin to near the apex, the petiole measuring 4 inches. In 
Prof. Lindley's plant, the leaves are 7 inches long, 5f inches 
broad, on a petiole 3^ inches ; here the first pair of nerves some- 
times terminates in a short acute lohe. In Major Champion’s 
c? plant, the leaves, though much broader and of similar shape 
at base, are inches long, 5| inches broad, on a petiole nearly 
3 inches long : in the 2 plant, the leaves are distinctly peltate, 
4^-5 inches long, 4 inches broad at base, tapering gradually in 
a sinuous line to an attenuated apex ; here the second pair of 
nerves are often extended into two acute, deep, nearly basal 
lobes ; the petiole is 3 inches long, twisted and tumid at base, 
and inserted into the blade 2 or 3 lines within the basal margin. 
In the male plant, the inflorescence is about 1 inch long, with 
numerous branchlets extending at right angles about ^ an inch 
long, each terminated by a globular head 2 or 3 lines in diam. 
In the fructiferous plant the peduncle is strong, 1-2 inches long, 
terminated by several radiating pedicels 8-9 lines long, each 
