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brevius; anthera majuscula, globosa, leviter 3-sulcata, apici- 
fixa (septorum nullo vestigio), omninol-locularis, theca tenuiter 
tnembranacea et minutissime reticulata, supra medium rima 
horizontali operculatim dehiscente, operculo parvo, apicali, co- 
lumella central! suffulto ; pollen simplex. — Foem. ignoti. 
Frutex scandens Africce tropica ; rami longe pilosi ; folia alterna, 
peltata, oblonga, imo truncata, palmati-nervia, margine grosse 
crenato, sparse pilosa, longe et tenuiter petiolata : inflorescentia 
^ supra-axillaris, longissime racemiformis, pendula, rachi 
tenuissima, puberula, alternatim ramosa, ramis iterum iterum- 
que ramosis, ramulis plurifloris ; floribus minutis, alternis, pedi- 
cellatis, glabris. 
Perichasma leetificata, nob. ; — ramulis teretibus, patentim longe 
molliter pilosis ; foliis peltatis, suboblongis, imo rotundatis, 
aut sinu levi subtruncatis, ultra medium sensim angustatis, 
apice obtusis et aristato-mucronatis, nervo valido marginal! 
grosse crenatis, 12-nerviis, supra sublucidis, viridibus, reticu- 
latis, sparse pilosis, subtus sordide glaucis, prsesertim in nervis 
prominentibus densius pilosis ; petiolo tenuissimo, compresso, 
striolato, sparse retrorsum piloso, limbo fere aequilongo : 
racemo ^ supra-axillari, valde elongato ; pedunculo tenuissimo, 
compresso, spiraliter torto, subpuberulo, a basi alternatim 
ramoso, ramis subbrevibus, divaricatis, iterum iterumque al- 
ternatim ramulosis, ramulis plurifloris pedicellisque alternis 
pilosis ; floribus minutis, glabris ; sepalis oblongis, interioribus 
paulo majoribus, anthera petalis erectis subinclusa. — In Africa 
tropical! : v. s. in herb. Hook. $ , Fernando Po (Mann, 236) . 
This plant has an aspect quite unlike any Menispermaceous 
species that I have seen, its habit more resembling that of an 
Anamirta or a Cyclea. The branch is 2 lines in diameter, with 
internodes 5^ inches long ; the leaves are 5—5^ inches long, 4- 
inches broad, on a petiole 4-5 inches long, inserted 9-12 lines 
within the basal margin ; the marginal crenatures are rounded, 
each about inch in length. The pendent rachis, ^ line 
thick, is about 20 inches long; its branches, inch apart, 
are ^-1 inch long ; their branchlets, 2 lines apart and 1-2 lines 
long, bear about eight or ten alternate pedicels line long; 
the flower-bud is ^ line in diameter. 
34. CoccuLus. 
Much confusion has existed in regard to this genus. The 
earliest mention of the name was made by Bauhin and Plukenet, 
who used it to denote the Cocculus officinarum of commerce. 
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