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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
Trans, xiii. 63; — Menispermum hexagynum^ Roxb. FI. Ind. 
iii. 815; — ramulis scandeutibus, teretibus^ cano tomentosis; 
foliis obovatis, saepe subcordatis, apice obtusis vel emargi- 
iiatis, mucronulatis, e basi 3-5-nerviis, supra siibglabris aut 
in nervis tantum puberulis, subtus pallidioribus^ subpubes- 
centibus; petiolo tenui, pubescentej limbo 5-plo breviore : ra- 
cemis $ axillaribus, solitaviis aut geminis, petiolum subsequan- 
tibus aut longioribus, alternatim 3-5-floris, puberulis, aut 
ssepe iu ramulis novellis foliis abortientibus enatis, bine race- 
mum elongatum axillarem aut terminalem folium superantem 
mentientibus ; sepalis glabris, iuterioribus 2-plo majoribus, 
ovalibus, fuscis; petalis paulo brevioribus, lineari-oblongis, 
apice usque ad medium acutissime bifissis : racemis ? axillari- 
bus, solitariis, petiolo 3-plo longioribus, pubescentibus ; pe- 
dicellis 1-tloris, alternis, imo et medio bractcolatis, his et flori- 
bus glabris ; sepalis et petalis marium ; staminibus sterilibus 
6 ; ovariis 6, glabris. — In China et Japonia ; v. s. in herb, Soc. 
Linn., in Calcutta cult. (Wall, Cat. 4968) ; in herb. Mus. Brit., 
China (Staunton), Calcutta (Wallich, Roxburgh, sub nom. 
Menisp. parabolicum ) ; in herb. Hook., China (Millett, in parte); 
Amoy (Welford, 458). 
This species is very near the preeeding, but is recognized by 
its obovate leaves, truncated or more generally cordate at base, 
upon longer petioles ; its petals, also, are more deeply cleft. 
Its leaves are l|-2f inches long, 1^-lf inch broad, on a 
petiole 4-6 lines long : the panicle is ^-1^ inch long, with 
branches 2 lines long, each bearing three pedicellated flowers : 
the 2 raceme is 1 inch long, with alternate pedicels 1-2 lines 
long, abortively l-flowered; from the existence of bracts in the 
middle of the pedicel, it ought normally to be 3-flowered ; the 
flower has six ovaries upon a raised receptacle, each with a long, 
horizontally deflected, subulate style ; the putamen is small, not 
more than 2 lines in diameter. 
^ 3. Nephroica ovalifolia, nob. ; — Cocculus ovalifolius, DC. Sj/st. i. 
526, Prodr. i. 99 ; Blume, Bijd. 25 ; — Cocculus umbellatus, 
Steud. Nom. 392 ; — Menispermum ovaljfolium, Vahl in Pers. 
Ench. ii. 628 ; Spr. Syst. ii. 157; Cur. post. iv. 143 ; — ramulis 
retrorsum pilosis, striolatis ; foliis ovalibus, imo rotundis, 
supra medium apicem versus angustioribus, acumine anguste 
obtusulo mucronato, e basi 5-nerviis, supra parce puberulis, 
subtus pallidioribus, puberulis et in nervis tenuibus vix pro- 
minulis pilosulis ; petiolo tenui, puberulo, limbo 3-plo bre- 
viore : paniculis ^ axillaribus, petiolo brevioribus, pedunculo 
apice 3-5-ramoso; ramis approximatis, fere umbellatis, 3- 
floris ; sepalis 9, obovatis, fusco-membranaceis, glabris; pe- 
