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VII. MENISPERMACE.E. 
[Tiliacora. 
(i) T. triandra Diels, Pflanzenreick, 62. Limacia triandra 
Hook. fil. and Thom. FI. Ind. 188; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
l.c. 382. 
Climbing shrubs, rather slender. Leaves shining, coriaceous or 
sub-coriaceous glabrous, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, tip 
acuminate acute, base rounded; nerves 4 pairs inarching far from 
the margin; 4 in. long by i'5 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. 
Racemes axillary solitary pubescent. Flowers very small 1 to 3, 
in the axil of a pubescent bract. Sepals, outer 6, minute ciliate, 
inner ones valvate sub-elliptic larger. Petals 4 to 6 obovate or 
oblong larger. Stamens 3. Female flowers, solitary in axils of 
bracts of raceme with 6 semi-ovoid carpels on a raised torus. 
Fruit obovate, yellowish red. Hab. Very rare. Penang, Tanjong 
Tokong (Curtis). Distrib. Tenasserim and Cochin-China. Native 
names : Akar Kunyit-Kunyit; Akar Kusin. 
T. acuminata Hook. fil. " Singapore, Griffith, in Herb. Hooker,” is doubt¬ 
less an error. Griffith was probably never in Singapore at all, and a plant so 
labelled in Herb. Wallich. from Singapore is not a Menispermaceous plant at all. 
11 . COCCULUS, DC. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves various. Cymes 1 or 2 in axils of 
leaves. Male flowers, sepals 3, outer small, 3 inner larger con¬ 
cave. Petals usually bifid with indexed edge. Stamens 6 to 9 
free. Female flowers, staminodes 6 or 0. Carpels 6 to 3, semi- 
ovoid; style cylindric. Drupe obovate rounded compressed, with 
2 ridged bands on the back. Species 11. Warm regions of Asia, 
Africa, Polynesia and North America. 
Glabrous leaves lanceolate, blunt . . . . (1) C. ovalifolius 
Hairy leaves deltoid to lanceolate . . . . (2) C. elegans 
(1) C. ovalifolius DC. Syst. i. 526. Limacia Kunstleri King, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 303. Nephroica sarmentosa Lour. FI. 
Cochinchine ii. 692. 
A slender twiner. Leaves papery lanceolate blunt at both ends, 
tips micronulate; main nerves 1 pair from the base and 2 or 
3 pairs from the midrib above, very fine, reticulations con¬ 
spicuous; 2*5 to 3 in. long, 1 in. wide, glabrous; petioles *2 in. 
long pilose. Compound cymes axillary 1 in. long; rachis and 
branches pilose. Cymes (branches) *2 in. long, often racemiform. 
Bracts 2. Sepals 3, outer bract-like, 3 inner ovate elliptic. Petals 6, 
tips bifid with spreading lobes. Female cymes smaller; carpels 6. 
Drupes compressed horseshoe-shaped, blue black; endocarp with 
2 dorsal keels of ribs and tubercles. Hab. Climbing on bushes on 
the sea-shore in sandy spots. A pretty plant, with its white and 
yellow flowers. Singapore, Changi. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. 
Distrib. China, Cochin-China, Java, Philippines and Mascarene 
Islands. 
