Cocculus.] VII. MENISPERMACE^E. Ill 
(2) C. elegans Ridl. Nephroica elegans Ridl. fount. Roy. As. 
Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 15. 
A slender twining laticiferous hairy herb. Leaves deltoid or 
lanceolate acute, base rounded, 3-nerved with distinct reticulations, 
sparsely hairy; 2 in. long, *25 to -50 in. wide; petioles ’2 in. long, 
hairy. Racemes axillary, hairy. Sepals, outer ovate obtuse 5, 
inner ones 3 rounded ovate acute. Petals 6 ligulate oblong with 
2 long points. Stamens 6 as long. Hab. Open places, twining 
on grasses. Dindings at Lumut. Tringanu at Cherating River 
(Ridley). 
12. HYPSERPA, Miers. 
A slender woody climber. Leaves small coriaceous; nerves 
palmate. Cymes usually short, rarely panicled. Sepals 8 to 12, 
outer ones bract-like, inner ones gradually larger, patent, ciliate. 
Petals 4 to 6 (or 0) obovate flesh}'. Stamens 6 to indefinite, free 
or more or less joined; anthers immersed. Female flowers, stami- 
nodes various in number; carpels 6 to 3. Stigma oblong-linear. 
Drupe transversely ovoid; endocarp grooved and ribbed on back. 
Albumen copious. Species 16, Indo-Malaya, China, Australia and 
Polynesia. 
(1) H. cuspidata Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser 2, vii. 40. 
H. triflora King, l.c. 384 {not of Miers). Limacia cuspidata Hook, 
fit. F.B.I. i. 100. 
Slender woody climber with dark green shining coriaceous leaves, 
oblong to oblong-lanceolate; nerves fine and indistinct; 2-5 to 
4*5 in. long, -8o to 1-5 in. wide or smaller; petioles *3 in. long, 
appressed hairy as are the branch tips. Cymes ’3 in. long, axillar}', 
appressed hairy, few-flowered. Flowers small ‘i in. across, white 
or yellow. Sepals, outer minute ovate triangular, inner ones 
larger, obovate. Petals spathulate. Drupes globular *2 in. 
through, red. Hab. In hedges and thickets, not rare. Singapore, 
Tanglin. Malacca (Maingay). Penang, Batu Feringhi; Pulau 
Betong (Curtis); Pulau Jerajah (ICunstler). Distrib. India and 
Malay Islands. Native name : Akar Minyak. 
13. PERICAMPYLUS, Miers. 
Slender woody climber. Leaves sub-cordate, edge sub-crenate, 
more or less pubescent; nerves palmate. Cymes, males 3- to 6- 
fascicled, females solitary or in pairs. Sepals imbricate, 3 outer 
minute, bract-like, 6 inner obovate. Petals 6 sub-obovate, margins 
inflexed round the stamens. Stamens free or connate. Female 
flowers, staminodes 6; terete longer than the petals. Carpels 3. 
Stigma bifid or doubly bifid. Drupes 3, sub-orbicular flattened; 
endocarp with transverse ridges with tubercles. Species 6, Indo- 
Malaya, 
