A phytochemical investigation of the tertiary phenolic alkaloidal fraction of the stems of CHASMANTHERA DEPENDENS H OCHST. (Menispermaceae) has yielded the tetrahydroprotoberberine type alkaloids govanine ( identical with(-)-tetrahydropseudocolumbamine) [1] and coreximine [2]; the pavine type alkaloid bisnorargemonine [3] and the morphinandienone type alkaloid pallidine [4].