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calyx, bicallous at the base inside. Stamens 5, opposite the 
petals, borne at the margin of the tube ; filaments short; anthers 
erect, dehiscing at the side. Style short. Fruit clavate, 1- 
celled, 3-valved; valves fleshy, partible into two. Seed one 
coated. ‘ 
1 E. sca’npeEns (Blum. bijdr. p. 922.) shrub climbing; leaves 
stalked, rather peltate, oblong, acuminated, quite entire, gla- 
brous ; peduncles branched, axillary ; pedicels rather umbellate. 
. u. S. Native of the East India Islands, on the mountains, 
particularly in Java, where it is called Aroy wuat Ban kong by 
the natives. 
Climbing Erythropalum. Shrub cl. 
Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand, or vegetable 
mould, will suit this plant; and cuttings will grow freely in the 
same kind of soil, if placed in heat. 
VIII. TU‘RIA (Arabic name of one of the species). Forsk. 
fl. egypt. p. 165. no, 35. Lam. dict. 8. p. 139. D.C. prod. 
3. p. 303. 
Lin. syst. Monoécia, Pentdndria. Flowers monoecious, 
male ones umbellate. Calyx 5-parted; segments lanceolate, 
spreading. Corolla 5-petalled, rotate, yellow. Stamens 5, 
erect, filiform, in 3 bundles; anthers irregularly curled; rudi- 
ment of germ half globose. Female flowers having the calyx 
and corolla as in the male, but with the stamens castrated. 
Germen cylindrical, thickened. Stigmas 3, 2-lobed. Fruit 
cylindrical? attenuated, villous, warted. 
1 T.cyztinprica (Forsk. l. c.) stems twining, 5-angled, sca- 
brous ; leaves palmate; lobes toothed; tendrils trifid; fruit 
terete, attenuated at both ends, villous, crowned by the style 
and calyx.— Native of Arabia Felix. Gmel syst. nat. 1. p. 403. 
ex Lam. dict. 8. p. 140. Flowers yellow. 
Cylindrical-fruited Turia. Pl, tw. 
2 T. Leròsa (Forsk. l. c. p. 165.) stem striated, mealy ; 
leaves 3-lobed, cordate at the base; lobes angular, middle one 
longest, but not lobed ; fruit conical, glabrous ; seeds size of a 
small pea. %. F. Native of Arabia. Gmel. syst. nat. 1. 
p. 403. ex Lam. dict. 8. p. 140. Zeloja is the Arabian name 
of the plant. Flowers green. 
Leloja Turia. PI. tw. 
3 T. corpa‘ra (Lam. dict. 8. p. 140.) leaves cordate, angular, 
ciliated, 2 inches long.—Native of Arabia Felix. The fruit, 
when matured, opens at top by a lid, and ejects its seeds with 
force. Forsk. fl. egypt. p. 166. 
Cordate-leaved Turia. Pl. trailing. 
4 T. Giser (Forsk. l. c. p. 166.) stem 6-angled, scabrous; 
leaves 3-lobed, denticulated, scabrous on both surfaces; fruit 
ovate, 10-furrowed, glabrous.—Native of Arabia. Flowers 
small, green. Fruit smaller than a nut, greyish at maturity, 
dehiscing, with revolute valves. Gijef is the Arabic name of 
the plant. 
Gijef Turia. Pl. trailing. 
5 T. Mo’cuanp (Forsk. egypt. l. c.) stem terete, smooth ; 
leaves 3-lobed, quite entire; lateral lobes somewhat 3-lobed; 
fruit oval-oblong, quite glabrous.—Native of Arabia Felix. 
Flowers large, white. Immature fruit green, spotted with white, 
but when mature yellow and eatable. Moghadd is the Arabian 
name of the species. 
Moghadd Turia. 
Pl. trailing. 
Cult. : 
See Cuctrbita, p. 41. for culture and propagation. 
IX. BRYO'NIA (from Bpvw, bryo, to sprout up; in reference 
to the rapid growth of the annual stems, or because the species 
raise themselves by laying hold of other shrubs with their ten- 
drils). Lin. gen. no. 1480. Juss. gen. p. 394, Geertn. fruct. 
t. 88. D.C. prod. 3. p. 304. Soléna, Lour. coch. Cucumis 
CUCURBITACER. VIII. Turia. 
IX. Bryonia. 
species of some authors. Cucumeroides, Geertn. fruct. 2. p. 485, 
t. 180. f. 4. 
Lin. syst. Monoécia, Polyadélphia. 
or dioecious. Petals joined at the base. Male flowers with a 
5-toothed calyx. Stamens in 3 bundles; anthers flexuous, 
Female flowers with a trifid style. Fruit ovate or globose, 
smooth; perhaps always few-seeded. Seeds ovate, hardly com- 
pressed, more or less margined. Tendrils simple, rarely forked, 
Flowers monoecious 
* Leaves angular. 
1 B. rostra‘ra (Rottl. nov. act. berol. 4. p. 212. and Willd. 
spec. 4, p. 616.) stem filiform, furrowed ; leaves cordate, obtuse, 
denticulated, scabrous ; peduncles axillary, solitary ; fruit ovate, 
angular, acuminated. ©. F. Native of Tranquebar. Fruit 
the size of apea. Plant scabrous, but when cultivated it be- 
comes smooth in every part. The root of this species is pre- 
scribed in India internally in electuary, in cases of piles. 
Rostrate-fruited Bryony. Pl. cl. 
2 B. Perroretia‘na (Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 3. p. 304.) 
tendrils simple, capillary ; leaves broadly cordate, ungulate, ses- 
sile, villous, scabrous, with undulated margins; male flowers 
twin, on pilose peduncles : female flowers sessile ; fruit ending 
in a long taper point, sessile, clothed with very long and very 
numerous hairs; seeds compressed, bay-coloured, granularly 
edged, and covered with adpressed hairs. 2.8. Native of 
Senegal. Flowers white. 
Perrotet’s Bryony. Pl. cl. 
3 B. mucrona‘ra (Blume, bijdr. p. 923.) leaves cordate- 
ovate, mucronate, rather angular, and repandly denticulated, 
scabrous from dots above, and smooth beneath; flowers in fas- 
cicles, dioecious ; berry oval. Y%.S. Native of the East In- 
dies, on the mountains, where it is called Pariagengie by the 
natives. 
Var. B, denticulàta (Ser. in D.C. prod. 3. p. 304.) leaves all 
undivided, obsoletely denticulated; fruit usually contracted in 
the middle. 24.8. Growing among bushes about Buitenzorg 
in Java. 
Mucronate-leaved Bryony. _ Pl. cl. 
4 B. sca'sra (Thunb. prod. 13.) leaves cordate, angular, 
toothed, beset with callous dots above and with pili beneath, 
therefore scabrous on both surfaces; flowers umbellate ; fruit 
globose ; seeds smooth. 2. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. The tender shoots of this plant are aperient, having 
been previously roasted. 
Scabrous Bryony. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1774. PI. cl. 
5 B. verrucòsa (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 285. ed. 2. 
vol. 5. p. 246.) leaves cordate, angular, beset with callous dots 
beneath as well as on the veins above; tendrils usually simple; 
fruit globose, nearly sessile. 2%. G. Native of the Canary 
Islands. Willd. spec. 4. p. 616. Fruit the size of a sloe. 
Warted-leaved Bryony. Clt. 1779. Pl. cl. j 
6 B. scasra`ra (Blum. bijdr. p. 923.) leaves cordate, cuspl- 
date, undivided, and somewhat angular, denticulated, scabrous 
above, rough on the veins beneath ; flowers monoecious ; umbels 
on short peduncles; fruit globose.—Native of the East Indies, 
on the mountains, particularly in Java. Cucirbita scabra, Blum. 
cat. hort. buit. no. 105. Aroy korreg kotiok of the Javanese 
Allied to B. scàbra and B. Japonica. 
Rough Bryony. Pl. cl. 
7 B. runcra‘ra (Thunb. prod. 13.) leaves cordate, angular; 
callous above, and pilose beneath; peduncles 1-flowered. %. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Doited-leaved Bryony. PI. cl. : 
8 B. repa’nva (Blum, bijdr. p. 923.) leaves cordate, cuspi- 
date, repandly denticulated, scabrous above and puberulous be- 
neath ; umbels pedunculate ; flowers dioecious ; berries globose 
