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plant pilose; stem filiform, striated, having distant internodes ; 
tendrils bifid; leaves on long petioles, cordate, long-acuminated, 
crenately toothed, beset with long, distant hairs ; flowers large, 
in loose racemes ; peduncles longer than the leaves; pedicels 
long, pilose; fruit unknown. X4. G. Native of Nipaul. 
Long-peduncled Bryony. PI. cl. 
30 B. Rue‘epi (Blum. bijdr. p. 925.) leaves on short pe- 
tioles, oblong, cordate, rather angular at the base, remotely den- 
ticulated, smoothish, dotted above, glaucous beneath ; upper 
leaves hastately 3-lobed; male pedicels disposed in dense ra- 
cemes, 1-flowered, bearing one bractea in the middle of each, 
female pedicels solitary, 1-flowered. 21. S. Native of Java and 
Malabar, on the mountains. Rheed. mal. 8. t. 26. The plant 
is called Aroy-hui-Walleh by the natives of Java. 
Rheede’s Bryony. PI. cl. 
* * Leaves lobed. 
31 B. rricm‘a (Rottl. in nov. act. berol. 4. p. 223.) stem fur- 
rowed, glabrous ; leaves coriaceous, somewhat cordately 3-lobed, 
obsoletely denticulated, rough : lateral lobes somewhat 2-lobed, 
intermediate one elongated, acuminated ; flowers monoecious, 
male ones umbellate, female ones solitary; berries globose. 
Y.S. Native of Java, about Rompien, in corn fields. Willd. 
spec. 4. p. 610.—Blum. bijdr. p. 925. Corro-konteng of the 
natives of Java. The root of this species was once supposed to 
be the famous colomba-root, to which it approaches very nearly 
in quality. 
Earth Bryony. Clt. 1815. Pl. cl. 
32 B. SCABRE'LLA (Lin. suppl. 424.) stem muricated, hispid ; 
leaves 3-lobed, toothed, callosely hispid on both surfaces : lateral 
lobes dilated, angular, intermediate one elongated ; petioles hispid ; 
flowers axillary, nearly sessile, numerous; fruit nearly globose, 
beset with a few obverse strigee; seeds muricated. ©. F. 
Native of the East Indies. Willd. spec. 4. p. 619. Baboon 
tengang of the Hindoos. Flowers yellow. Habit of Melothria. 
Var. a; leaves smaller ; seeds tuberculated. Blume, l. c. 
Var. B; leaves coarsely toothed, as in the preceding variety, 
and beset with setaceous strige ; berries elliptic-globose. Blume, 
Ee 
Roughish Bryony. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1781. Pl. cl. 
33 B. raTEBRÒSA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 384. ed. 
2. vol. 5. p. 347.) leaves somewhat 3-lobed, pilose, attenuated 
at the base, hardly cordate, running down the petiole on one side 
only. %.G. Native of the Canary Islands. Flowers whitish. 
Dark Bryony. Fl. June. Clit. 1779. Pl. cl. 
34 B. TRILOoBA`ra (Thunb. prod. 13. but not of Lour.) leaves 
3-lobed, smooth above, and scabrous beneath. %. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Three-lobed-leaved Bryony. PI. cl. 
35 B. stiputa‘cea (Willd. spec. 4. p. 620.) stem shrubby ? 
furrowed ; tendrils trifid ; leaves cordate, 3-lobed, toothed, gla- 
brous, smooth on both surfaces ; stipulas roundish, concave, 
serrated ; flowers monoecious, solitary; fruit ovate, acutish, gla- 
brous, yellow, 5-celled, many-seeded. %.G. Native of Cochin- 
china. B. triloba, Lour. coch. p. 595. but not of Thunb. B. 
agréstis, Reusch. ex Steud. nom. phan. p. 123. Flowers white. 
Var. B; perpusilla (Blum. bijdr. p. 926.) leaves membra- 
nous, deeply cordate, 3-lobed, obsoletely denticulated, scabrous 
from dots above, smooth beneath: lateral lobes rather angular, 
intermediate one elongated, acuminated; flowers umbellate, 
monoecious ; fruit pea-formed. 2%. S. Cucirbita perpusilla, 
Blum. cat. hort. buit. p. 105. Native of Java, in the shady 
parts of mountains. The plant is called Hampru Bogor, and 
Korres koda by the Javanese. 
Large-stipuled Bryony. PI. cl. 
36 B. America‘na (Lam. dict. 1, p. 498.) root thick; stem 
angular ; leaves cordate, 3-lobed, angular, wrinkled, with spine- 
CUCURBITACEZ. IX. Bryonta. 
formed teeth ; lobes of corolla narrow, white inside ; fruit ovate, 
` red, few-seeded; seeds compressed. Y. S. Native of the An- 
tillis.— Plum. spec. 3. icon. p. 66. ex Willd. spec. 4. p. 620. 
American Bryony. PI. cl. 
37 B. Gutner’nsis; leaves cordate, petiolate, 5-lobed ; lobes 
acute, toothed; peduncles axillary, many-flowered ; tendrils 
axillary. 2%.%.S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers red. 
Guinea Bryony. PI. tw. 
38 B. corpIFòLIA (Lin. spec. p. 1438.) leaves cordate, oblong, 
5-lobed, toothed, scabrous, bidentate at the top of the petiole. 
u.S. Native of Ceylon. Flowers white. The root of this 
plant is considered cooling, and to possess virtues in complaints 
requiring expectorants. 
Heart-leaved Bryony. PI. cl. 
39 B. a’xBa (Lin. spec. p. 621.) stem climbing ; leaves cor- 
date, 5-lobed, toothed, scabrous from callous dots; terminal 
lobe hardly longer than the rest; tendrils twin ; flowers race- 
mose, monoecious; stamens distinct; fruit globose, black; 
seeds unknown. Y. H. Native of Europe, in woods and 
hedges, as in Sweden, Denmark, and Carniola. Lam. ill. t. 769. 
Fl. dan. t. 813. Flowers whitish or yellowish. 
Black-berried white Bryony. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1807. Pl. cl, 
40 B. vior’ca (Jacq. fl. austr. t. 199.) stem climbing : leaves 
cordate, palmately 5-lobed, toothed, scabrous from callous points ; 
terminal lobe the longest and very dissimilar, perhaps always; 
tendrils simple ; flowers racemose, dioecious ; filaments pilose at 
the base; fruit globose, red; seeds obovate-globose, rather 
compressed, grey, variegated with black. 2%. H. Native of 
Europe, in hedges ; plentiful in England, particularly in calca- 
reous counties. Smith, engl. bot. t.439. Mill. fig t. 71.— 
Blackw. herb. t. 37. B. Alba, Huds. 437. Wood. med. bot. t. 
189. Flowers white, with elegant green ribs and veins. The 
root grows sometimes to an immense size ; it is a famous hydro- 
gogue, and highly purgative and acrid, a drachm of it in sub- 
stance, or half an ounce of it infused in wine, is said to bea full 
dose ; others give 2 drachms in dropsical cases. As a purgative 
it has great effect on some, while on others it has hardly any; 
but it frequently becomes diuretic and diaphoretic. A cold in- 
fusion in water is used externally in sciatic pains. A cataplasm 
of it is a most powerful discutient The best season to take up 
the roots for use is in autumn. - It is called in English, mhite 
wild vine, wild kops, white Bryony, wild nep, Tetter-berry. 
Var. B, litea (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves deeply 
lobed ; lateral lobes nearly linear, terminal one lanceolate, bi- 
dentate laterally; fruit and seeds yellow. %.H. Native of 
Auvergne, in hedges and woods. 
Dioecious-flowered or red-berried white Bryony. Fl. May, 
Sept. Britain. PI. cl. 
41 B. nirmpa (Link. enum. 2. p. 404.) leaves cordate, 5-lobed, 
apiculated, scabrous from hairs: peduncles umbelliferous. y. 
H. Native country unknown. 
Shining Bryony. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1824. Pl. cl. 
42 B. Crr'rica (Lin. spec. 1439.) root fleshy ; stems climb- 
ing ; leaves cordate, 5-lobed, quite entire, ciliated, muricated on 
both surfaces : terminal lobe the largest ; tendrils simple, spirat; 
flowers dioecious: female ones axillary, twin; fruit globose, 
red ; seeds smooth, obovate. ©. H. Native of Candia. Desf. 
coroll. p. 91. t. 70. ann. mus. 12. t. 17. Flowers pale. 
Cretan Bryony. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1759. Pl. cl. 
43 B. aungur'Losa (Thunb. prod. 13.) flowers dioecious: 
leaves 5-lobed, scabrous above ; lobes very blunt, mucronately 
toothed, auricled behind; tendrils simple; peduncles of male 
flowers 1-flowered, twin; calyx broadly campanulate, an 
acutely toothed; corolla campanulate, half 5-cleft ; fruit un- 
known. 2. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ker, 
bot. reg. 82. Sims, bot. mag. 1820. Flowers brown. 
Five-lobed-leaved Bryony. Fl. June, Oct. Clt.? Pl. cl. 
