CUCURBITACEZ. 
44 B. Nipauty’nsts (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 307.) 
stems numerous; leaves palmately 5-lobed, scabrous above, 
smooth beneath ; lobes narrow, very acute, almost entire: ter- 
minal one very long: lateral ones divaricate, lower ones very 
short or wanting ; petioles short ; male flowers in fascicles, nu- 
merous, small; peduncles unequal; fruit unknown. ©.? H. 
Native of Nipaul. 
Nipaul Bryony. Pl. cl. 
45 B. viciror1a (Lam. dict. 1. p. 498.) leaves 5-lobed, some- 
what denticulated ; lobes deep, obtuse ; petioles and stem hispid. 
u.G. Native of Buenos Ayres. B. Bonariénsis, Mill. dict. 
—Dill. hort. elth. p. 58. t. 50. f. 58. Flowers whitish. 
Fig-leaved Bryony. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1710. Pl. cl. 
46 B.? acu‘ra (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 360.) stem slender ; leaves 
somewhat 7-lobed ; lobes lanceolate, acute, entire, or toothed ; 
tendrils simple ; male peduncles many-flowered ; calycine seg- 
ments narrow, acute; fruit unknown. %.H. Native of the 
kingdom of Tunis, in hedges. Corolla campanulate, spreadingly 
5-cleft, twice the size of that of B. alba. 
Acute-lobed Bryony. Pl. cl. 
47 B. varteca‘ra (Mill. dict.) leaves palmate, with lanceolate 
segments, which are dotted above and smooth beneath. X.S. 
Native of America. Fruit ovate, scattered. 
Variegated Bryony. Pl. cl. 
48 B. macropuy’tua (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 308) stem 
thick, striated ; leaves cordate, lobed; angles cut ; lobes toothed ; 
petioles long ; male flowers large, racemose, on long peduncles : 
female ones solitary, pedunculate ; fruit oblong, pilose. 2%. S. 
Native country unknown. Leaves large, size of those of the 
common vine, 
Large-leaved Bryony. PI. cl. 
* * * Leaves palmate. 
49 B. racemosa (Mill. dict. and Swartz, prod. 116. fl. ind. 
occid. 2. p. 1148.) lower leaves rather palmate, upper ones 3- 
lobed and undivided; segments of the leaves ovate ; flowers 
racemose ; pedicels rather secund ; fruit oval. 2%. S. Native 
of Jamaica and St. Domingo, in woods and hedges.—Plum. 
amer. 83. t. 97, Root oblong, fleshy. Flowers yellowish. 
Racemose-flowered Bryony. PI. cl. 
50 B. pinnativipa (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 2098. voy. 1. 
p. 547.) leaves ternately pedate, with pinnatifid lobes, and 
linear and oblong, obtuse, veinless segments. Y%.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Pinnatifid-leaved Bryony. FI. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1815. Pl. cl. 
51 B. renvurroria (Gill. mss. ex Hook. et Arn. in bot. 
misc. 3. p. 234.) leaves 3-parted ; segments bipinnatifid; female 
peduncles solitary, simple, equal in length to the petioles ; fruit 
oval, smooth, 2-seeded. uw. s. G. Native of Chili, in the 
Pampas, in the province of Cordova; and in sandy places near 
Santa Fe, and also of Buenos Ayres. The vernacular name of 
the plant is 4gi del Torvo. 
Fine-leaved Bryony. PI. cl. 
52 B. travis (Thunb. prod. 13.) leaves cordate, palmate, 
serrated, smooth; flowers axillary, rather umbellate. XY. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Smooth Bryony. Pl. cl. 
53 B. parma`ra (Lin. spec. 1438.) leaves cordate, palmate, 
smooth, 5-parted, with lanceolate, repandly serrated segments, 
lateral segments the shortest; fruit large, globose. %. S eNa- 
tive of Ceylon. 
Palmate-leaved Bryony. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1778. Pl. cl. 
54 B.? Garcint (Willd. spec. 4. p. 623.) leaves palmately 5- 
parted, with roundish-obovate, toothed lobes, scabrous above ; 
stipulas, (probably bracteas,) kidney-shaped and ciliated. 2. S. 
VOL. III. 
IX. Bryoxia. 
X. Sıcyos. 33 
Native of Ceylon. Burm. fl. ind. 311. t. 57. f. 3. Sicyos 
Garcini, Lin. mant. 297. Perhaps a species of Momérdica. 
Garcin’s Bryony. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. Pl. cl. 
55 B. arcemrouta (Willd. 1. c. p. 624.) leaves palmately 5- 
parted: with linear-lanceolate, 3-parted lobes, having scabrous 
margins ; tendrils simple; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. %. 5S. 
Native of the East Indies. 
Hollyhock-leaved Bryony. Pl. cl. 
56 B. racıxniòsa (Lin. spec. 624.) leaves palmately 5-parted, 
cordate, rough, and blistered: with oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, 
serrated segments ; petioles muricated ; peduncles 1-flowered, 
muricated ; corollas hairy inside, or tomentose, but smooth on 
the outside ; fruit the size of a cherry, striated with white ; 
seeds obovate, circled by a longitudinal elevated zone. %. S. 
Native of Ceylon. Herm. hort. lugd. 95. t. 97. Aroy-peria- 
ginge of the Hindoos. Flowers yellow. 
Jagged-leaved Bryony. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1710. Pl. cl. 
57 B.? cucumeroipes (Ser. in D.C. prod. 3. p. 308.) seeds 
rusty, transversely oblong, surrounded by a very thick dotted 
zone. %. S. Native country unknown, Cucumeroides, Thunb. 
ex Geertn. fruct. 2. p. 485. 
Cucumber-like Bryony. PI. cl. 
58 B. Arrica‘na (Thunb. prod. 13. but not of Lin.) root 
tuberous; upper leaves palmately 5-parted; lobes oblong, 
deeply toothed ; lower leaves cordate, having the angles toothed. 
u.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. spec. 4. p. 
624.—Herm. par. 107. t. 108. Male flowers in subumbellate 
panicles. Fruit mucronate. 
African Bryony. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Pl. cl. 
59 B. na'na (Lam. dict. 1. p. 497.) stems slender ; lower 
leaves roundish-cordate, quite entire: upper ones deeply 3-lobed; 
lobes obtuse. %. S. Native of Africa. 
Dwarf Bryony. Pl. cl. 
60 B. pisse’cra (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 497.) leaves palmately 
5-parted : with linear pinnatifid segments, having revolute sca- 
brous margins; male flowers? umbellate; fruit solitary, 
roundish, mucronate, bluntly angular, yellow ; seeds 3-4, YJ. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. spec. 4. p. 
625. B. Africana, Lin. spec. 1438. Flowers white? Probably 
distinct from the preceding species. 
Dissected-leaved Bryony. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1710. Pl. cl. 
61 B. prerra‘ta (Thunb. prod. 13.) leaves digitate: with 
linear 2-lobed scabrous segments; flowers umbellate. YY. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Digitate-leaved Bryony. Pl. cl. 
62 B. Watuicnia‘na (Ser. mss. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 309.) 
stem filiform, striated; leaves nearly sessile, sagittate, rugged 
from warts; terminal lobe lanceolate-linear, very long, some- 
what denticulated ; lateral lobes oblong, reflexed, remotely den- 
ticulated; male flowers in fascicles, numerous, on short pe- 
duncles; fruit unknown. 2%.G. Native of Nipaul. B., fili- 
formis, Roxb. 
Wallich’s Bryony. PI. cl. 
Cult. The hardy perennial species are plants of easy culture, 
only requiring to be planted in the ground. The stove peren- 
nial species should be grown in pots, and the stems trained up the 
rafters. The seeds of annual kinds require to be sown in a hot- 
bed in spring, and when the plants are of sufficient size may 
be planted out ina sheltered situation. All the species are pro- 
pagated by seeds. None of them are worth growing, except in 
botanic gardens. 
X. SI’CYOS (from oxvoc, sicyos, the Greek name for the 
cucumber ; resemblance and affinity). Lin. gen. no, 1481. 
Juss. gen. no, 394, Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 45. t. 88, f. 1. Sicyoides, 
Tourn. inst. 103. t. 28. 
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