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sessile often 2-3 together, seeds ovoid with a thickened corrugate margin often 

 with large protuberances on the faces. Hoxb. Hbrt. Beng. 104 ; Fl Ind. iii, 

 728; Blmne Bijd. 927; WaU. Cat. 6699; Wight Ic. t. 500; W. 8fA. Prodr. 

 345; Miq, FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 660 ; Dalz, *§• Gibs, Bomb. Fl 101 ; Kurz in 

 Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 104. Biyonopsis courtallensis, ^ra. in Hook. Joum. 

 Bot. ill. 274. B. erythrocarpa, Naud. in Ann. So. Nat. ser, 4, xviii. 194. 

 .B. laciniosa, Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 556. Oucumis verrucosus, 

 He7'b, Bottle?'. 



From the Himalaya to Cetlok. Pegu ; Xwr^-.— Distrib, Trop. Africa, Mauritius, 

 Malaya, Australia. 



SteTus angular, slender, usually glabrous or nearly so. Leaves often scabrous, 

 punctate above, lobes 2-3 in., -with a broad or narrow sinus ; petiole often longer 

 than the blade, sometimes muricate near the apex. Male pedicels less than 1 in., 

 usually glabrous, female still shortei*. Calyx-teeth subulate. Fniit | in. diam., green 

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Scabrous climbing herbs ; tendrils simple. Leaves 3-7-angular, not deeply 

 lobed, cordate, petioled and subsessile on the same plant. Flowm-s small, yel- 

 low, males and females clustered in the same axils ; males very short-peduncled, 

 females subsessile. Male : calyx campanulate, teeth 6, subulate ; corolla 5- 

 JPs^te; stamens 3, inserted low in the calyx-tube, anthers free, two 2-celled 

 OBe 1-eelled; celb straight, connective not produced, Fekale: calyx and 

 ^rolla as in the male ; disk annular ; ovary ovoid, hispid ; style thick, apex 

 :^^"^*^^ ; ovules not very many, horizontal ; placentas 3-2, Berry globose, 

 ^^iall, indehiscent. Seeds not very many, ovoid, compressed, strongly margined, 

 feces rough or smooth. — Distrib. Species 2; one South Indian; the other 



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1. M. scabrella, Am. in Hook. Joum. Bot. iii. 27Q'^ very scabrous, 

 leaves rough hispid beneath, seeds rough on their faces. Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 ser. 4, xii. 142; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 100. M. maderaapstana, Kwz 

 ^nJaurn, As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 104. Bryonia scabrella, Linn. / Suppl.424:i 

 ■OC. Prodr, iii. 306 ; Wall. Cat. 6708 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 305 ; Wight Ic. t. 501 ; 

 -^oxb. Fl. Ind, iii, 724; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i, pt. i, 658. B. WiVhtiana, WaU. 

 ^«^. 6703. B. maderaspatana and althjeoides, DC. I. c. 306. Cucumis made- 

 ^patanus, Linn. %?. PI. 1438. Karivia javanica, Miq. I. c. 661. Tricho- 

 santhes dioica, WaU Cat. 6692 C. 



hout India, common : ascending the hills as far as subtropical warmth 

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, ^^e»j angular, slender, 

 l^ort, sometimes 1 in. or 

 t-* m. diam., bright red. 

 _ y^R, gracilis ; leaves 4i by 2^ in. hastate elongate veiy acute wide at the base 

 ^ojig'petioled nearly entire. Bryonia gracilis, Wall. Cat. 6714.— Pagamew (Bubma); 



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^' %• leiosperma, Thwaites Enuin. 125; scabrous, leaves hispid beneath 

 ^d with much long soft hair, seeds smooth on their faces. Bryonia leio- 

 %mia, W. ^ A. Prodr. 346. B. mysorensis, Miq. in Herb. Hohenack. 



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