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nocarpum.l ^^^- cucuebitacej). (C. B. Clarke.) 



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rudiment of the ovary 0. Female : calyx and corolla as in the male ; ovary 

 OTOid ; disc 0, stigmas 3 ; ovules few, horizontal ; placentas vertical. Fruit 

 eUipsoid, subsessile, indehiscent, without a beak. Seeds 2-6, ovoid, smooth, 

 slightly compressed. 



\; I- C. zeylanicuiii^ :ffook, f. in Gen. PL i. 832, female flower suh- 

 sessile, seeds ovoid smooth slierhtly compressed, ^chmandra zevlanica, 

 ThwaUes Enum. 125. & ^ i- . : > 



Ceylon ; alt. 3000-5000 ft. ; Thwaites, 

 j^ Ztfat;^* 3-6 in., obtuse or acute, cordate or hastate, almost 3-lobed, entire or 

 ^dulate-denticulate ; petiole J-lJ in. Flowers \~^ in. diam., yellow; petals broad/ 

 scuminate. Berry at most i in. diam. Seeds \-\ in. diam., little compressed, incom-: 

 pletely margined, 2-6 to each fruit. 



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^2. C, ? PENANGKNSB, C. B. Clarke; female peduncle ^14 in,, seeds much com- 

 pressed somewhat rugose on the faces. Bryonia heterophylla, JFalL Cat. 6704. 



PiNAKo ; Wallick. 



Stems Thther strong, minutely pilose; tendrils simple. Leaves cordate-oblong, 

 scute, entire slightly denticulate, scabrous above minutely hispid beneath. Flowers 

 monoecious, all peduncled, solitary female and racemed males from the same axil; 

 •*le peduncle 1^ in. with 8 small pedicels at the summit. Fruit ^-^ in. diam., 

 wnopth, nearly globose. Seeds 4 to 6, ^ in., somewhat margined, oblong. — Closely 

 resembles £7. zeylanicum except as to the pedxmcled female : but there are no flowers 



. ^^z? C. Maingati, C. B. Clarke; halves 3-lobed and entire, female peduncle 

 iL?*' ^®^s margined not much compressed very rugose pitted on the fSeices. 

 ^If^ccA ; Mainffay No. 1268. ^ , .,. 



SteTns nearly glabrous; tendrils simple. Leaves 2 by 1 J in., with three divaricate 

 ™ceolate Iqbes or entire, not much cordate, scabrous on both surfaces; petiole J in. 

 ^^e peduncle 1^ in. with 8 minute pedicels at the summit; female from the same 

 ^h . Stamens of the genus. Fruit | by less than | in., oblong, subacute. Seeds 

 wrl2, less than ^ in.— This may be a Melothria, but the long male peduncle with 

 Bflort pedicels and the unproduced connective do not suit. The capsule and seeds do. 

 ^^ ^^t Cerasioearpum. 



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y Climbing or prostrate scal^rous herbs, turning bla<;k in drying ; tendrils simple. 



j^«« cordate, orbicular, 5-7-lobed ; stipuliform bracts at the axils of the 



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ciliate or dentate. Flawe) 



J^ies m small racemes on inconspicuous axile peduncles ; female solitary, short- 

 J?duncled, in the same axil with the male. Mate : calyx-tube short, cam- 

 Paiudate, lobes 6, subulate ; corolla 5-partite ; stamens 3, filaments very short ; 

 ^^ers free, one 1-celled, two 2-celled ; cells straight, connective not produced ; 

 •'Jaiment of ovary 0. Female : calyx and corolla as in the male ; ovary ovoid; 

 ^j<^iled; disc 0; style columnar, stigmas 2 or 3: ovules 2 or 3, horizontal; 

 P^eiitas parietal. Fruit small, globose or subquadrate, oblique, indehis- 

 ^^V^Sleeds 2 or 3, ellipsoid, much compressed, acutely margined, some- 



^Pical Africa. The remarkt 



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