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racemose, distant, pendulous ; £ calyx -teeth deltoid, distant : petals ovate-oblong, as long 

 as the calyx, tomentose : 3 filaments short ; $ calyx-limb cyathiform, minutely denticulate, 

 twice as. long as the stipitiform stricture, half as long as the oblong petals; berry ovoid- 

 oblong. — Plum. Descr. t. 97 J Desc. Fl. 2. t. 136. — Bryonia, Sw. B. americana, Desc. 

 (non Lam.). — Stem glabrescent, angular ; leaves 3"-2" diam., uppermost often narrow, sub- 

 hastate ; flowers yellowish, $ 6'" long (the ovary included) ; petals 2"'-3'" long ; berry 

 red, 5'" long, 3'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Haiti to 

 Brazil!]. 



3. C. graciliflora, Gr. Leaves glabrescent, scabrous, cordate, deeply Z-lobed: lobes 

 acuminate, middle ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, lateral angular-sinuate on the exterior side ; 

 tendrils 3 -fid ; flowers in few-flowered racemes or solitary ; <J calyx-teeth subulate-filiform, 

 distant : petals linear-oblong, twice as long as the calyx, tomentose : 3 filaments distinct, 

 filiform; berry ovoid. — Bryonia racemosa, Mac/. partim, PI. Carib. — Stem glabrous, angu- 

 lar ; leaves 5"-2" diam. : basilar sinus open ; $ flowers 9"'-12'" long ; petals 6"'-9"' 

 long, l£ m broad, suberect, not exceeding the anther-column ; filaments long : anther-column 

 2'" long ; berry yellowish, 8'" long, 6"' broad : seeds 6 or fewer, ovate, compressed, rugulose, 

 obtuse on the margin, 4'" long. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl.; [Cuba !, Guadeloupe !]. 



4. O. cuspidata, Gr. (n. sp.). Glabrous ; leaves Z-lobed to one-third, slightly sub- 

 cordate at the base : lobes deltoid, pointleted, denticulate, lateral spreading : tendrils bifid 

 or simple ; $ flowers solitary (or in few-flowered racemes) : calyx-teeth deltoid, small : 

 tube turbinate : petals broadly oblong, half as long again as the calyx, slightly tomentose : 

 3 filaments short. — Stem smooth, angular ; leaves 3" diam. (or the uppermost narrower, 

 subentire), membranaceous, slightly scabrous or smooth, 3-nerved with transverse veins : 

 teeth glanduliform ; $ flowers expanded, 10'" diam., $ unknown ; calyx 3'" long and as 

 broad at the top ; petals 4"'-5'" long, 2'" broad, blunt ; anther-column shortly exserted. — 

 Hab. Dominica I, Imr. 



3. MOMORDICA, L. 



<J Calyx 5-fid. Corolla nearly 5-petalous. Stamens triadelphous : anthers all connate : 

 cells bent upwards and downwards. Ovary 3-celled : ovules oo, uniseriate in each cell. 

 Fruit elastically 3-valved. — Peduncles axillary, simple, bracteate : flowers monoecious in the 

 West Indian species. 



5. M. Charantia, L. Glabrescent; leaves deeply 7-5-lobed : lobes sinuate-serrate; 

 tendrils simple, hispidulous ; peduncles bearing a roundish, entire bract above the base (or 

 about the middle) ; <J calyx-lobes ovate -lanceolate, longer than the tube, exceeded by the 

 corolla ; $ calyx constricted into a stalk above the crested-tubercled ovary ; fruit oblong or 

 elliptical. — Variable in the size of the corolla and fruit, iu the muricated or tubercled covering 

 of the latter, and in the form of the leaf-lobes. Peduncles 2"-3", corolla 4"'-6'", fait l"-5 y ' 

 long. 



a. Leaf-lobes pointed ; bracts in both sexes inserted less than 1" above the base of the 

 slender peduncles; fruit oblong, tapering above. — Mill. Ic. t. 171 ; Rheed. Mai. 8. t. 9. 



j8. pseudobalsamina. Leaf-lobes dilated ; bracts as in a ; fruit ellipsoidal, usually small. — 

 Desc. Fl. 8. t. 594 ; Wight Ic. 2. t. 504. — Momordica operculata, L. ex Commel. PL Rar. 

 t. 22 : agreeing with a Guadeloupe specimen. 



y. muricata, W. Leaf-lobes dilated : teeth bluutish ; bracts of <? inserted about the 

 middle, of £ above the base of the peduncles ; corolla-segments obovate ; fruit ellipsoidal- 

 oblong, usually large. — Rheed. Mai. 8. t. 10 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2455. 



Hab. Jamaica !, Bist., Wullschl. (o), on fences ; Antigua !, Wullschl. (0, y), Dominica !, 

 Imr. (y) ; [Haiti !, Martinique !, Sieb. Mart. 225 ; Mexico ! to Brazil 1 ; trop. Africa !, East 

 Indies !]. 



6*. M. Balsamina, L. Glabrescent ; leaves deeply 5-Iobed : lobes 'dilated, sinnate- 

 dentate with cuspidate teeth ; tendrils simple ; peduncles bearing a cordate, denticulate 

 bract close to the forcer ; S calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, longer than the tube, half as long 

 as the corolla; fruit ellipsoidal,* crested-tubercled.— Peduncles of <? \\"-2" long, of ? 

 shorter ; corolla 8"'-6"', fruit 2" long.— Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica (Macf, Wils.) ; 

 [trop. Africa! to the Cape !, trop. Arabia! and East Indies!]. 



