B. Anther-cells straight or simply curved (hippocrepiform or 
exuous in Bryonopsis and Dactyliandra). 
*Connective of anther not produced at the apex. 
Anther-cells flexuous or hippocrepiform. 
Style inserted in an annular disk. Stipuliform bract 0 . 25. Bryronopsis. 
Annular disk 0. Petioles with a stipuliform bract at the 
| mpd ee ee ee re re 
Anther-cells straight or simply curved. 
Annular disk 0. Petioles with a stipuliform bract at the 
OMS ee a ee 
Style inserted in an anvular disk. Stipuliform bract 0 . 28. Zeunerta. 
*Connective of anther produced at the apex. 
tyle inserted into an annular disk. 
LXIV. CUCURBITACEE (HOOKER). 523 
Fruit sessile. Seed pitted . ...... . . . 29. Mumm, 
Fruit on a slender pedicel. Seedsgreen . . . . ~ 30, Mexorunta. 
nular disk 0, or very obscure. 
Fruit fleshy, indehiscent.:* 2. .° .. 7c . Acs oe BE PCOGAREA. 
Fruit dehiscing transversely at the base . . . . . 32. CORALLOCARPUS. 
Trine 2, Abobreze.— Stamens 3, filaments free; anther-cells flecuous. Ovary 
3-tcelled; cells with 1 or 2 ascending ovules. 
33. TRIANOSPERMA. 
Trise 3, Sicyoideze.— Stamens 3-5, filaments usually connate. Ovary 1-celled, 
with 1 pendulous ovule. 8 
34, Sicyos. 
I. TELFAIRIA, Hook.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 821 
Dicecious. Male .: Racemed. Calyx-tube short; lobes crenate. Co- 
rolla rotate, 5-partite; lobes fimbriate. Stamens 3, filaments short, 
free : anthers dilated, one 2-celled, two 4-celled, cells curved. Female 
-: Solitary. Staminodes 0. Ovary oblong, base tumid and lobed (in 
L. pedata), 3—5-celled, cells imperfectly divided; style short, stigma 
-lobed ; ovules many, l-seriate on the imperfect septa. Fruit elongate, 
ribbed, 3—5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds large, orbicular, testa fibrous. 
—A lofty climber. Leaves digitate ; leaflets oblong. Tendrils 2-fid. 
‘lowers ‘rather large, pale purple; male pedicels bracteate.—Ampelo- 
seyos, Thouars, 
Leaves Penuinerved 2° a Oe eee i 
®aves 3-plinerved from near the base 2. T. occidentalis. 
a T. pedata, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2751-2; Bot. Mise. ii. 154, t. 81, 
- Root stout, fleshy. Stem perennial, 50-100 ft. long. Leaves 
°ng-petioled; leaflets 3-5 in., acuminate, repand-toothed, glabrous 
; et the puberulous nerves below, papillose beneath, nerves all uni- 
tor taly proceeding from the midrib at an angle of 45°. Tendrils lateral, 
With a pubescent tubercle on the stem opposite their insertion. Male 
Rodane € pubescent; bracteoles 2, serrate. Flowers pale purple, 2 in. 
‘ameter, Petals obovate-cuneate, purplish, pubescent at the back, papil- 
“se within. Female fl. : About 4 in. diameter. Ovary obtusel 10-rib- 
8 d, Warted. Fruit fleshy, sometimes 60 lbs. weight, 2-300-seeded. 
eed 1 in, broad, cotyledons eatable-—Feuillea pedata, Bot. Mag. t. 2681. 
