Bryonopsis. | LXIV. CUCURBITACEH (HOOKER). 557 
pedately lobed, slightly scabrid or papillose, basal sinus rounded ; lobes 
oblong-lanceolate, distantly sinuate-serrate ; petiole slender. Female fi. : 
Solitary few or many, pedicels very variable. Calyx-lobes subulate. 
Corolla } in. diameter. Ovary glabrous. Fruit 4-1 in. diameter, green 
. Striped with yellow. Seed } in. long.—Bryonia laciniosa, L.; Wight, Ie. 
t. 500. B. tenuis, Klotzsch in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 150. 
aj ee Guinea. St. Thomas Island, alt. 2000 ft., Mann! A form with fruit 14 in. 
lameter. 
Nile Land. Unyoro, Grant! 
Mozamb. Distr. Querimba, Peters! Rovuma bay, Dr. Kirk! : 
A very variable plant, a native of India, Australia, and some of the Pacific Isles. 
26. DACTYLIANDRA, Hook. f. in Gen. Plant. i. 829 (under 
Bryonia). 
Flowers monwcious. Male: Subumbellate. Calyx-tube campanu- 
late; lobes 5, subulate. Corolla shortly campanulate, 5-lobed to 
below the middle, pubescent. Stamens 5, filaments free, inserted 
Within the calyx-tube ; anthers cohering, one 1-celled, two 2-celled, 
cells hippocrepiform ; connective not produced at the apex. Rudiment 
of ovary a depressed gland. Female fl.: Solitary in different axils 
om the males. Staminodes 0. Ovary oblong; style columnar, in- 
Serted in a disk ; stigma subcapitate, 3-lobed; ovules many, on 3 pla- 
centas, Fruit globose. Seeds few or many, irregularly oblong, ends 
truncate, one side pointed, surfaces flattish, border sinuate, grooved 
and uneven; testa very thick.—A scabrid, much branched, slender 
herb. Leaves digitately 5-7-lobed, with a stipuliform bract at the base 
of the petiole. ‘Tendrils simple. Flowers yellowish and fruit small. 
1. D. Welwitschii, Hook. f. Stem angled, grooved and seabrid, 
trailing and climbing. Leaves 2—4 in. diameter, rather membranous, 
Dut very scabrid, lobes obovate or lanceolate, contracted at the base, 
regularly sinuate-lobed serrate or toothed; petiole 1-3 in., rather 
Stout. Stipular bract orbicular-reniform or dimidiate, }—4 in. diameter, 
Strongly ciliate-toothed. Female fl.: 3-4 in. diameter, numerous, 
subumbelled on slender scabrid peduncles ; pedicels unequal, }—4 in. 
erry scarlet (Welwitsch), 2 in. diameter. Seeds } in. long, dark co- 
oured, 
Lower Guinea. Sandy thickets in Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch ! ae : 
very curious plant, resembling some 'rochomerias and Ctenolepis in habit and 
the stipatiform bracts. . 
°?. CTENOLEPIS, Hook. f.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 832. 
Flowers moneecious. Male: Racemose on slender pedicels. Calyx- 
tube short; lobes 5, small. Corolla rotate, 5-partite. Filaments 3, 
“e, remote, very short; anthers small, one 1-celled, two 2-celled, 
cells short, straight, connective not produced. Rudiment of ovary 0. 
emale #1, : Solitary in the same axil as the male, shortly peduncled. 
