820 LXXY. CUCURBITACEJE. * o Cuonmerinets 
Calyx campanulatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus subulatis. Corolla rotata, 5-partita, segmentis 
ovato-oblongis acutis. Stamina 3, libera, tubo calycis inserta, filamentis brevibus ; an- 
there oblongs, una l.locularis, ceterz 2-loculares, loeulis linearibus reotis conneetivum 
apiculatum marginantibus. Ovarii rudimentum glanduleforme. Fl. 9 solitarii y. aggre- 
gati, subsessiles. Calyx et corolla maris. Staminum rudimenta 0 v. minuta. Ovarium 
ovoideum, hispidum, 2-3-placentiferum ; stylus clavatus, disco annulari insertus, stigmate 
erasso 2-3-lobo; ovula pauea, horizontalia. Fructus baccatus, globosus, indehiscens, | 
oligospermus. Semina oblonga, compressa, serobieulata, inconspicue marginata.— Herbie 
annus, scaberrimse, secandentes v. humifuss. Folia obtusa, 3-7-angulata, basi cordata. 
Cirrhi simplices. Flores parvi, lutei. Fructus parvus, subglobosus, breviter pedun- 
eulatus. 
Species 1 v. 2; Asis, Africe, et Australie tropicse incole.  JNaud. in An». Se. Nat. Ser. 4. xii. 
141. Wight, Ill. t. 305 * ; Ic. £. 501. 
33. Zehneria, End]. Prod. FI. Novf. 69; Iconogr. t. 117. (Pilogyne, Schrad. in .Eckl. 
et Zeyh. Enum.217.) Flores dioici, rarius monoici. Fl. ( fascieulati racemosi v. corym- 
bosi. Calyx eampaánuflatus v. tubulosus, minute 5-dentatus v. 5-lobus. Corolla rotata, 5- 
partita, intus pilosa v. villosa, Starniná 3, rarius 4 v. 5, tubo v. basi calycis inserta, fila- 
mentis longiuseulis sspe villosis; anthers orbieulares, una l-locularis, ceters 2-locu- 
lares, rarius omnes 2-loculares, loculis curvis dorso et connectivo pilosis v. villosis. Ovarii 
rudimentum 3-lobum. Fl. 9 solitarii fascieulati v. corymbosi. Calyx et corolla maris. 
Staminum rudimenta 3, linearia. Ovarium ovoideum v. subglobosum, 3-placentiferum ; 
stylus disco crasso annulari insertus, stigmate 3-lobo v. stigmatibus 3; ovula co, horizon- 
talia. Fructus baecatus, sepius globosus, indehiscens, oiigo- v. polyspermus. Semina 
obovata plano-compressa v. tumida, $zpissime marginata et levia, in paucis tuberculata.— 
Herbs» graciles, prostrate v. scandentes, glabrz scaberule v. subtomentosz, radice per- 
ennante. Folia angulata dentata v. lobata sspius membranacea. Cirrhisimplices. Flores 
parvi. Fructus parvus, breviter peduneulatus. 
' Species ad 15, Asim et Africe tropiesm et australis incole, uniea ins. Norfolkis incola et altera 
Peruviana. Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 486 (sp. 1, 2, et 3 Zantum). — Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pars i. 
654, ezcl. sp. | Wight, Ic. t. 158 (Bryonia) ; IU. t. 1065. .Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 5. v. 86. 1. 6 
(Pilogyne). 
. KaRrvA, Arn. in Hook. Journ, Bot. iii. 275 (HARTANDIA, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. 648; JUGHIA, 
Ron. Synops. 11), & Zehneria non differt nisi bacea (que valde variabilis) elongata, seminibusque - 
tumidis ut iu aliis speciebus. Afriennis. X. Samoensis, A. Gray, nobis ignota est. .K. Javamiea, 
Miquel, est verisimiliter Melothric species. 
CvovwznRorsis, Naud. in 4nn. So. Nat. Ser. 5. v. 80, planta Afriez &ropics, e flore d tantum 
nota, ex desériptione non a Zehiüeria distincta videtur. 
34. MIelothria, Linn. Gen.n.50. Flores monoici, rarissime dioiei. Fl. d' racemosi v. 
corymbosi, rarius solitarii. Calyx campanulatus, breviter 5-dentatus. Corolla 5-partita, 
segmentis oblongis lineari-oblongisve. Stamina 3, rarissime 5, tubo calycis inserta, fila- 
mentis brevibus liberis; antherz libere v. leviter eohzrentes, integrz v. 2-partitz, una 
1-locularis, cetere 2-loculares, rarius omnes 2-loculares, loculis rectis, connectivo smpius 
producto simplici v.2-fido. Ovarii rudimentum globosum v.annulare, Fl. 9 solitarii, —— 
sepissime longe et gracillime pedunculati. Calyx et corolla maris,  Staminum rudimenta 
3, rarissime antherifer. Ovarium ovoideum globosum v. fusiforme, obtusum y. acutum, — 
interdum rostratum, 3-placentiferum ; stylus breviuseulus, disco annulari insertus,stigma- — 
tibus 3 linearibus dilatatis v. capitatis 2-lobis; ovula oo, horizontalia. Fructus parvus, 
baceatus, sspissinie pedunculo capillari pendulus, ovoideus v. fusiformis, interdum rostratus, —— 
poly- rarius oligospermus. Semina ovoidea, complanata, testa coriacea.— Herbm smpis- 
sime graciles v. gracillims, prostrate v.seandentes. Folia integra lobata v. palmati- - 
secta, sepissime membranacea. Cirrhi simplices, graeillimi. Flores parvi lutei v. albi. —— 
Species ad 30, in regionibus calidis totius orbis obvie. — aud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4. xi, 148 — — 
xvi. 168; xvii. 195: Ser. 5. v. 94; vi. 10. Ben/h. in Hook. Nig. Fl. 367 : Fl. Austral. iii. 320. 5 
