486 CUCURBITACEE (Sond.) [Zehneria. 
Stem pubescent. Leaves : 
sub-5-lobed, serrate-dentate. Fruit glabrous... ... (3) velutina. 
3-angulate-cordate, denticulate. Fruit pubescent --» (4) obtusiloba. 
=+ II. Bracrgarta.—Peducles with a large bract. Perianth tubulose. Fruit 
2-seeded. 
Bracts ciliate. Leaves 
palmately 3-5-lobed, lobes ovate. Male peduncle shorter 
than the petiole... nse es ve es ... (6) Garcini. 
palmately 3-partite, lobes oblong-lanceolate. Male pedun- 
cle longer than the petiole —.... ts et -.. (7) pectinata. 
Bracts dentate. Leaves palmately 5-partite, lobes lin.-lanceol. (8) Wyleyana. 
§ III. Pie1ospermion.—Peduncles without bract. Perianth tubulose. Fruit 
6-9-seeded. 
Lobes of the leaves lanceolate. Fruit oval, acute ... ... (9) macrosperma. 
Lobes of the leaves lin.-lanceol. Fruit subglobose, apiculate (10) debilis. 
1, Z. scabra (Sond.) ; stem glabrous, young branches pilose ; leaves 
cordate, angulate, acute, dentate, callous-punctate and scabrous above, 
pilose or hispid by short hairs on the veins beneath, lower ones sub- 
5-lobed, upper ones 3-lobed, middle lobes subacuminate. Bryonia 
scabra, Thunb.! fl. cap. 34. B. punctata, Thund./ 1. c. B. angulata, 
Thunb.! 1. c. 35. B. Maderaspatana, Berg.! cap. 3 51. Pilogyne sauvis, 
afinis, Eckloni, cuspidata et membranacea, Schrad./ E. & Z., 1 782, 1783, 
1785, 1786, 1787. Herb. Un. itin. n. 141. Zeyher, 597, 598, 2479. 
Van. B, glabrata; quite glabrous, the leaves scabrously punctate above. Bryonia 
dentata, E. Mey. in herb. Drege. Zeyher, 2478. 
Var. +. peduncularis ; branches and leaves rough with short, stiff hairs ; peduncles 
2-3 inches, pedicels 3-4 lines long, pubescent ; male flowers a little larger, 
Has. Near Capetown, in the distr. of Uitenhage, Albany, George, and in Betchu- 
analand ; var. 8, near Uitenhage and Port Natal, Drege ; var. 7, valley of Tarka- 
ot ae Sat Natal, Gerr. § McKen.! 551. May-—Dec. (Herb. Th., Hm., 
» Hk., Sd. 
Stem angulate-sulcate. Petiole 4-12 lines long. Leaves mucronate-dentate, paler 
beneath, as long as broad, or somewhat longer ; lower ones 1-2} inches long, 3 or 
5-lobed ; upper ones gradually smaller, usually trilobed, with an acuminate, aristate 
middle lobe. Peduncles solitary or aggregated, uncial or longer, at top with many 
(10-20) densely racemose, puberous, 1-1} line long pedicels. Female flowers often 
on shorter peduncles. Flowers puberous or glabrous, Fruit glabrous, 
minutely punctate. Seeds 1 line long. 
2. Z, cordata (Sond.) ; glabrous, young branches pilose ; leaves 
scabrous above, hairy on the veins beneath, lower ones broad-trian- 
gular-cordate, obtuse or emarginate, mucronulate-dentate ; upper ones 
subtrilobed, obtuse or subacute, denticulate 3 fruit glabrous. Bryonia 
cordata, Thunb. ! fl. cap. 34. Pilogyne dilatata, Schrad.! E. & Z., 1784. 
Has. Woods at Olifantshoek, Uitenhage, F. ¢ Z. Sept. (Herb. Thunb., Sd. 
Near the preceding, flowers and fruit the same, but the leaves are more ee 
cordate, obtuse, lower ones 2 inches broad, 14 inch long, upper ones uncial or smaller 
and acute, cordate or truncate at the base. Peduncle about 4 inch long, with 6-12, 
very short pedicels. Female peduncles 4 lines long. 
3. Z. velutina (Schrad. !) stem and petioles pubescent ; leaves cordate, 
sub-5-lobed, unequally serrate-dentate, mucronate, very scabrous above, 
densely pubescent beneath ; peduncles of the female flowers elongated, 
umbellate, or very short and 1-flowered ; Jruit glabrous. E.& Z.! 
1788. Bryonia scabra, var. Drege, herb. 
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