498. Citrdlt.us colocyvthis (Am. Cacvmis colo- 

 cyntkis Linn.) stems scabrous : leaven glabrous and near- 

 ly quite smooth above, copiously muricated beneath with 

 small white and often hair-bearing tubercles, many cleft 

 and lobed, the lobes obtuse: tendrils .short and simple: 

 female flowers solitary : calyx-rube globose and hisp d ; 

 segments of the limb narrow-linear : fruit globose, gla- 

 brous; flesh very bitier.— VV. and A. Prod. I. page 342. 



1 A branch with flowers and fruit, natural size— 2 a 

 male flower - 3 the same, petals removed to show the 

 anthers— 4 anthers detached and separated to show the 



counectiva 



5 



female flower front view 



showing the 



styles, stigmas and abortive ambers - 6 ovary cut trans- 

 versely three-celled, but wiih six placentiferous margins 

 -7 a full grown fruit cut transversely -8 a seed, natural 

 size— 9-10-11 dissections of the same. 



499. ]>ffa pentandka (Roxb.) lower leaves acutely 

 angled, upper ones palmate with lanceolate segments : 

 male racemes (large) on a long peduncle ; stamens dis- 

 tinct : calyx-segments of the female flowers covered with 

 glands: fruit linear-oblong, smooth, marked with JO 

 longitudinal lines but not ribbed, (1-3 feet long and 

 about 3 inches thick) : seeds (..ray) with elevated dots 

 and sharp waved margins.— W. and A. Prod. I page 343. 



1 Portion of a branch with flower and fruit— 2 male 

 flower— 3 female flower, corolla removed in both cases— 

 4 ovary cut transversely— 5 a portion cut longitudinally 

 —6 a seed natural size, cut longitudinally— 7 a seed cut 

 transversely. * 



500. Bryonia lacixiosa (Linn.) stems glabrous: 

 tendrils bifid: leaves slightly scabrous, palmat* ly 5- 

 lobed ; segments oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, serrat- 

 ed : petioles shorter than the leaves, muricated: male 

 flowers fascicled ; female solitary in the same axil : ber- 

 ries (size of a cherry) spherical, glabrous, 3 -celled 

 seeds few in each cell/ with a pulpy arillus, tuberose 

 margins, and gibbous suberose sides.— W. and A. Prod. 

 I. page 345. 



1 Flowering branch 



2 male flower opened and spread 



3 male flow- 



out showing the conneetiva of the anthers _ 



er, corolla removed to show the anthers in situ— 4 fe- 

 male flower, front view— 5 styles and stigmas— 6 corolla, 

 female, spread out showing the redunculary stamens— 

 7 young fruit cut transversely 3 -celled, with one seed in 

 each by abortion ?— 8 9 different views of the seed 

 10-11 the same dissected. 



501. Bryonia scaprella (Linn.) stems, petioles and 

 peduncles hispid and scabrous : tendrils simple : leaves 

 cordate, lobed or angled, scabrous on the upper side, sca- 

 brous and hispid on the under : flowers short -peduncled ; 

 males fascicled; female 1-4, in different axils from the 

 male : berry globular, (size of a pea), glabrous or 

 .sprinkled with a few bristly hairs: seeds several, sur- 

 rounded by a narrow zone, rugose from numerous shal- 

 low hollows.— a, Plukenetii; leaves acutely 5 lobed, the 

 middle lobe often longer than the others; berries usually 

 2-4-together.— \V. and A. Prod. I. p. 345. 



( 1 A branch in flower and fruit — 2 male flower, side 

 view— 3 the same opened and spread out to show the 

 stamens and redunculary ovary — I stamens front, back 

 and side views— 5 fe nale flower— 6 the same, calyx and 

 corolla removed showing the style, stigmas and disk— 7 

 ovary cut transversely 2-celled— H cut vertically— 9 a 

 berry, atural size — 10 the same cut transversely — 11 a 



•eed, natural size— 12-13-14 and 15 dissections of the 

 aeed. 



502. Bryonia amplexicaulis (Lam. Karivia am- 



plextcaulu Arm) monoecious : stems glabrous : tendrils 



simple : leaves on very short petioles, or almost sessile, 



deeply cordate or sagittate at the base (the lobes much 



longer than the petiole), ovate or oblong, entire or an*. 



led mucronate, sinuate and toothed, callous-dotted and 



slightly scabrous on the upper side, glabrous and .smooth 

 on the under, somewhat coriaceous : male flowers in an 

 umbel at the apex of a slender peduncle rather shorter 

 than the eaves ; pedicels short, without bracteoles : calyx 

 campanulate: females solitary, very short-peduncled, in 

 the same or different axils from the males : berry (small- 

 er than a hazel-nut) broadly ovate, rostrate, few- (about 

 4-) seeded: seeds oval, thick, compressed, surrounded 

 with a thick corky closely warted and rugose zone, the 

 sides flattish, sprinkled with little tubercles.— W. and 

 A. Prod. I. page 3^6. 



1 Flowering branch, natural size— 2 male flower split 

 open showing the stamens- 3 female flower similarly 

 opened-4 a fruit cut transversely ~ 5 a seed, natural 

 size-b a seed and arillus opened— 7 the same cut 

 transversely. 





503. Bryonia epig^a (Rottl. Aehmandra epieaa 

 Arn) stem glabrous, often very denote at the joints- 

 tendrils simple : leaves somewh.t fleshy, on longish peti- 

 oles cordate, sometimes only obtusely angled, usually 

 o -lobed densely covered on both sides with short bristly 

 hairs ; lobes rounded, the laieral ones the broadest and 

 slightly 2-lobed, all remotely and slightly toothed : male 

 flowers shortly racemose at the apex of a lon<r thickish 

 peduncle ; calyx campanulate : females shortish pedun- 

 cled, solitary, m the same or different axils from the 

 males : berry ovate, rostrate, glabrous, few-seeded : seeds 

 (white) compressed, with the sides slightly convex 

 VV. and A. Prod. I. page 346. 



1 Flowering branch 



2 male flower front 



view 



corolla detached and opened to show the stamens 



female flower and ovary 



celled- 



3 



m 5 ovary cut transversely 2- 

 b fruit cut transversely— 7-8 a seed. 



504. Momordtca charantia (Linn.) stems more or 

 less hairy or villous : leaves palmately 5-lobed, sinuate- 

 toothed, when young more or less villous on the under 

 side, particularly on the nerves : peduncles slender with 

 a remform bracteole ; male ones with the bracteole about 

 the middle, female with it near the base: calyx segments 

 oblong: fruit oblong or ovate, tapering at both* ends, 

 more or less tubercled or muricated : seeds with a thick 

 notched margin and red arillus.- « ; fruit longer and 

 more oblong, tubercled.- W. and A Prod. I. page 348. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 male flower, corolla removed 

 — 3 the same, calyx removed showing the stamens— 4 

 cut vertically showing the tubular calyx— 5 female flow- 

 er, petals removed and calyx drawn back showing the 

 sterile anthers and the deeply 2-lobed stigmas— C> a 

 fruit divided transversely— 7 a seed, natural me— 8-U 

 the same dissected. 



505-506. Momordtca dioica (Roxb.) dioecious : root 

 tuberous, perennial : stems glabrous or rarely slightlv 

 hairy : leaves longish petioled, cordate at the base, from 

 entire to 3-4-lobed, toothed, upper side slightly sca- 

 brous, under smooth or nearly so : petioles without 

 glands: peduncles slender, with entire bracteoles; male 

 with the bracteole close to the flower, cucullate, and 

 concealing the lower part of the flower j female with 

 a smallish one near the base : calyx-segments subulate : 

 petals lanceolate : fruit (about the size and shape of a 

 partridge-egg) ovate, muricated : seeds oval, surrounded 

 with a large red arillus - « ; leaves cordate, acuminated 

 usually entire.— W. and A. Prod. 1. page 348. 



505—1 Flowering branch of male plant— A flower 

 and its bractea, petals removed. 



506—1 B anch of a female plant with flowers and fruit 



2 — flower, petal* removed— 3 ovary cut lengthwise 4 



cut transversely -5 a seed— 6-7 the same dissected. 



Obs. These and some of the other figures were pre- 

 pared by Rungiah not under my superintendence, hence 



th6 dissections are les* perfect than desirable. 



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