Bryonia. MONOECIA SYNGENESIA, 725 
A native of various parts of India,growing on rubbish, and 
in hedges, Flowering time the wet and cold.seasons, and the 
seed ripens during the latter. 
Stem climbing, as thick as a pack-thread, five-grooved, 
five-angled, hispid. Tendrils simple. Leaves alternate, the 
lower ones and those of the larger ramifications have male, or 
no flowers in their axills, and are petioled ; the superior ones 
are sessile, and have generally the female flowers, all cor- 
date, angled, toothed, and scabrous ; two inches long, and of 
the same breadth, Maur Friowers axillary, crowded, pe- 
duncled, small, yellow. Anthers three, one on each filament, 
oval, FEMALE FLOWERS axillary, from two to four, sub- 
sessile. Berry globular, of the size of a large pea, smooth, 
striated, Seeds several. 
2. B. tenella. Roxb. | 
Filiform, creeping. Leaves from three to five-angled, 
denticulate, slightly scabrous. Flowers axillary, two male, 
and one female. Berries oblong, smooth), 
A native of China, in the Botanic garden it blossoms dur- 
ing the rains, and ripens its seed in the cool season. 
Root fibrous, white, rather fleshy, and at least biennial. 
Stems and branches numerous, filiform, creeping, pretty 
smooth. Leaves petioled, from three to five-angled, denti- 
culate, slightly scabrous, particularly underneath, about one 
inch long, and nearly as broad. Tendrils simple. Flowers 
axillary, two male, and one female together, each on its pro- 
per peduncle, small, pure -white; the male rather large. 
Filaments three, from the bottom of the bell of the calyx or 
corol, each with a large fleshy lid, on each side of which is a 
single anther crested behind with a tuft of orange-coloured 
hairs, Germ oblong. Style filiform. Stigma large, three- 
lobed. Berries oblong, very smooth, when ripe white, of the 
size of a French bean, many-seeded, | 
3. B. glabra, Roxb. 
Herbaceous. Stems round and smooth, Temes from 
