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Bryonia, MONOECIA SYNGENESIA, 727 
the second of them, Naga, would imply that it was employed 
as a remedy for the bite of the Cobra Capella; but I could 
not procure any good authority for its being so. 
5. B. Garcini. Willd. iv. 623. 
Leaves deeply three or five-lobed, toothed, scabrous, Sti- 
pules and bractes ciliate. Berries inverse, reniform, two- 
seeded, 
Sicyos Garcini. Linn, Mant. 297. Burm. Ind. i. t. 57. f.3. 
Teling. Gudee Muraloo, 
This species delights in soil and situation similar to the last 
mentioned three. ‘ 
Siems annual, climbing, slender, five-sided, somewhat 
scabrous. Tendrils simple. Leaves petioled, three-parted 
having the lateral lobes, from two to three-parted, all tooth- 
ed, scabrous, .a little hairy, two inches each way. Petioles 
scabrous, nearly as long as the leaves, and thicker than the 
ramifications from which they issue. Stipules axillary, soli- 
tary, kidney-formed, waved, fringed with long bristles, Ra- 
cemes axillary or terminal, ornamented with small Jeaves and 
bractes like those already described. Male flowers above 
the female ones. Berries small, inversely rs 
smooth, red, two-seeded. 
6. B. filiformis. Roxb. 
Stems filiform, five-sided, tendrils simple. Leaves cordate, 
Sagittate, dentate, slightly scabrous. Peduncles as.large as 
the petioles. Female flowers solitary, the male collected, 
Berries oblong, smooth, | 
_A native of the Moluccas, and from thence introduced into. 
the Botanic garden where it blossoms during the cold season. 
_ Stems climbing, very slender, five-sided, smooth. Tendrils 
simple. Leaves petioled, cordate-sagittate, with dentate mar- 
gins, and the posterior lobes large, and nearly square, both 
sides being highly scabrous, from one to two inches long. 
_Petioles angular, a little hairy, about as long as the leaves. 
