270 Dr. R. Wight on the Fruit of the 



perly speaking the stigmas subulate, as they cohere nearly to the apex 

 by their central face, though the stigmatic surface extends for some di- 

 stance outwardly, and presents a somewhat subulate outline.] 

 I reunite Involucrarea to this as a mere section depending on the 

 bracteas, the character taken from the anther not holding good, 

 at least T. cucumerina has frequently the anthers all united, and 

 I suspect also T. anguina ; perhaps they only become tri-adel- 

 phous after fecundating. 

 [In T. anguina they are never tri-adelphous, the anthers cohere to the 

 last as represented in the accompanying figure. This last species, with 

 T. globosa and trifoliata, Blume, and Involucrarea, Serange (?'. Wal- 

 lickana), form a very characteristic section, perhaps a subgenus, distin- 

 guished by their curiously bracteated male flowers. — R. W.] 



24. Gymnopetalum (Am.). Calyx constricted at the mouth; co- 

 rolla (yellow) 5 -parted; segments quite entire; anthers all 

 closely cohering ; fruit baccate, ovate, beaked, few- seeded ; 

 seeds large, roundish, with a blunt margin. East Indies. There 

 are two species : — 



1. G. Ceylanicum (Arn.). Leaves deeply 5-lobed ; perianth gla- 

 brous. Bryonia tubijlora. W. and A. 



2. G. Wightii (Arn.). Leaves 3 — 5, angle-lobed ; perianth hairy. 

 Courtallum. 



§ 9. Filaments usually tri-adelphous, inserted at the base of the 

 perianth ; connectiva entire, unless when produced into append- 

 ages beyond the anthers; anthers linear, posticous, bent up- 

 wards and downwards (calyx campanulate or rarely infundibu- 

 liform) . 



25. Cucumis (Linn.). Corolla 5-parted ; anthers tri-adelphous, or 

 all of them slightly cohering, with appendages at the apex ! 

 Peponida fleshy, indehiscent, or rarely irregularly dehiscent, po- 

 ryspermous ; seeds ovate, compressed, sharp-edged. Asia, 

 Africa and America. 



26. Cucurbita (Linn.). Corolla campanulate, 5 - cleft ; filaments 

 tri-adelphous at the base, or quite mon-adelphous ; anthers all 

 cohering, without appendages ; peponida fleshy, indehiscent, 

 polyspermous ; seed with a slightly thickened edge. Asia and 

 America. 



27. Elaterium (Linn.). Petals scarcely united at the base ; fila- 



ments mon-adelphous ; anthers all cohering ; style thick ; stigma 

 capitate ; fruit a coriaceous, 1 -celled, few-seeded capsule, burst- 

 ing elastically by two or three valves. America. 



28. Schizocarpeum (Schlch.). Corolla infundibuliform, quite en- 

 tire ; filaments 3-adelphous ; anthers all cohering ; peponida 

 many- seeded, bursting by several valves that cohere by their 

 apex. Mexico. 



29. Coccinia (W. and A.). Corolla campanulate ; segments acu- 

 minated; filaments mon-adelphous; anthers tri-adelphous, conni- 

 ving, without appendages ; peponida somewhat baccate, many- 

 seeded. [Usually of an oblong oval shape, and bright red when 

 ripe.] East Indies. 



