272 ON THE CUCUIIBITACE^. 



probably made up of different genera, but chiefly belongs to 

 Lvffa. Thladiantha of Bunge is as yet imperfectly described 

 as to the insertion of the stamens, but may possibly form a 

 distinct tribe. Zucca and Kolbia are too obscure to permit 

 me to hazard any conjecture upon them. Gronovia can 

 scarcely belong to the Cucurhitace<E. I shall enumerate the 

 species which I myself possess, and a few others which also I 

 have examined. 



CUCURBITACE^, JuSS. 



Div. I. Cirrhis axillaribus. 



Trib. I. Nhandirobe^. S>t Hil Flores dioici. Calyx 



3? vel 5 fidus. Stamina 5, distincta vel basi connata, inter- 

 dum totidem sterilibus alternantia. Antherse didyma^ bilocu- 

 lares et apice filamentorum adnatse. Fructus triloculares 

 indehiscens, placenta (axi) centrali : ovula erecta. 



1. Feuillea Linn. : — Calycis fem. limbus semisuperus, ovari- 

 um semi-inferum. Bacca globosa, medio limbi calycini cica- 

 trice zonata. Semina submarginata. Antherarum loculi 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 



1. F. trilobata Lin. 



2. Zanonia L. — Calycis fem. limbus superus, ovarium in- 

 ferum. Fructus elongato-turbinatus v. hemisphsericus superne 

 calyci cicatrice zonatus. Semina ala foliacea magna cincta, 

 vel testa crassiuscula rugulosa. Antherse loculis secus apicem 

 rima transversali dehiscentibus, itaque pseudo-uniloculares.* 



1. Z. Indica, L. 2. Z. Wightiana Arn. 



• De Candolle, Endlicher, and most other Botanists, ascribe to this genus 

 a 3-lobed male calyx, a 5-partite corolla, and unilocular anthers. In all 

 the species I have examined, the male calyx is 5-cleft, (although in Z. 

 Indica the lobes often cohere in pairs,) and the anthers are as above de- 

 scribed. In Z. Indica the petals are connected at the base, but in Z. 

 Wightiana a species from Ceylon, (foliis trisectis, segmentis breve petiolu- 

 latis ovato-lanceolatis remote serratis, racem.is masculis compositis folium 

 subsequantibus, caule flexuoso filiformi glabro, floribus minutis,) the petals 

 are quite distinct, agreeing in these respects with Z. sarcojihylla Wall. Fl. 

 As. Rar. t. 133, which also has bilocular anthers, and a 3-cleft male calyx. I 

 have some doubts if Z. Wightiana be really distinct from-Z. Iaxa,^\d\\. ; the 

 habit of the two is the same, except that in the latter the leaves are usually 



