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Div. II. Cirrhis lateralibus. 



Trib. II. Telfairice, Endl ( Joliffiese, ScArac?. )—Flores dioici. 

 Calyx 5-fidus. Stamina 5, versus basin corolla inserta, basi 

 triadelpha. Antherae laterales rectse. Ovarium e carpidiis 

 3 — 5 compositum, carpidiorum marginibiis seminiferis intra 

 locnlum porrectis, parietem baud attingentibus. Sem ina 

 plurima, nucamentacea, horizontalia, parietem spectantia. 



3. Te/JairiafHook. (JolliS.a, Bo/. — AmpeJosicjos, jP^/*. 77/.) 

 1, T. Pedata, Hook. 



Trib. III. CucuRBiTE.^, Schrad — Flores monoici, rarius 

 dioici, rarissime polygamo-monoici vel hermaphroditi. Calyx 

 5-fidus vel 5-dentatus. Stamina 5, rarius 3 vel 2, coroll® 

 inserta, libera vel varie cobaerentia. Antberae nunquam annu- 

 lares. Ovarium e carpidiis tribus rarius duobus compositum, 

 carpidiorum marginibus intra loculum revolutis parietem 

 attingentibus. Semina plurima, vel pauca, " placentarum 

 divisionibus exterioribus {Cuciirbita, Lagenaria, §'c.,) vel an- 

 gulis loculamentorum extern is (Cucumis) affixa, rarius disse- 

 pimentis per maturitatem evanidis velut parietalia." Schrad. 



Sect. 1. Filamenta 5, fauci inserta. Anther ce Ubercs vel 

 ^-adelphce, anticcB^ rectos, uniloculares. Fructus baccatus, oli- 

 gospermus. 



4. Coniandra, Schrad Corolla 5-partita. Anth. connec- 



tiva conniventia oblongo-conica. Fructus rostratus. 



1. C. grossxdariaefolia {Bryonia grossularicBfolia, E. M.); huj'us an- 

 theree oblotigcs. 



5. Cyrtunema, Schrad CoroUae limbus 5-partitus. Fila- 

 menta incurvata 5 ; connectiva incrassata 3-adelpha, antheris 

 sub apice lateraliter affixis, oblongis. Fructus rostratus. 



pedately divided into 5 leaflets, and Dr Waliich describes the stem as 

 furnished with a double row of hairs, which however in the only specimen 

 I have seen as not perceptible. In Z. cissoides. Wall., of wliich I observe 

 a female specimen in Sir W. Hooker's herbarium, the ovarium is hemi- 

 sphgerical, 3-celled, each cell with only one ovule ; the fruit is globular, about 

 the size of a small pea, and contains two or three seeds, which have a 

 thickish regular testa, slightly compressed, but destitute of a wing or margin. 

 I have not seen the female flowers or the fruit of the other species with 

 compound leaves, but it is probable that some may agree with Z. cissoides, 

 in which case they may justly form a distinct genus. 

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