274 ON THE CUCUKBITACE^. 



Sect. 2, Filamenta triadelpha, tiiho inserta. Anthera later' 

 ales, recfcB, ^-adelphcs, vel omnes cohcerentes. 



6. Sicydium^ Schlecht Corolla 5-petala, petalis indivisis. 



Filamenta 3-adelpha, apice dilatata et incurvata ; antherae 

 muticfe, triadelphse. 



7. Bryonopsis. — Corolla 5-partita, lobis obovatis integerri- 

 mis undulatis. Filamenta 3-adelpha, fa uci inserta; antherae 

 muticee triadelphee. Stigma fimbriatum. Bacca oligosperma. 



1. B. Courtallensis, 



8. Aech.7na7idra. — Corollse lobi indivisi. Filamenta 3- 

 adelpha, brevissima; antherae triadelphse secus connectivi mar- 

 gines antice insertse lineari-oblongse, connectivo dorso ultra 

 antheram in rostrum breviter producto. Fructus baccatus, 

 (semper ?) rostratus. 



1. JE. rostrata (Bri/onia rostrata, Rottl.) — 2. ^E. epigcea {Br. epigcEa, 

 Rottl.) — 3. IE, deltoidea {Br. delloidea, Arn.)— 4. ^E. n. sp. ex insula 

 Ceylana. 



9. Melothria, Linn. — Corollse lobi indivisi denticulati. 

 Filamenta 3, connectivo mutico. Antherae biloculares tria- 

 delphse. Fructus baccatus, erostris. 



1. M- pendula, L. {Brt/onia Guadalupensis, Spr.) 



10. Ceratosanthes, Schrad. — Filamenta 3. Antherae tri- 

 adelphee. Corollae lobi lineares bifidi. 



11. Apodanthera. — Antherae monadelphae, sessiles. Co- 

 rollae lobi integerrinii. Calyx tubulosus. 



1. A. Mathewsii E Peruvia, (Mathews, No. 932). AflRnis Gymno- 



petala, at antheris rectis, filamentorum defectu diversa, hinc nomen. 



Sect. III. Stamina diadelpha, tuho vel fauci inserta. An- 

 ther<B 1 — 2-adelphce, lineares, sursiim et deorsum Jlexa, secus 

 margims connectivi ititegri antice vel lateraliter applicit(s. 

 Calyx tubidosus vel infundihuliformis. 



12. Anguria, Linn. — Antherae 2-adelphEe tubo vel fauci 

 sessiles : connectivum apice mucronulatum. 



Species plurimas vidi e Peruvia, Mexico, Guiana, &c., at omnes indeter- 

 luinatas : hie referendae Mathews, No. 1218, Schomburgk, No. 500. 



13. Psiguria, Neck ? — Filamenta brevia fauci inserta. 

 Antherse omnes cohaerentes ; connectivum muticuin. 



