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coriacea 1-locularis, 2— 3-valvis, elastice dissiliens, oligo- 

 sperma. 



(Hue pertinere videtur, qunmvis dioica, Sicyos angulata. Hook. F!. 

 Bor. Am. quod ad exempla ad eras Bor. Am. Occid. lecta ; at fructifera 

 non vidi.) 



34. Schizocarpum, Schl. — Corolla infiindibuliformis inte- 



gerrima. FiJamenta triade]pha. Antherse omnes cohaerentes. 



Pepo in valvas plures apice cohaerentes dehiscens, polyspeirii us. 



(Hue etiam forsan ivdheiviuni Elaterium puhescens, Benth., cujus uutein 

 fructus non vidi.) 



35. Coccinia, W. & A. — Corolla campanulata, laciniis 

 acuminatis integerrimis. Filamenta monadelpha. Antherae 

 trladeiph^e, conniventes, exappendiculatae. Pepo subbaccatus, 

 trilocularis, irregulariter dehiscens, polyspermus. 



1. C. Indica, W. & A. 



Sect. XI. Filamenta monadelpha, in columnam apice capi- 

 tato-antheriferam connata. Anther<B gyrosce, postica. 



S6. Cephalandra, Schrad. 



1. C. quinqueloba, Schrad. {3Iomordica quinqueloba, E. M.) 



Trib. IV — Sechine^, Schrad. Floras monoici. Calyx 

 5-fidus. Stamina 5, connata in cylindrum centralem, superne 

 5-fidum, divisionibus antheriferis. Anther^e in cujusvis divi- 

 sionis apice lineam constituentes bis deorsiirn semelque 

 sursum repentem. Ovarium 1-loculare, 1-ovulatum, ovulo 

 pendulo. Fructus (magnus) carnosus, apice unilocularis, 

 nionosperraus. — Schrad. (praecipue). 



37. Sechium,* Browne. 



Trib. V. SicYoiDE^, Schrad. Flores monoici. Calyx 5- 

 dentatus. Stamina 5, in columnam centralem, apice capitato- 

 antheriferam monadelpha. Anthera? apicem columnse incras- 

 satum omnino tegentes. Ovarium uniloculare, uniovulatuni, 

 ovulo pendulo. Fructus (nucamentaceus) unilocularis, mo- 



• I have seen no specimen of this genus ; Endlicher however, from the 

 •imilarity of the ovarium, places Sechium and Sicyos into one tribe, and 

 apparently with justice, as the principal difference lies in the divided or 

 entire stamiaal column. 



