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1072..(2) B. laciniosa (Linn.:) stems glabrous: tendrils bifid: leaves 
slightly scabrous, palmately 5-lobed ; segments oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 
nated, serrated: petioles shorter than the leaves, muricated: male flowers fas- 
cicled ; female solitary in the same axil: berries (size of a cherry) spherical, 
glabrous, 3-celled : seeds few in each cell, with a pulpy arillus, tuberose mar- 
gins, and gibbous suberose sides.—Linn. sp. p. 624; DC. prod. 3. p.908; 
ao Sa 3. p. 17 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 728; Wall.! L. n. 6699 ; Wight! cat. 
n. à 
1073. (3) B. leiosperma (W. & A.:) stems, petioles and peduncles hispid 
and scabrous: tendrils simple: leaves cordate, 5-angled, or slightly 5-lobed, 
middle segment triangular, repand-toothed ; upper side callous-scabrous, un- 
der densely hairy : flowers short peduncled, both kinds fascicled, the female 
in different axils from the male: berry globose, (size of a large pea), glabrous: 
seeds several, surrounded by a broad tumid zone, smooth.—Wight! cat. n. 
1112.—B. scabrella, Wall.! L. n. 6708. i. Dindygul hills. 
Of this we have two states before us; the one with leaves softly hairy or 
almost tomentose on the under side ; the other has them very harshly hirsute. 
It is with great reluctance that we separate this from the following: the ha- 
bit is quite the same, and we know of no difference except in the seed. 
1074. (4) B. scabrella (Linn.:) stems, petioles and peduncles hispid and 
scabrous: tendrils simple: leaves cordate, lobed or angled, scabrous on the 
upper side, scabrous and hispid on the under: flowers short-peduncled ; males 
fascicled ; female 1—4, in different axils from the male: berry globular, (size of 
a pea), glabrous or sprinkled with a few bristly hairs: seeds several, sur- 
rounded by a narrow zone, rugose from numerous shallow hollows.—«, Pluke- 
netii; leaves acutely 5-lobed, the middle lobe often longer than the others ; 
berries usually 2-4-together.— Wight! cat. n. 1113.—B. scabrella, Linn. suppl. 
p. 424; DC. prod. 8. p. 306 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 16; Wall.! L. n. 6708 (partly).— 
B. Maderaspatana, Berg.; DC. I. e—Cucumis Maderaspatanus, Linn.; Spr. 
l. c. p. 46.— Pluk. t. 170. f. 2 (good).—#, Rheedei ; leaves larger, acutely 5- 
angled ; berries usually 2-4 together.— Wight! cat. n. 11 14.—B. scabrella, 
Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 424; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 466 ; Wall.! L. n. 6708 (partly). 
— B. altheoides, Ser. in DC. prod. l. c.—Rheed. Mal. 8. t. 13.—»y, Rottleri ; 
leaves small, scarcely angled ; berries solitary.— Wight ! cat. n. 1115.—B. sca- 
bra, Rottl. | —B. Rottleri, Spr. l. c. p. 15.—B. scabrella, Wall.! L. n. 6708. f. 
1075. (5) B. Maysorensis (herb. Madr. !) stems glabrous, smooth : tendrils 
simple : ion se ash niei a usually 5-angled or lobed ; slightly 
scabrous: male flowers in a simple or proliferous umbel at the apex of a long 
slender peduncle ; female very shortly peduncled, solitary, often in the same 
axils with the males, rarely several umbellate at the apex of a long peduncle: 
calyx-tube and ovary narrow-oval: berry longish-oval, glabrous, copiously 
marked before maturity with small shallow pits: seeds smooth, surround 
with a zone, quite flat on the sides.— Wall. ! L. n. 6702 ; Wight! cat. n. 1116. 
_ 1076. (6) B. Hookeriana (W. & A. :) stems glabrous and smooth : tendrils 
simple: leaves cordate, sharply repand-toothed, acutely p or lobed, the 
middle lobe acuminated ; upper side scabrous, under slightly hairy along the 
herves and veins: male flowers in a simple or proliferous umbel at the extre-- 
mity of a longish peduncle ; females often several in an umbel at the apex of 
à long peduncle, in a different axil from the males, and also solitary on a 
simple short peduncle in the same axils with the (male or female) umbellate 
flowers : calyx-tube and ovary globose: berry globose, glabrous : seeds flat. 
—Wight! cat. n. 1117. 
1077. (7) B. umbellata (herb. Madr. :) dicecious : root perennial, consisting 
of several tubers : stems glabrous: tendrils simple: leaves on very short pe- 
Holes, cordate, or sagittate, or hirsute at the base (the lobes longer than the 
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