Lnffa. MONOECiA syngenesia. 717 



nerally five-lobed, somewhat hairy, particularly the nerves, 

 and veins on the under side ; margins scollop-toothed. Pe- 

 tioles as long as the leaves, ribbed. Stipules axillary, soli- 

 tary, oblong, glandular. Male. Racemes axillary, solitary, 

 longer than the leaves, bearing many small, white flowers, 

 on long pedicels. Petals obovate. Filaments three, two 

 with twin anthers. Female. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 shorter than the petiole, one-flowered. Petals as in the male. 

 Style three-cleft; rf/yisiows two'parted. Fruit oval, oi' the 

 size of a nutmeg, armed with numerous, long, rather soft, di- 

 verging bristles, obscurely divided into three cells, by nu- 

 merous dry fibres ; opening at top with a stopple. Seeds se- 

 veral, ovate, compressed, scabrous, black. 



8. L. Bindaal. R. 



Dioecous, scandent. Leaves five-angled, dentate. Male 

 flowers racemed ; the Jctnale solitary ; fruit round, echinate, 

 with long-, firm, straight, ciliate bristles. 



Found by Captain Hardwicke in Hindoosthan. 



9. L. tuber osa. R, 



Root tuberous and perennial. Leaves from five to seven- 

 lobed, dentate. Male floivers on very short racemes ; the 

 female ones solitary, long-peduncled. Fruit oblong, with 

 eight sharp ridges. 



This is a rare species; it grows in hedges, and amongst 

 bushes on the banks of water courses. 



Root pereimial, tuberous, turnip-shaped, with small warts 

 over it, and here and there fibrous roots from these warts. 

 Stems slender, five-sided, climbing, smooth. Tendrils simple. 

 Leaves cordate, from five to seven-angled, toothed or serrate, 

 smooth, about two inches each way. Male flowers a few 

 on short, axillary racemes, white. Filaments two, one bear- 

 ing three anthers, and the other two. Female flowers 

 axillarv, solitary, long-peduncled, white. Fruit in form ex- 

 actly like that of L. amara, but without the stopple, and with 



