Bryonia. monokcia syngrnrsia. 727 



the second of them, Naga, would imply that it was employed 

 as a remedy for the bite of the Cobra Capella ; but I could 

 not procure any good authority for its being so. 



5. B. Garcim. Willd. iv. 023. 



Leaves deeply three or five-lobed, toothed, scabrous. Sti- 

 pules and hractes ciliate. Berries inverse, renifornj, two- 

 seeded. 



Sicyos Garcini. Linn. Mant. 297. Burm. Ind. i. /. 57./. 3. 



Telinrj. Goalee M?n'aIoo. 



This sj)ecic.s delights in soil and situation similar to the last 

 mentioned three. 



Stems annual, climbing, slender, five-sided, somewhat 

 scabrous. Tendrils simple. Leaves petioled, three-parted 

 having the lateral lobes, from two to three-parted, all tooth- 

 ed, scabrous, a little hairy, two inches each way. Petioles 

 scabrous, nearly as long as the leaves, and thicker than the 

 ramifications from which they issue. Stipules axillary, soli- 

 tary, kidney-formed, waved, fringed with long bristles. Ra- 

 cemes axillary or terminal, ornamented with small leaves and 

 bractes like those already described. Male flowers above 

 the female ones. Berries small, inversely kidney-formed, 

 smooth, red, two-seeded. 



G. B.JiliJ'ormis. Roxb. 



Stems filiform, five-sided, tendrils simple. Leaves cordate, 

 sagittate, dentate, slightly scabrous. Peduncles as large as 

 the petioles. Female flowers solitary, the male collected. 

 Berries oblonji', smooth. 



A native of the Moluccas, and from thence introduced into 

 the Botanic garden where it blossoms during tlie cold season. 



•S/ems climbing, very slender, five-sided, smooth. Tendrils 

 simple, ieaues petioled, cordate-sagittate, with dentate mar- 

 gins, and the posterior lobes large, and nearly square, both 

 sides being highly s^cabrous, from one to two inches long. 

 Petioles angular, a little hairy, about as long as the leaves. 



