3 Modecca.) LIII, PASSIFLOREX. 313- 
E long petioles, broadly ovate-cordate, quite entire, scarcely acuminate, 4 in. 
or more, membranous, the base of the limb very shortly decurrent on 
flowers, very imperfect in our specimens, b 
. given by Endlicher, presenting all the characters of the genus; the stigmas 
- eon very short distinct styles. Capsule ovoid, inflated, about 2 in. long, 
. Yerysmooth. Seeds ovate, flat, almost muricate.—Endl. Iconogr. t. 114, 115. 
O A i Cygnet Bay, A. Cunningham; N.W. coast, Bynoe. 
Order LIV. CUCURBITACEAE. 
Ier united ; anthers separate or confluent into a waved or curved mass. 
: Ovary usually 1-celled when very young, either with 3 or (rarely 4 or 5) 
5 larly or rarely opening in 3 valves. Seeds usually flat, often obovate or oblong, 
. Dot albumen; testa coriaceous or bony. Embryo straight; cotyledons 
x vei e | 
E SH and angular, lobed or divided. Flowers unisexual in all the Austra- 
considerable Order, dispersed over all but the colder regions of the globe, but -— 
in dry hot countries, especially in Africa. The nine Australian genera Se E 
i to Asia and Africa, five of them are also in America, and one, Bryonta, extends t 
lh Cucurbiteze.— Ovules numerous, horizontal. 
Very flexuose or conduplica: 
te. i 
ube elongated. Petals fringed with long cilia 1. TRICHOSANTHES 
2h i Petals not fringed. 
E be ef emeng or turbinate. Petals n g : 
lowers large, solitary. Fruit large, with a hard rind, | 
wi but not fibrous pend CS y T BEE A eut 
Mile flowers in peduneulate racemes. Fruit dry, fibrous. 3 LUFTA. 
e small, in clusters or short sessile racemes (in E irom 
Australian species). Fruit a small berry. - * * * ^ g 
