122 LVIII. PASSIFLORED. 
4-5 slender, subulate lobes. Corolla continuous with the 
calyx-tube, bell-shaped, 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted in 
the base of the calyx, free, alternate with the lobes of the co- 
rolla, dilated upwards ; anthers adnate to a club-shaped con- 
nective, the cells slightly separated, introrse. Glands as many 
as the stamens, and alternating with them, oblong, fleshy.— 
Female: Calyx-lobes obsolete. Corolla as in the male. 
Glands as in the male, but smaller. Ovary stipitate, unilocu- 
lar; ovules numerous, on 4-5 parietal placentas ; stigmas 4-5, 
subsessile, channelled, 2-lobed. Capsule pod-lke, slender, 
4-5-valved, several-seeded.— F7. Cap. ii. p. 501. 
C. Ecklonii, Nees, the only species, is a slender, nearly glabrous climber, 
growing in the Eastern district and at Natal. Leaves palmately 5-7-lobed, 
membranous. Flowers axillary, greenish, the males in racemes, the fe- 
males solitary. 
5. ACHARIA, Th. 
Flowers moncecious.—Male: Calyx 3-4-parted. Corolla 
bell-shaped, 3-(rarely 4-)lobed, herbaceous, continuous with 
the short calyx-tube. Stamens adnate to the tube of the co- 
rolla for more than half their length, as many as the lobes and 
alternate with them ; filaments dilated upwards, subexserted ; 
anthers adnate to a broad, 2-lobed connective, the cells sepa- 
rated, introrse. Glands 3-4, fleshy, in the base of the perianth, 
alternating with the stamens.—Female: Calyx and corolla as 
in the male, but enlarged in fruit, persistent. Ovary subses- 
sile, with 3 glands at base, 1-celled; ovules few, on 3-4 pa- 
rietal placentas ; style 3-4-cleft; stigmas 3-4, channelled, 2- 
lobed. Capsule shortly stipitate, ovoid, membranous, 3-4- 
valved, few-seeded. Seeds pendulous, with a small arillus.— 
Fl. Cap. ui. p. 501. 
A. tragioides, Th., the only species, is a small, thinly-pubescent, branch- 
ing herb, growing in shady places of Uitenhage and Albany. Leaves alter- 
nate, petioled, 3-lobed, and cut. Flowers small, green, axillary. 
Orpver LIX. CUCURBITACESA. 
Flowers unisexual. Calyx 5-lobed, adnate. Corolla mostly 
monopetalous, 5-lobed or 5-parted, continuous with the sum- 
mit of the calyx-tube. Stamens imserted within or at the 
mouth of the calyx-tube, 5-3-2, either free or with the anther- 
cells monadelphous, or the anthers and filaments variously co- 
hering ; anthers usually linear, adnate, extrorse, cells straight 
curved flexuous or conduplicate. Ovary inferior, usually with 
prominent, parietal placentas, often meeting in the centre, 
sometimes 2-3-celled ; ovules many, usually horizontal; styles 
