Zehneria.] lxv. cucurbitace^. 851 



or sigmoid. Female, style cylindric, 3-lobed. Fruit globose or 

 cylindric. Seeds obovoid. Species 10, all tropics. 



(i) Z. umbellata Thw. Enum. 125 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 625. 



Usually glabrous. Leaves ovate-deltoid cordate to hastate 

 (or 3- to 5-partite to near base), mucronulate, 3-5 in. long, 2 in. 

 wide at base ; petioles '2 in. long. Male corymb sub-sessile, "2 in. 

 long. Flowers numerous crowded very small. Females solitary; 

 peduncle very short. Fruit short, cylindric. Seeds few, obovoid, 

 slight-compressed, quite smooth. Hah. Open sandy countr}^ 

 Perak, Kwala Temengoh (Ridley). Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China, 

 Australia. 



8. GYNOSTEMMA, Bl. 



Climbing shrubs, tendrils simple. Leaves pedate; leaflets 

 3 to 5, ovate, lanceolate serrate membranous. Flowers very small 

 in diffuse axillary panicles. Male calyx short, bilobed. Corolla 

 rotate, 5-partite lobes lanceolate. Stamens 5 ; anthers 2-celled, 

 straight. Females as in male, but ovary round ; styles 2 to 3 

 united below, bifid at tip. Fruit globose umbonate i- to 3-seeded. 

 Seeds warty. Species 4, Indo-Malayan. 



(i) G. pedata Bl. Bijdr. 23 ; King, I.e. 40. 



Leaves, petioles i"5 in. long ; leaflets 3 to 7 acute, base narrowed, 

 crenulate, 75 to 2'5 in. long, '4 to i in. wide; petiolules "2 in. long. 

 Panicles 3 to 6 in. long, pubescent. Corolla yellowish. Fruit 

 •15 in. across. Hab. Edges of forests, rare. Perak, road to Jor 

 from Tapah. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 



9. ZANONIA, Linn. 



Leaves ovate or oblong, simple. Flowers small in large com- 

 pound racemes. Males pedicelled. Females sessile. Males, sepals 

 3, oblong or orbicular. Corolla rotate 5-lobed. Stamens 5, free 

 on a fleshy disc; anthers i-celled. Females as male, but ovary 

 sub-clavate. Styles 3-bifid at tip. Capsule elongate, cylindric 

 top truncate, 3-valved. Seeds surrounded b}^ a large wing. 

 Species 3, Indo-Malayan. 



Leaves ovate oblong ; fruit 2-5 in. long . . . • (i) Z. indica 



Leaves ovate round ; fruit 5 to 8 in. long . . . (2) Z. Clarkei 



(i) Z, indica Linn. Sp. PL 1028; Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 633; King, I.e. 41. 



Slender climber 30 to 50 ft. long, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 

 ovate-oblong acute, base rounded refuse ; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 2 to 

 3-5 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide ; petioles -68 to -8 in. long. Panicles 

 large about 18 in. long with very many slender branches, on the 

 lower part of the stem. Flowers light yellow about -3 in. wide, 

 very shortly pedicelled. Fruit cylindric, campanulate, 3 in. long, 

 dark green, truncate at top. Seeds flat thin, nucleus '6 in. long; 



