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pulp or fibre ; albumen 0. — Distuih. Wanner parts of the (,'lobe, 

 especially in the Tropics ; genera 80; species about OOU. 



Ovules liorizontal. 



Stamens 3 (rarely 2 or 5) ; female flowers usually solitary, 

 less coiiiiiionly fascicled. 



Antiior-cells flcxuose or conduplicate. 



Corolla 5-partit.o to the base or S-pelalous. 



Petals fimbriate 1, Teichosantjies. 



Petals not fimbriate. 



Stamens free, inserted on the mouth of the 

 calyx. 



Calyx with scales at the bottom 2. Momokdica. 



Stamens free, inserted on the tube of the 

 calyx. 

 Male flowers racemose. 



Fruit dry, fibrous, dehiscing oper- 



culately al- the apex 3. Luffa. 



Male flowers solitary or fascicled. 



Pollen muriculate ; rudimentary 



ovary 4. Bkyonopsis. 



Pollen smooth ; rudimentary ovary 

 glanduliform. 

 Connective of anthers produced 



beyond the cells ; tendrils simple. 5. OucUMis, 

 Connective of anthers not pro- 

 duced bej'^ond the cells ; tendrils 



usually 2-3-fid 6. Citrullds. 



Corolla campanulate, divided to the middle or a 



little below it 7. Coccinia. 



Anther-cells straight or curved, not flexuose. 

 Style inserted on a cup-shaped or annular 



disk 8. Melothria, 



Disk at base of style or obscure. 



Petiole with a stipuliform bract at the 



base 9. Blastama. 



Petiole ebractoate at the base. 



Fruit indehiscent 10. Kedrostis. 



Fruit operculately dehiscent above 



the base 11. Corallocahpus. 



Ovules erect or ascending. 



Stamens 3 12. Diccelospermum. 



Ovules pendulous. 



Stamens 5 ; female flowers in racemes 13. Zanonia. 



1. TRICHOSANTHES, Linn. 



Scandent herbs. Leaves entire or ;}-!)-lobed, denticuhxte ; tendrils 

 simple or 2-5-fid, Flowers dioecious (rarely monoecious), white. 

 Male flowers usually racemose (rarely solitary), often bracteolate. 

 Calyx-tube cylindric, dilated above, 5-lobed. Corolla 5-fid nearly to the 

 base ; lobes long, fimbriate. Stamens 'A, inserted in the calyx-tube ; 

 filaments very short ; anthers almost included, usually connate, one 

 1-celled, the others 2-celled, the cells oouduplicate ; connective narrow, 

 not produced. Eudimeutary ovaries 'A, filiform. Female flowers 

 solitary. Calyx and corolla as in the male. Staminodes 0. Ovary 

 inferior, ovoid or fusiform, 1-celled, 3-placeutiferous ; ovules very many, 

 horizontal or semi-pendulous ; style slender ; stigmas 3, entire or bifid. 

 Fruit fleshy, globose, ovoid or fusiform, indehiscent, many-seeded, 

 usually smooth and glabrous. Seeds packed in pulp, ellipsoid, some- 



