5 i2 LXII. CUCUKBITACE.E. 



smooth, yello\visli-grey, convex ou one side, deeply concave ou the other, 

 edge sharp. Jackson, in Index Kew. v. 1, p. ;Ul. Cienolepis cerasi- 

 fonnis, Hook, f . iu Oliv, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 2, p. 558 ; C. B. Clarke, in 

 Hook. f. n. B. I. V. 2, p. 630 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 641. Zelinevia cerasifonnis, Stocks, in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 

 (1852) p. 149 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 100 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 65. 



Gujarat: Dcd:eU\: Verawul (Katliiawar), Woodrow] Sind: Dalzelll, Stocks ex 

 Aitchison. — Distrib. Tropical and S. Africa, Arabia. 



2. Blastania Garcini, Co(/nlaiuv, in DC. Mono'jr. Phan. v. 3 (1881) 

 p. 029. Climbing ; stems slender, elongate, striate, branched, glabrous. 

 Tendrils ca[)illary. Leaves membranous, 1-2 in. long and broad, at 

 first liirsute, afterwards scal)rid with white spots, deeply 3-5-lobed, the 

 lobes usually obovate, obtuse or acute, constricted at the base, denticu- 

 late or crenulately toothed, the intermediate lobe scarcely longer then 

 the others, mucronate ; ])etioles g-l| in. long, slender, striate, shortly 

 hii-sute, at length scabrid. Btipular bracts |— t% in. long, ovate o-r 

 rotundate, shortly h dry, fringed on the margin with long filiform cilia. 

 Male flowers yellowish -white, 3-4 at the apex of a slender peduncle 

 less than | in. long ; pedicels ^j-j^ in. long. Female flowees solitary 

 on very short peduncles. Fruit broader than long, ^-i by g-g in., 

 bright-red, glabrous, inversely subreuiform or hammer-shaped. Seeds 

 i-i by g in., oblong, yellowish-grev, rounded at the apex, slightly 

 attenuated at the base, with a deep pit on one face, convex on the other, 

 the edge thick and obtuse. Jackson, in Index Kew. v. 1, p. 311. 

 Ctetwlepis Garcini, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 629 ; Trim. 

 Fi. Ceyl. V. 2, p. 2o0 ; AVoodr.in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 641 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 626. Zfhiieria Garcini, Stocks, iu 

 Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (l«52) p. 149 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 99 ; Aitch. Pb. & 

 Sind PI. p. 65. — Flowers : Oct. 



Deccan: Dhulia, Woodrow'. Gujarat: Sumt, Woodro>n\ Ahmedabad, Ranji\; 

 Doinas near Sural, i>rt/.?s//r; Deesa, Stocks ex Aitchison; Kathiawar coast plentiful, 

 Balzell ^' Gibson. S. M. Country: Badaun, Bhival 



10. KEDROSTIS, Medikus, in Phil. Bot. v. 2 (1791) p. 69. 

 Ehynchocarpa, Sclirad. in Liunaea, v. 12 (1838) p. 403. 



Prostrate or scandent herbs ; root perennial. Tendrils simple. 

 Leaves entire or lobed. Flowers small, monoecious (rarely dioecious). 

 Male flowers racemose or corymbose. Calyx-tube campanulate, 

 usually glabrous within ; lobes 5, short. Corolla rotate, 5-partite. 

 Stamens 3 (rarely 5), inserted in the calyx-tube ; filaments short, 

 glabrous ; anthers short, glabrous, one 1-celled, the others 2-celled (or 

 when 5, all 1-celled), free or slightly cohering, the cells straight or 

 slightly curved, the connective usually 2-fid or 2-i>iirtite, produced 

 beyond the cell'*. Rudimentary ovary or glandulilorm. Female 

 flowers subses>ilp, solitary or aggregated, shortly pedicelled. Calyx 

 and corolla as in the ni'ile. Kudimentary stamens or 3, very small. 

 Ovary usually ovoid, beaked, 2-3-placentiferous ; ovules few, horizontal ; 

 style sometimes obscurely surrounded by a disk at the base ; stigmas 

 2 or 3. Fruit baccate, ovoid, usually rostrate. Seeds usually few, 

 tumid, margined ; testa usually crustaceous, smooth. — Distkib. Tropical 

 and subtropical Asia and Africa; species 11. 



