Bryonopsis.] lxiv. cucuRBiTACEiE (hooker). 557 



pedately lobed, slightly scabrid or papillose, basal sinus rounded ; lobes 

 oblong-lanceolate, distantly sinuate-serrate ; petiole slender. Female fl. : 

 Solitary few or many, pedicels very variable. Calyx-lobes subulate. 

 Corolla \ in. diameter. Ovary glabrous. Fruit J-l in. diameter, green 

 striped with yellow. Seed \ in. long. — Bryonia lacinwsa, L. ; Wight, Ic. 

 t. 500. B. tenuis, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 150. 



( Upper Guinea. St. Thomas Island, alt. 2000 ft., Mann! A form with fruit 1£ in. 

 diameter. 



Nile Land. Unyoro, Grant! 



Mozamb. Distr. Q ueri m ba, Peters ! Rovuma bay, Dr. Kirk ! 



A very variable plant, a native of India, Australia, and some of the Pacific Isles. 



26. DACTYLIANDRA, Hook. f. in Gen. Plant, i. 829 (under 



Bryonia). 



Flowers monoecious. Male : Subumbellate. Calyx-tube campanu- 

 late; lobes 5, subulate. Corolla shortly campanulate, 5-lobed to 

 below the middle, pubescent. Stamens 5, filaments free, inserted 

 within the calyx-tube ; anthers cohering, one 1 -celled, two 2-celled 

 cells hippocrepiform ; connective not produced at the apex. Rudiment 

 of ovary a depressed gland. Female fl. : Solitary in different axils 

 from the males. Staminodes 0. Ovary oblong ; style columnar, in- 

 serted in a disk; stigma subcapitate, 3-lobed; ovules" many, on 3 pla- 

 centas. Fruit globose. Seeds few or many, irregularly oblong, ends 

 truncate, one side pointed, surfaces flattish, border sinuate, grooved 

 and uneven; testa very thick. — A scabrid, much branched, slender 

 herb. Leaves digitately 5- 7-lobed, with a stipuliform bract at the base 

 of the petiole. Tendrils simple. Flowers yellowish and fruit small. 



1. D. Welwitschii, Hook.f. Stem angled, grooved and scabrid, 

 trailing and climbing. Leaves 2-4 in. diameter, rather membranous, 

 but very scabrid, lobes obovate or lanceolate, contracted at the base 

 irregularly sinuate-lobed serrate or toothed; petiole 1-3 in., rather 

 stout. Stipular bract orbicular-reniform or dimidiate, ^— J in. diameter 

 strongly ciliate- toothed. Female fl. : \-\ in. diameter, numerous, 

 subumbelled on slender scabrid peduncles ; pedicels unequal, J-| in. 

 Berry scarlet (Welwitsch), § in. diameter. Seeds } in. long, dark co- 

 loured. 



Lower Guinea. Sandy thickets in Loanda, Dr. Welioitsch! 

 A very curious plant, resembling some Trochomerias and Ctenolepis in habit and 

 the stipuliform bracts. 



27. CTENOLEPIS, Hook. f. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 832. 



Flowers monoecious. Male : Racemose on slender pedicels. Calyx- 

 tube short ; lobes 5, small. Corolla rotate, 5-partite. Filaments 3, 

 free, remote, very short; anthers small, one 1-celled, two 2-celled, 

 cells short, straight, connective not produced. Rudiment of ovary 0. 

 Female fl. : Solitary in the same axil as the male, shortly pedunded. 



