Mclothria.] lxiv. cucurbitace^ (hooker). 563 



diameter, exactly triangular with a very broad shallow sinus, lobes all 

 acute or subacute, toothed or sinuate-toothed, scabrid or minutely pa- 

 pillose above, ciliate on the nerves beneath and on the petiole. Male 

 fl. : Peduncle 1 -flowered very slender, solitary or with a female in the 

 same axil. Calyx campanulate. Corolla short, l-10th in. diameter. 

 Anthers with broad membranous connectives, cells diverging upwards, 

 ciliate. Female fl. : Peduncle 1-3 in. Ovary ovoid ; style slender. 

 Calyx and corolla as in the male. Fruit globose, ^ in. diameter. 

 Seeds lenticular, flat, l-10th in. long, border evident, thickened. — 

 Bryonia cajjillaeca, Schum. and Thonn. PL Guin. 430. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, and Aboh, Vogel 1 Mann! Barter! Brass, on the 

 sea-shore, Barter! 



Nile Land. Near B. Gazal on the White Nile, C. 31. Brownell ! {Petlierick.) 

 Lower Guinea. Golnngo Alto, borders of thickets, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 Leaves large, very membranous, almost quite entire and not scabrid. 



3. M. delcoidea, Bcnth. in Flora Nigrit. 368. Very similar to M. 

 triangularis, but much stouter ; leaves not scabrid, their outer angles 

 more rounded • peduncles shorter and ovary fusiform. Berry ovoid, 

 narrowed at both ends. — Bryonia deltoidea, Schum. and Thonn. Pi. Guin, 

 429? 



Upper Guinea. Aboh, Vogel ! 



A doubtful plant, of which none of my specimens are very good ; the ovary is fusi- 

 form, but the fruit globose, as in M. triangularis. 



4. M. cordifolia, Hooh.f. Stem slender, glabrous, smooth. Leaves 

 membranous, 1J— 2 in diameter, very broadly cordate or triangular- 

 cordate, obtuse, apiculate, minutely distantly toothed, lobes rounded, 

 basal sinus broad and open, minutely scabrid above, glabrous beneath ; 

 petiole short, slender. Male fl. : Peduncle capillary, J- in. Calyx, 

 corolla and stamens as in M. tridactyla. Female fl. : Peduncles 1 or 2, 

 usually in the same axils as the male. Ovary fusiform, rostrate; style 

 slender. Calyx and corolla a little smaller than the male. Berry small, 

 I in. diameter. Seeds few, lenticular, flat, £ in. long, slightly bor- 

 dered. 



Upper Guinea. Gaboon river, Mann! 



31. RHYNCHOCARPA, Schrader ; Benth, et Hook. f. 

 Gen. Plant, i. 831. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Male fl. : Eacemose or corymbose. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate, shortly 5-lobed. Corolla rotate, 5-partite. Fila- 

 ments 3 rarely 5, free, short, glabrous, inserted in the calyx- tube; anthers 

 short, glabrous, one 1-celled, two 2-celled, (or 5 all 1-celled), free or co- 

 hering, cells curved, connective produced into a simple or 2-fid appendage. 

 Rudiment of ovary or small. Female fl. : Solitary or fascicled, shortly 

 peduncled. Staminodes or 3, small. Ovary ovoid, beaked. Style without 

 a disk or a small one at its base. Stigmas 2 or 3, broad or narrow ; ovules 

 few or many, on 2 or 3 placentas. Berry ovoid, usually beaked, indehis- 

 cent. Seeds few or many, margined or not, testa usually crustaceous and 



