122 LTIII. PASSIFLOKEiE. 



4-5 slender, subulate lobes. Corolla continuous with the 

 calyx-tube, bell-shaped, 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted in 

 the base of the calyx, free, alternate with the lobes of the co- 

 rolla, dilated upwards ; anthers adnate to a club-shaped con- 

 nective, the cells slif^htly separated, introrse. Grlands as many 

 as the stamens, and alternating with them, oblong, fleshy. — 

 Female : Calyx-lobes obsolete. Corolla as in the male. 

 Grlands as in the male, but smaller. Ovary stipitate, unilocu- 

 lar ; ovules numerous, on 4-5 parietal placentas ; stigmas 4-5, 

 subsessile, channelled, 2-lobed. Capsule pod-Kke, slender, 

 4-5-valved, several-seeded. — Fl. Cap. \\.p. 501. 



C. Ecklonii, Nees, the only species, is a slender, nearly glabrous climber, 

 growing in the Eastern district and at Natal. Leaves palmately 5-7-lobed, 

 membranous. Flowers axillary, greenish, the males in racemes, the fe- 

 males solitary. 



5. ACHARIA, Th. 



Flowers monoecious. — Male : Calyx 3-4-parted. Corolla 

 bell- shaped, 3- (rarely 4-)lobed, herbaceous, continuous with 

 the short calyx-tube. Stamens adnate to the tube of the co- 

 rolla for more than half their length, as many as the lobes and 

 alternate with them ; filaments dilated upwards, subexserted ; 

 anthers adnate to a broad, 2-lobed connective, the cells sepa- 

 rated, introrse. Grlands 3-4, fleshy, in the base of the perianth, 

 alternating with the stamens. — Female : Calyx and corolla as 

 in the male, but enlarged in fruit, persistent. Ovary subses- 

 sile, mth 3 glands at base, l-ceUed ; ovules few, on 3-4 pa- 

 rietal placentas ; style 3-4-cleft ; stigmas 3^, channelled, 2- 

 lobed. Capsule shortly stipitate, ovoid, membranous, 3-4- 

 valved, few-seeded. Seeds pendulous, with a small arillus. — 

 Fl. Cap.u.p. 501. 



A. tragioides, Th., the only species, is a small, thinly-pubescent, branch- 

 ing herb, growing in sliady places of Uitenliage and Albany. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petiolcd, 3-lobed, and cut. Flowers small, green, axillary. 



Oeder LIX. CUCURBITACEiE. 



Flowers unisexual. Calyx 5-lobed, adnate. Corolla mostly 

 monopetalous, 5-lobed or 5-parted, continuous with the sum- 

 mit of the calyx-tube. Stamens inserted within or at the 

 mouth of the calyx-tube, 5-3-2, either free or with the anther- 

 cells monadelphous, or the anthers and filaments variously co- 

 hering ; anthers usually linear, adnate, extrorse, cells straight 

 curved flexuous or conduplicate. Ovary inferior, usually with. 

 prominent, parietal placentas, often meeting in the centre, 

 sometimes 2-3-celled ; ovules many, usually horizontal ; styles 



