268 Dr. R. Wight on the Fruit of the 



into 10 — 12 radiating linear lobes. Andes of Mendosa. (Cucur- 

 bita asperata. Gill.) 



§ 4. Filaments distinct or 3-adelpkotis, inserted on the throat of 

 the corolla ; anthers 6- or 'i-adelphous , gyrose, anticous. 



10. Sphenanthe (Schrad.). Mexico. 



§ 5. Filaments 3-adelphous, inserted at the base of the corolla; 

 anthers lateral, straight, ti-adelphous. 



11. PiLOGYNE (Schrad.). Calyx campanulate ; segments of the co- 

 rolla patent, much longer than the calyx ; anthers 1 -celled ; 

 style entire; stigma 1, pileate ; fruit baccate, few-seeded, ob- 

 tuse. South Africa. \_East Indies — Bryonia Garcini ?] 



12. Zehneria (Endl. .^). Lobes of the corolla quite entire ; style 



trifid ; stigmas 3, flabelliform, quite entire ; fruit baccate, few- 

 seeded, blunt. South Africa, East Indies, and } Norfolk Island. 

 — Bryotiia Mysorcnsis, B. Hookei'iana. 

 Perhaps this is only a subgenus of Pilogyne. 



13. Karivia (Arn.). Calyx urceolate ; corolla scarcely exserted ; 

 lobes minute, quite entire ; anthers 2-celled; style entire ; stigma 

 pileate, 3-fid ; fruit a peponida, many-seeded, blunt, or mth a 

 short thick beak. East Indies, Bryonia umbellata. B. amplexi- 

 caulis. 



14. Rhynchocarpa (Schrad.). Lobes of the corolla denticulate, 

 ciliated ; style trifid ; stigmas 3, jagged and toothed ; fruit with 

 along slender beak. Guinea. 



§ 6. Filaments tri-adelphous, inserted at the base of the corolla; 

 anthers all cohering, posticous, linear, straight. 



15. Mukia (Am.). Style entire ; stigmas 3, more or less cohering, 

 erect; anthers distinct, 1 -celled, lateral: [connectivum pro- 

 longed, forming a projecting point : a globose abortive ovary in 

 the bottom of the calyx.] East Indies — Bryonia scabrella. [B. 

 leiosperma.'] 



§ 7. Filaments 5- or 3-adelphous, inserted at the base of the co- 

 rolla ; connectiva toothed or lobed ; antJiers applied at the back 

 along the margins of the connectivum, and therefore flexuose, 

 gyrose, or anfractuose. 



16. Bryonia (Linn.). CoroUa 5-cleft; anthers tri-adelphous, 1- 

 celled ; style trifid ; stigmas subreniform or bifid ; fruit ovoid or 

 globose, baccate, few-seeded. Europe savA. East Indies — B.la- 

 ciniosa, India. B. alba, B. dioica, Europe. Perhaps also B. Gar- 

 cini and leiosperma, but of these I have no male flowers by me 

 to examine. [5. Garcini. Stamens tri-adelphous, 1 -celled; cells 

 linear, marginal, not sigmoid, anticous ; style one ; stigma di- 

 lated, peltate ; ovary few-seeded ; pepo inverse, reniform, 2- 

 seeded. This is probably a new genus ; but if not, seems to be- 

 long to Pilogyne rather than any other here. It cannot pos- 

 sibly belong to Bryonia.] 



In the European plants, the type of the genus, there are two ovules 



