Melothria. 125 



8). M. amplexicaulis (Lam.) Cogn. in DC. Mon. Pban. III. (1881) 62 1. — Bryonia 

 amplexicaulis Lam. Encycl. raeth. Bot. I. (1783) 496; Ser. in DC. Prodr. III. (I8i8) 306; 

 Wight et Arn. Prodr. I. (1834) 346; Wight Ic. pl. Ind. or. II. (18i0— 43) t. 502. — B. 

 unibellata Wall. List (l 828) n. 6705 K — L. — Karivia amplexicaulis Arn. in Hook. Journ, 

 of Bot. IIL (1841) 275; lloein. Fam. IL (1846) 46; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. L t. (1865) 66«. 

 — Monoica, alte scandens. Ilami graciles, elongati, ramulosi, sulcati, glabri. Foliorum 

 petiolus nullus vel 1 — 3 mm longus; lamina coriacea, rigidiuscula, ovata vel oblonga, 

 inlegra vel lobata, basi profunde cordata vel sagittata, apict; obtusa vel rotundata et 

 mucronulata inlerdum retusa, margine reraote denticulata vel integerrima, supra saepius 

 laete viridis punctato-scabra vel scabriuscula, subtus glauca vel pallide viridis glabra 

 laevisque, 3 — 6 cm longa, 2 — 5 cm lata; sinus basilaris angustissimus, acutus, \ — 2 cm 

 profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, glabri. Flores masculi subumbellati; pedunculus 

 communis gracilis, glaber, apice 8 — 20-florus, 0,5 — 3 cm longus; pedicelli erecto-patuli, 

 \ — 4 mm longi. Receptaculum rotundo-campanulatum, glabrum, 2,5 mm longum latumque. 

 Sepala subulata, 0,6 — 0,7 mm longa. Corolla breviter villosa, segmentis erectis, trian- 

 Igularibus, acutis, 1,5 mm longis. Flores feminei solitarii; pedunculus filiformis, 1-5 mm 

 [longus. Ovarium ovoideo-oblongum, apice graciliter longeque rostratum, glabrum. Fructus 

 pallidus^ late ovoideus, rostratus, saepius 3 — 4-spermus, 1,5 — 2 cm longus, \ — 1,5 cm 

 crassus. Semina cinerea, turgida, niarginala, leviter tuberculata, 6 — 7 mm longa, 

 5 — 6 mm lata, 2 — 3 mm crassa. 



Hindostaniscbe Provinz: Madras (Thomson); Mysore und Karnatic (Thom- 

 son); Dekan, bei EUora (Ralph n. 30 i). Britisch Indien, ohne genaueren Standort 

 {Wight n. H2I, H28, H30, Rottler, Jacquemont n. 701). 



Sect. 3. Mukia (Arn.) Cogn. 



Sect. Mukia Cogn. in DC. Mon. Pban. III. (1881) 622; Pax in EngL u. PrantI, 

 Pflzfam. IV. 5. (1889) 15. — Genus Mukia Arn. 1. c. — Flores monoici: masculi fasci- 

 culati, feminei saepius solitarii. Antherae subsessiles, una unilocularis ceterae biloculares, 

 connectivo apiculato. Fructus subsessilis. Semina marginata, saepius scrobiculata. 



82. M. leiosperma (Wight et Arn.) Cogn. in DC. Mon. Pban. III. (1881) 622. — 

 Bryonia leiosperma Wight et Arn. Prodr. I. (183 4) 345. — B. Wightiana Wall. 

 List (1828) n. 6703 (nomen). — B. scabrella Wall. List (1828) n. 6708 I. (nomen, 

 non L.). — Mukia leiosperma Wight in Ann. and Mag. Nat. bist. VIII. (1842) 268; 

 Roem. Fam. IL (1846) 46; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. IL (1879) 623. — B. myso- 

 rensis Miq. in PI. Ind. or. ed. Hohen, n. 1505 (non Wight). — Rami robusti, elongati, 

 paulo ramulosi, angulato-sulcati, longe villosi. Foliorum petiolus robustus, dense longeque 

 villoso-subhirsutus, 1 — 5 cm longus; lamina subcoriacea, ovato-cordata vel ovato-trian- 

 gularis, integra angulata vel leviter lobata, acuta vel subacuminata, margine denti- 

 culata vel undulato-dentata, supra intense viridis densiuscule villosa demum subhirsuta, 

 subtus pallide viridis vel viridi-cinerea dense molliterque villoso-tomentosa, 6 — 8 cm 

 longa, 4 — 6 cm lata. Cirrhi robustiusculi, longissimi, longe villoso-subhirsuti. Flores 

 utriusque sexus fasciculati ; pedicelli brevissimi vel subnuUi. Receptaculum longe villoso- 

 subhirsutum, 3 mm longum, 2,5 mm latum. Sepala erecto-patula, linearia, 3 — 4 mm 

 longa. Corolla puberula, segmentis ovato-oblongis, apice rotundatis et longe villosis, 

 4 mm longis. Antherae oblongae, cihatae, brevissime appendiculatae, 2 mm longae. 

 Pedunculus fructiferus crassiusculus, longe denseque villosus, 2 — 6 mm longus. Fructus 

 globosus, glaber, laevis, 10 — 13 mm crassus. Semina cinerea, turgida, ovoidea, basi 

 leviter attenuata, laevia, zona lata tumida cincta, 4 mm longa, 2^5 — 3 mm lata, 2 mm 

 crassa. 



Zentralasiatisches Gebiet: Provinz Yünnan (Henry n. 9784). — Provinz 

 des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Nilgiri (Thomson, Wight, 

 Schmidt, PI. Ind. or. edit. Hohenacker n. 1515). — Hindostaniscbe Provinz: 

 Dekan, Pulney-Mts. (Wight n. 1112, 1126); Mysore (Hügel n. 3382). — Ceylon 



