Blastania.'] CUCURBITACEAE. 539 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiris, Pulneys and Sirumalai Hills, up 



to 7,000 ft. 



A slender climber with oblong berries, apparently yellow 



when ripe. 



4. MELOTHRIA HETEROPHYLLA, Cogn. Zehneria umbellata, 

 Thw. ; F. B. I. ii. 625 in part. Sryonia umbellata, Klein ; 

 W. & A. 345. 



E. Ghats, Madgol Hills of Vizagapatam, at 5,000 ft.; 



Deccan, in the hills ; W. Ghats, at low levels and up to 



5,000 ft. W. Coast, from S. Canara southwards. 



A climber from a perennial root, with polymorphic leaves 



and large fruit, red and often yellow- spotted or -striped 



when ripe, the small flowers yellowish-white. 

 -5. MELOTHRIA AMPLEXICAULIS, Cogn. Sryonia amplexicaulis, 

 W. & A. 346; Wt. Ic. t. 502. 



Deccan, Carnatic and W. Coast, not common. 



A climber with more or less amplexicaul coriaceous leaves 



and scrobiculate seed, very nearly allied to and difficult to 



distinguish from the preceding species. 



6. MELOTHRIA LEIOSPERMA, Cogn. Mukia leiosperma, Wt. ; 

 F. B. I. ii. 623. Sryonia leiosperma, W. & A. 345. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiris and Pulneys, up to 6,000 ft. 

 A hispid, very villous small climber. 



7. MELOTHRIA MADERASPATANA, Cogn. Miikia scabrella, Arn. ; 

 F. B. I. ii. 623. Sryonia scabrella, Linn, f.; Wt. Ic. t. 501. 



Most Districts of the Deccan, Carnatic and lower hills of 

 W. Ghats. 



A scabrous climber with small yellow flowers, the berries 

 red when ripe, the leaves variable in shape. 



10. Blastania, Kotschy & Peyr. 



Prostrate or scandent annual herbs, drying black ; tendrils 

 simple. Leaves digitately 5-7-lobed or -partite ; in each axil a 

 broad, rounded, stipuliform, pectinate bract. Flowers minute, 

 monoecious, $ racemose, on slender pedicels ; $ solitary in the 

 same axils. Calyx-tube short, campanulate ; lobes 5, very small, 

 subulate. Corolla rotate, deeply 5-partite. Stamens 3, inserted 

 on the calyx-tube, free ; anthers small, 1 1-celled, the rest 2-celled, 

 the cells short, straight, connective not produced ; staminodes 



