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CUCURBITACEjE. VIII. TURIA. IX. BBYONIA. 



calyx, bicallous at the base inside. Stamens 5, opposite the 

 petals, borne at the margin of the tube ; filaments short; anthers 

 erect, dehiscing at the side. Style short. Fruit clavate, 1- 

 celled, 3-valved ; valves fleshy, partible into two. Seed one 

 coated. 



1 E. SCA'NDENS (Blum, bijdr. p. 922.) shrub climbing; leaves 

 stalked, rather peltate, oblong, acuminated, quite entire, gla- 

 brous ; peduncles branched, axillary ; pedicels rather umbellate. 

 J? . w . S. Native of the East India Islands, on the mountains, 

 particularly in Java, where it is called Aroy rvuat Ban kong by 

 the natives. 



Climbing Erythropalum. Shrub cl. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand, or vegetable 

 mould, will suit this plant ; and cuttings will grow freely in the 

 same kind of soil, if placed in heat. 



VIII. TIPRI A (Arabic name of one of the species). Forsk. 

 fl. aegypt. p. 165. no. 35. Lam. diet. 8. p. 139. D. C. prod. 

 3. p. 303. 



LIN. SYST. Monoecia, Pentdndria. Flowers monoecious, 

 male ones umbellate. Calyx 5 -parted ; segments lanceolate, 

 spreading. Corolla 5-petalled, rotate, yellow. Stamens 5, 

 erect, filiform, in 3 bundles ; anthers irregularly curled ; rudi- 

 ment of germ half globose. Female flowers having the calyx 

 and corolla as in the male, but with the stamens castrated. 

 Germen cylindrical, thickened. Stigmas 3, 2-lobed. Fruit 

 cylindrical ? attenuated, villous, warted. 



1 T. CYLINDRICA (Forsk. 1. c.) stems twining, 5-angled, sca- 

 brous ; leaves palmate ; lobes toothed ; tendrils trifid ; fruit 

 terete, attenuated at both ends, villous, crowned by the style 

 and calyx. Native of Arabia Felix. Gmel syst. nat. 1. p. 403. 

 ex Lam. diet. 8. p. 140. Flowers yellow. 



C^/<n<fn'ca/-fruited Turia. PI. tw. 



2 T. LELOJA (Forsk. 1. c. p. 165.) stem striated, mealy; 

 leaves 3-lobed, cordate at the base ; lobes angular, middle one 

 longest, but not lobed ; fruit conical, glabrous ; seeds size of a 

 small pea. T. F. Native of Arabia. Gmel. syst. nat. 1. 

 p. 403. ex Lam. diet. 8. p. 140. Leloja is the Arabian name 

 of the plant. Flowers green. 



Leloja Turia. PI. tw. 



3 T. COIIDA'TA (Lam. diet. 8. p. 140.) leaves cordate, angular, 

 ciliated, 2 inches long Native of Arabia Felix. The fruit, 

 when matured, opens at top by a lid, and ejects its seeds with 

 force. Forsk. fl. aegypt. p. 166. 



Cordate-leaved Turia. PI. trailing. 



4 T. GIJEP (Forsk. 1. c. p. 166.) stem 6-angled, scabrous; 

 leaves 3-lobed, denticulated, scabrous on both surfaces ; fruit 

 ovate, 10-furrowed, glabrous. Native of Arabia. Flowers 

 small, green. Fruit smaller than a nut, greyish at maturity, 

 dehiscing, with revolute valves. Gijef is the Arabic name of 

 the plant. 



Gijef Turia. PI. trailing. 



5 T. MO'GHADD (Forsk. aegypt. 1. c.) Stem terete, smooth ; 

 leaves 3-lobed, quite entire ; lateral lobes somewhat 3-lobed ; 

 fruit oval-oblong, quite glabrous. Native of Arabia Felix. 

 Flowers large, white. Immature fruit green, spotted with white, 

 but when mature yellow and eatable. Moghadd is the Arabian 

 name of the species. 



Moghadd Turia. PI. trailing. 



Cult, See Cucurbita, p. 41. for culture and propagation. 



IX. BRYO'NIA (from/Spvw, bryo, to sprout up; in reference 

 to the rapid growth of the annual stems, or because the species 

 raise themselves by laying hold of other shrubs with their ten- 

 drils). Lin. gen. no. 1480. Juss. gen. p. 394. Gaertn. fruct. 

 t. 88. D. C. prod. 3. p. 304. Solena, Lour. coch. Cucumis 



species of some authors. Cucumeroldes, Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 485. 

 t. 180. f. 4. 



LIN. SYST. Monoecia, Polyadelphia. Flowers monoecious 

 or dioecious. Petals joined at the base. Male flowers with a 

 5-toothed calyx. Stamens in 3 bundles ; anthers flexuous. 

 Female flowers with a trifid style. Fruit ovate or globose, 

 smooth ; perhaps always few-seeded. Seeds ovate, hardly com- 

 pressed, more or less margined. Tendrils simple, rarely forked. 



* Leaves angular. 



1 B. ROSTRA'TA (Roltl. nov. act. berol. 4. p. 212. and Willd. 

 spec. 4. p. 616.) stem filiform, furrowed ; leaves cordate, obtuse, 

 denticulated, scabrous ; peduncles axillary, solitary ; fruit ovate, 

 angular, acuminated. . F. Native of Tranquebar. Fruit 

 the size of a pea. Plant scabrous, but when cultivated it be- 

 comes smooth in every part. The root of this species is pre- 

 scribed in India internally in electuary, in cases of piles. 



Rostrate-fruited Bryony. PI. cl. 



2 B. PERROTETIA'NA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 304.) 

 tendrils simple, capillary ; leaves broadly cordate, ungulate, ses- 

 sile, villous, scabrous, with undulated margins ; male flowers 

 twin, on pilose peduncles : female flowers sessile ; fruit ending 

 in a long taper point, sessile, clothed with very long and very 

 numerous hairs ; seeds compressed, bay-coloured, granularly 

 edged, and covered with adpressed hairs. 1J..S. Native of 

 Senegal. Flowers white. 



Perrotet's Bryony. PI. cl. 



3 B. MUCRONA'TA (Blume, bijdr. p. 923.) leaves cordate- 

 ovate, mucronate, rather angular, and repandly denticulated, 

 scabrous from dots above, and smooth beneath ; flowers in fas- 

 cicles, dioecious ; berry oval. 7/ . S. Native of the East In- 

 dies, on the mountains, where it is called Pariagengie by the 

 natives. 



Far. /3, denticulata (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 304.) leaves all 

 undivided, obsoletely denticulated ; fruit usually contracted in 

 the middle. If. . S. Growing among bushes about Buuenzorg 

 in Java. 



Mucronate-\ea.ved Bryony. PI. cl. 



4 B. SCA'BRA (Thunb. prod. 13.) leaves cordate, angular, 

 toothed, beset with callous dots above and with pili beneath, 

 therefore scabrous on both surfaces ; flowers umbellate ; fruit 

 globose ; seeds smooth. "V. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. The tender shoots of this plant are aperient, having 

 been previously Toasted. 



Scabrous Bryony. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1774. PI. cl. 



5 B. VERRUCOSA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 285. ed. 2. 

 vol. 5. p. 246.) leaves cordate, angular, beset with callous dots 

 beneath as well as on the veins above ; tendrils usually simple ; 

 fruit globose, nearly sessile. %. G. Native of the Canary 

 Islands. Willd. spec. 4. p. 616. Fruit the size of a sloe. 



Parted-leaved Bryony. Clt. 1779. PI. cl. 



6 B. SCABRA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 923.) leaves cordate, cuspi- 

 date, undivided, and somewhat angular, denticulated, scabrous 

 above, rough on the veins beneath ; flowers monoecious ; umbels 

 on short peduncles ; fruit globose.^Native of the East Indies, 

 on the mountains, particularly in Java. Cucurbita scabra, Blum, 

 cat. hort. buit. no. 105. Aroy korreg kottok of the Javanese. 

 Allied to B, scabra and B. Japonica. 



Hough Bryony. PI. cl. 



7 B. PUNCTA'TA (Thunb. prod. 13.) leaves cordate, angular, 

 callous above, and pilose beneath ; peduncles 1 -flowered. Tf. . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



.Doited-leaved Bryony. PI. cl. 



8 B. REPA'NDA (Blum, bijdr. p. 923.) leaves cordate, cuspi- 

 date, repandly denticulated, scabrous above and puberulous be- 

 neath ; umbels pedunculate ; flowers dioecious ; berries globose. 



