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CUCURBITACE.E. IX. BRYONIA. 



plant pilose ; stem filiform, striated, having distant internodes ; 

 tendrils bifid ; leaves on long petioles, cordate, long-acuminated, 

 crenately toothed, beset with long, distant hairs ; flowers large, 

 in loose racemes ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; pedicels 

 long, pilose ; fruit unknown. I/ . G. Native of Nipaul. 



Long-peduncled Bryony. PI. cl. 



SO B. RHE'EDH (Blum, bijdr. p. 925.) leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, oblong, cordate, rather angular at the base, remotely den- 

 ticulated, smoothish, dotted above, glaucous beneath ; upper 

 leaves hastately 3-lobed ; male pedicels disposed in dense ra- 

 cemes, 1-flowered, bearing one bractea in the middle of each, 

 female pedicels solitary, 1 -flowered. I/ . S. Native of Java and 

 Malabar, on the mountains. Rheed. mal. 8. t. 26. The plant 

 is called Aroy-hui- Walleh by the natives of Java. 



Rhcede's Bryony. PI. cl. 



* * Leaves lobed. 



31 B. EPIG/E V A (Rottl. in nov. act. berol. 4. p. 223.) stem fur- 

 rowed, glabrous ; leaves coriaceous, somewhat cordately 3-lobed, 

 obsoletely denticulated, rough : lateral lobes somewhat 2-lobed, 

 intermediate one elongated, acuminated ; flowers monoecious, 

 male ones umbellate, female ones solitary ; berries globose. 

 If. . S. Native of Java, about Rompien, in corn fields. Willd. 

 spec. 4. p. 610. Blum, bijdr. p. 925. Corro-konteng of the 

 natives of Java. The root of this species was once supposed to 

 be the famous colomba-root, to which it approaches very nearly 

 in quality. 



Earth Bryony. Clt. 1815. PI. cl. 



32 B. SCABRE'LLA (Lin. suppl. 424.) stem muricated, hispid ; 

 leaves 3-lobed, toothed, callosely hispid on both surfaces : lateral 

 lobes dilated, angular, intermediate one elongated ; petioles hispid ; 

 flowers axillary, nearly sessile, numerous ; fruit nearly globose, 

 beset with a few obverse strigae ; seeds muricated. 0. F. 

 Native of the East Indies. Willd. spec. 4. p. 619. Baboon 

 tengang of the Hindoos. Flowers yellow. Habit of Meldthria. 



Var. a. ; leaves smaller ; seeds tuberculated. Blume, 1. c. 

 Var. ft ; leaves coarsely toothed, as in the preceding variety, 

 and beset with setaceous strigae ; berries elliptic-globose. Blume, 



1. c. 



Rottghish Bryony. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1781. PL cl. 



33 B. LATEBROSA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 384. ed. 



2. vol. 5. p. 347.) leaves somewhat 3-lobed, pilose, attenuated 

 at the base, hardly cordate, running down the petiole on one side 

 only. 1f..G. Native of the Canary Islands. Flowers whitish. 



Dark Bryony. Fl. June. Clt. 1779. PI. cl. 



34 B. TRILOBA'TA (Thunb. prod. 13. but not of Lour.) leaves 

 3-lobed, smooth above, and scabrous beneath. If. . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Three-lobed-leaved Bryony. PI. cl. 



35 B. STIPULA'CEA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 620.) stem shrubby ? 

 furrowed ; tendrils trifid ; leaves cordate, 3-lobed, toothed, gla- 

 brous, smooth on both surfaces ; stipulas roundish, concave, 

 serrated ; flowers monoecious, solitary ; fruit ovate, acutish, gla- 

 brous, yellow, 5-celled, many-seeded. 1J..G. Native of Cochin- 

 china. B. triloba, Lour. coch. p. 595. but not of Thunb. B. 

 agrestis, Raeusch. ex Steud. nom. phan. p. 123. Flowers white. 



Var. /3; perpitsilla (Blum, bijdr. p. 926.) leaves membra- 

 nous, deeply cordate, 3-lobed, obsoletely denticulated, scabrous 

 from dots above, smooth beneath : lateral lobes rather angular, 

 intermediate one elongated, acuminated ; flowers umbellate, 

 monoecious ; fruit pea-formed. I/ . S. Cucurbita perpusilla, 

 Blum. cat. hort. buit. p. 105. Native of Java, in the shady 

 parts of mountains. The plant is called Hampru Bogor, and 

 Korres koda by the Javanese. 



Large- stipuled Bryony. PI. cl. 



36 B. AMERICA'NA (Lam. diet. 1, p. 498.) root thick; stem 

 angular ; leaves cordate, 3-lobed, angular, wrinkled, with spine- 



formed teeth ; lobes of corolla narrow, white inside ; fruit ovate, 

 red, few-seeded ; seeds compressed. I/ . S. Native of the An- 

 tillis. Plum. spec. 3. icon. p. 66. ex Willd. spec. 4. p. 620. 

 American Bryony. PI. cl. 



37 B. GUINEE'NSIS ; leaves cordate, petiolate, 5 -lobed ; lobes 

 acute, toothed ; peduncles axillary, many-flowered ; tendrils 

 axillary. 1J.''\ S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers red. 



Guinea Bryony. PI. tw. 



38 B. CORDIF^LIA (Lin. spec. p. 1438.) leaves cordate, oblong, 

 5-lobed, toothed, scabrous, bidentate at the top of the petiole. 

 If.. S. Native of Ceylon. Flowers white. The root of this 

 plant is considered cooling, and to possess virtues in complaints 

 requiring expectorants. 



Heart-leaved Bryony. PI. cl. 



39 B. A'LBA (Lin. spec. p. 621.) stem climbing ; leaves cor- 

 date, 5-lobed, toothed, scabrous from callous dots ; terminal 

 lobe hardly longer than the rest ; tendrils twin ; flowers race- 

 mose, monoecious ; stamens distinct ; fruit globose, black ; 

 seeds unknown. I/ . H. Native of Europe, in woods and 

 hedges, as in Sweden, Denmark, and Carniola. Lam. ill. t. 769. 

 Fl. dan. t. 813. Flowers whitish or yellowish. 



Black-berried white Bryony. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1807. PI. cl. 



40 B. DIOI'CA (Jacq. fl. austr. t. 199.) stem climbing: leaves 

 cordate, palmately 5-lobed, toothed, scabrous from callous points ; 

 terminal lobe the longest and very dissimilar, perhaps always ; 

 tendrils simple ; flowers racemose, dioecious ; filaments pilose at 

 the base ; fruit globose, red ; seeds obovate -globose, rather 

 compressed, grey, variegated with black. Tf.. H. Native of 

 Europe, in hedges ; plentiful in England, particularly in calca- 

 reous counties. Smith, engl. hot. t. 439. Mill, fig t. 71. 

 Blackw. herb. t. 37. B. alba, Huds. 437. Wood. med. bot. t. 

 189. Flowers white, with elegant green ribs and veins. The 

 root grows sometimes to an immense size ; it is a famous hydro- 

 gogue, and highly purgative and acrid, a drachm of it in sub- 

 stance, or half an ounce of it infused in wine, is said to be a full 

 dose ; others give 2 drachms in dropsical cases. As a purgative 

 it has great effect on some, while on others it has hardly any ; 

 but it frequently becomes diuretic and diaphoretic. A cold in- 

 fusion in water is used externally in sciatic pains. A cataplasm 

 of it is a most powerful discutient The best season to take up I 

 the roots for use is in autumn. It is called in English, white 1 

 mild vine, mild hops, mhite Bryony, mild nep, Tetter-berry. 



Var. |8, lutea (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves deeply 

 lobed ; lateral lobes nearly linear, terminal one lanceolate, bi- 

 dentate laterally; fruit and seeds yellow. 1. H. Native of 

 Auvergne, in hedges and woods. 



Dioecioui '-flowered or red- berried white Bryony. Fl. May, 

 Sept. Britain. PI. cl. 



41 B. NJTIDA (Link. enum. 2. p. 40 1.) leaves cordate, 5-lobed, 

 apiculated, scabrous from hairs : peduncles umbelliferous, l/.i 

 H. Native country unknown. 



Shining Bryony. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1 824. PI. cl. 



42 B. CRE'TICA (Lin. spec. 1439.) root fleshy ; stems climb 

 ing ; leaves cordate, 5-lobed, quite entire, ciliated, muricated on 

 both surfaces : terminal lobe the largest ; tendrils simple, spiral j 

 flowers dioecious : female ones axillary, twin ; fruit globos 

 red; seeds smooth, obovate. () H. Native of Candia. Desf 

 coroll. p. 91. t. 70. ann. mus. 12. t. 17. Flowers pale. 



Cretan Bryony. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1759. PI. cl. 



43 B. QUINQUE'LOBA (Thunb. prod. 13.) flowers dioecious 

 leaves 5-lobed, scabrous above ; lobes very blunt, mucronatel; 

 toothed, auricled behind ; tendrils simple ; peduncles of ma 

 flowers 1-flowered, twin; calyx broadly campanulate, an 

 acutely toothed ; corolla campanulate, half 5-cleft ; fruit un 

 known. I/ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ke 

 bot. reg. 82. Sims, bot. mag. 1820. Flowers brown. 



Five-lobed-\en\ed Bryony. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. ? PI. cl. 



