XXIX. 



BRYONIA DIOICA. 

 Red-berried Bryony. 



Class XXI. MoNCECiA. — Order V. Pentandria. 



Nat. Ord. CuCURBITACEiE. 



Gen. Char. Male flower : Calyx five-toothed. Corolla 

 five-cleft. Filaments in three parcels. — Female flower: 

 Calyx five-toothed. Corolla five-cleft. Style trifid. 

 Berry succulent, globose, inferior, many-seeded. 



Spec. Char. Leaves palmate, rough on both sides with 

 callous points. Flowers dioecious, 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek a^*=A.«s Xiuurt ; /3;i/«jv;«. 



Bryonia aspera, sive alba, baccis rubris. Baitk. Pin. 297. 



Brj'onia alba. Ger. Em. 869. Raii Syn. 261. 

 Latin .... -{ Brj'onia alba, /3. foliis palmatis, utrinquecalloso-scabris, Lin. 

 I Sp. PI. 1438. 



LBr)-onia dioica. Willd. Sp. PL iv. 621. 

 French .... Bryone ; Vigne blanche ; Couleuvree. 

 Italian .... Brionia ; Fescera ; Vigna salvatica. 

 Spanish. . . . Nueza. 

 Portuguese Hor^a branca. 



German. . Zaunrebe; Gichtriibe ; Stickwurz. 

 Dutch .... Bryonie ; ^\'ild Wyngaard. 

 Danish. .. Galdeboer; HundebcEr. 

 Swedish . . Hundsrofva. 

 Polish .... Przestap. 



Description. — The root is perennial, very large, fleshy, of a 

 yellowish-white colour, marked with superficial transverse lines, 

 fibrous and branched towards the lower part. The stems, which 

 are generally five or six feet in length, are slender, herbaceous, 

 branched, channelled, covered with small rough hairs, and 



