CUGURBITACÉES. 495 
fœminei receptaculum inferne clavato-cylindricum ibique germen 
intus adnatum fovens, superne perianthium ei floris masculi con- 
forme gerens. Styli 3 v. rarius 4, loculique in germine totidem, sæpe 
incompleti, œ -ovulati. Fructus subeylindricus v. clavatus, apice late 
truncato 3-valvis. Semina œ , imbricata, ala tenui terminata margini- 
busque sæpius tuberculatis. — Frutices scandentes ; foliis simplicibus 
v. Sæpius 3-foliolatis pedatisve; cirrhis lateralibus, simplicibus v. 
2-fidis; floribus' in racemos laxos compositos pendulos dispositis ; 
pedicellhis sæpius tenuissimis. (Asia, Australia et America trop. ?) 
3. Zamonia L.°— Flores diœci; receptaculo masculorum breviter 
cupulari. Sepala 5, valvata, quorum 2 v. 4 per paria plus minus coa- 
lescentia. Petala 5, coriacea v. carnosa, apice angustata et in alabas- 
Wo introflexa. Stamina 5, alternipetala, æqualia; filamentis brevibus 
crassis liberis; antheris transverse oblongis, 1-locularibus, superne 
transverse 1-rimosis *. Floris fæminei perianthium ut in mare; rece- 
placulo inferne longe obconico v. clavato; stylis 3, apice 2-fidis; ger- 
minis inferi loculis 3, 2-ovulatis; ovulis 2 v.æ, descendentibus ; 
micropyle supera et extrorsum laterali. Fructus eylindricus, clavatus 
Y. Subhemisphæricus, apice late truncato 3-valvis. Semina in loculis 
2- , descendentia compressa imbricata, ala angusta crassa v. nunc 
ampla membranacea eincta. — Frutices scandentes ; fois integris 
petiolatis; cirrhis simplicibus v. 2-fidis; floribus® racemosis; inflo- 
rescentiis masculis laxe compositis pendulis; fœmineis simphicioribus 
Sepe paucifloris. (Asia et Oceania trop.°) 
4. Gerrardanthus HARv. — Flores diœci (fere A/somitræ); sepalis 
9. Corollæ rotatæ v. late campanulatæ petala 5, inæqualia, medio 
appendiculata. Stamina 5, quorum 4 anthera parva 1-loculari donata 
S&pe per paria cohærentia ; quinto autem imperfecto®. Floris fæminei 
1. Albis v. COR arvis SpacH, Suit. à Buffon, VI, 189. — ARN., in 
2. Sec. 8, 9. WaL , PL. as. rar. H, 28, Hook. Journ. Bot., AUX, 272. — CoGn., Cuc., 925. 
€ ica). — F. MUELL., Fragm. Phyt. 4. Polline ut in Alsomitris. 
133 (Zanonica 
Austral., VI, 188: VI 
, 61. — CoGx. in Hart. 5. Ochraceis, parvis v. mediocri 
FL bras., LXXVIII, 416. — CL, in Hook. F. pec. 2, 3. WIGHT et ARN., Pro xs 
Pile nd, {1, 634. — Bot. Mag., t. 6017. — —BL., nd x. = Mug., Pl. r chat 3 
Waup., ep., Il, 194 (De À. brasiliens COGN., p. I, 682. » Syn., fase. IL, 1 fe . ri 
De Siolmatra, vid. qu not. 12). tra). à TL. +. 108. — CLKE, F1. brit. In 
: Corol., 19; Gen., n. 1117. — Law, I, M, ee 
L 816.— Se, in DG, Proûr. I, 298.— ENDL.; Me L, RE Le  rdtast 
den, n. 5122. 839, n. 65. — 
Bxin Comp. rend. Ar. fr. Ho 7 hig.1,2. 
127. — ., Cucurb. 
8. Polline RS TR Fevillee. 
