Curcurbitaceae; Campanulaceae 



lA. Starainate flowers solitary or sometimes in terminal racemes; anthers nearly sessile; seeds without thickened margins; leaves deltoid- 

 ovate to ovate-cordate; fruiting peduncles 1-2 cm. long 1- M. japonica 



IB. Staminate flowers few, umbellate; anthers with pilose filaments; seeds with somewhat thickened margins; leaves deltoid; fruiting pe- 

 duncles 6-8 mm. long 2. M. perpusilla 



1. Melothria japonica (Thunb.) Maxim. Bryonia ja- 

 ponica Thunb.; M. regelii Naud.; M. japonica var. major Cogn. 



SuzuME-DRi. Slender annual, sparingly pubescent when 



young; stems very slender; leaves thinly membranous, deltoid- 

 ovate to ovate-cordate, 3-6 cm. long, 4-8 cm. wide, acute with 

 an obtuse tip, cordate, coarsely short mucronate-toothed, often 

 obsoletely 3-lobed, scabrous above; staminate flowers usually 

 solitary in leaf-axils or sometimes in terminal racemes, white, 

 6-7 mm. across, on slender pedicels; calyx-segments linear, 

 short; corolla-lobes deltoid-ovate, subobtuse; anthers nearly 

 sessile; fruit globose, about 1 cm. across, green, grayish white 

 at maturity, smoodi, the peduncles 1-2 cm. long; seeds gray- 

 ish, 5-6 mm. long. Aug.-Sept. Wet places along rivers 



and ditches in lowlands; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common. 

 Korea (Quelpaert Isl.). 



2. Melothria perpusilla (Bl.) Cogn. var. perpusilla. 



HosoGATA-suzuME-URi. Leaves ovate-cordate, the basal sinus 

 5-15 mm. long; calyx-lobes reflexed. Reported from Kyu- 

 shu (Oosumi Prov.). se. Asia and Malaysia. 



Var. deltifrons Ohwi. Satsuma-suzume-uei. Monoecious 

 slender herb; stems loosely short-pubescent while young; 

 leaves thinly membranous, deltoid, 4-7 cm. long and as wide, 

 acuminate, mucronate, truncate at base, mucronate-dentate, 

 nearly glabrous beneath, petiolate; staminate inflorescence few- 

 flowered, umbellate, the long peduncles capillary, 2-3 cm. 

 long, the flowers 4-5 mm. across, the pedicels 4-5 mm. long; 

 pistillate flowers solitary; calyx-lobes minute, not reflexed; 

 filaments pilose; fruit globose, 8-10 mm. across, the peduncles 

 6-8 mm. long; seeds pallid with somewhat thickened margins. 

 Sept. Kyushu (Satsuma Prov.). 



5. SCHIZOPEPON Maxim. Miyama-niga-uri Zoku 



Slender scandent polygamodioecious annual herbs; leaves thinly membranous, green, petiolate, ovate- to orbicular-cordate, 

 toothed; tendrils bifid; flowers small, white, the staminate in racemes; calyx rotate; corolla rotate, 5-parted; stamens 3, free, the 

 anthers straight, on short filaments; perfect flowers solitary in axils, long-pedicelled; ovary 3-locular; style 3-lobed, the stigmas again 

 2-lobed; ovules soUtary in each locule; fruit berrylike, ovoid, dehiscing with the 3 valves involute on margin; seeds ovate, flat, 

 perpendicular, with rather thicker slightly undulate margins. Few species, in e. Asia. 



1. Schizopepon bryoniaefolius Maxim. S. bryoniae- 

 folius var. japonica Cogn.; 5. bryoniaefolius var. paniculatus 



Komar. Miyama-niga-uri. Slender annual herb slighdy 



short-pubescent or nearly glabrous, with slender, elongate 

 branches; leaves ovate- to orbicular-cordate, 5-12 cm. long and 

 as wide, acuminate, mucronate-dentate, often loosely pilose 

 above, puberulent on the nerves beneath, shallowly 5- to 7- 

 lobed; flowers about 5 mm. across; calyx-segments lanceolate; 



corolla-lobes narrowly ovate, subobtuse; fruit obliquely ovoid, 

 about 1 cm. long, smooth, the peduncles slender, capillary, 

 1-10 cm. long; seeds 1-3, about 1 cm. long, brown, flat, 

 roughened on both surfaces, truncate on margin. Aug.- 

 Sept. Damp coniferous woods in mountains; Hokkaido, 

 Honshu, Kyushu. s. Kuriles, Sakhalin, Korea, and e. Si- 

 beria. 



6. GYNOSTEMMA Bl. Amachazuru Zoku 



Scandent herbs sometimes slightly woody at base; leaves membranous, petiolate, narrowly ovate, palmately compound, (3-) 

 5-foliolate, toothed; tendrils once or twice branched; flowers small, unisexual, in axillary panicles, greenish or white; staminate 

 calyx small, 5-lobed, the corolla rotate, 5-cleft, the segments lanceolate, involute in bud; stamens 5, the filaments connate, form- 

 ing a column; ovary in pistillate flowers 2- or 3-locular; styles 2 or 3, connate at base, the stigma retuse or bifid; ovules 2 in 



each locule; berry small, black, globose, 1- to 3-seeded; seeds flat, with irregular warty tubercles. ^Few species, in India, 



Malaysia, and e. Asia. 



1. Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino. 

 Vitis pentaphyllaThanh.; Cissus pentaphylla (Thunb.) Willd.; 



G. pedata Bl. Amachazuru. Slender nearly glabrous 



perennial herb; rhizomes creeping; stems slender, loosely 

 white-pubescent on the nodes; leaves membranous, palmately 

 compound, petiolate; leaflets 5 (3 or 7), narrowly ovate-ellip- 

 tic to narrowly ovate, the terminal one 4-8 cm. long, 2-3 cm. 

 wide, acuminate or obtuse, puberulent on the nerves above. 



penninerved, the veins parallel; inflorescence a panicle often 

 racemiform, 8-15 cm. long; flowers yellowish green; calyx- 

 lobes small; corolla-segments lanceolate, caudate, about 2 

 mm. long; fruit blackish green, globose, 6-8 mm. across, with 



a transverse line on upper half; seeds about 4 mm. long. 



Aug.-Sept. Thickets in lowlands; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shi- 

 koku, Kyushu; common. Korea, China, India, and Ma- 

 laysia. 



Fam. 192. CAMPANULACEAE Kikyo Ka Campanula Family 



Herbs, rarely woody plants, usually with milky juice; leaves usually alternate, simple, exstipulate; flowers often large and 

 showy, perfect, actinomorphic or zygomorphic; calyx adnate to the ovary, the lobes 5(3-10); corolla superior, gamopetalous, 

 tubular or campanulate, often 1- or 2-labiate, the lobes valvate in bud; stamens as many as and alternate with the corolla-lobes, in- 

 serted on the base of corolla-tube or free, the anthers free or connate; ovary usually inferior, 2- to 10-locular, with axile placentae, 



the ovules usually many; fruit a capsule or berry, the seeds usually small, many, the embryo straight, the endosperm fleshy. 



About 60 genera, with about 1,500 species. Cosmopolitan. 



