MELOTHRIA , CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 573 
p. 69 (1833), Gen. p. 936; Meisn. Gen, p. 126 (91); Rem. Syn. 
fasc. 2, p. 10, 31; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 654; Sond. in 
Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. 2, p. 485; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 1, p. 830; 
Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 558; Clarke in Hook. f. F1. 
Brit. Ind. 2, p. 624. — Pilogyne Schrad. Index sem. hort. Gott. 
1835 et in Eckl. et Zeyh. Enum. pl. Afr. austr. 2, p. 211; Lin- 
nta, 11, Lit. Ber. p. 89, v. 12, p. 408; Meisn. Gen. p. 126 (91); 
Ræm. Syn. fase. 2, p. 9, 29; Naud. in Ann. se nat. ser. 5, v. 5, 
p. 96. — Karivia Arn. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 3, p. 275 (1841); 
Wight in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 8, p. 268; Endl. Gen. 
suppl. 2, p. 77; Meisn. Gen. comm. p. 356; Rom. Syn. fasc. 2, 
p. 11, 45; Mig. l. c. p. 660. — Mukia Arn. l. c. p. 271 (1841); 
Endl. Gen. suppl. 2, p. 77; Meisn. l c. p. 356; Rem. l. c. p. 11. 
46; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 12, p. 141; Harv. et Sond. 
Fl. Cap. 2, p. 488; Benth. Fl. Austral. 3, p. 321; Benth. et Hook. 
Gen. 1, p. 829; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 561; Clarke 
in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 623. — Diclidostigma Kunze in 
Linnea, 17, p. 516 (1843); Rem. l. c. p. 10, 32. — Juchia Rom. 
l. c. p. 11, 48 (1846), non Neck. (1790). — Harlandia Hance in 
Walp. Ann. 2, p. 648 (1852). — Landersia Mac Fad. Fl. Jam. 2, 
p. 142, ined. (ex B. et H.). 
Flores monoici, rarius dioici. Maseuli racemosi vel corymbosi, ra- 
rius fasciculati vel rarissime solitarii. Calyx campanulatus, breviter 
>-dentatus. Corolla profunde 5-partita, segmentis integris. Stamina 5, 
tubo rarius basi calycis inserta, filamentis liberis; antherze liberz vel 
rarissime leviter cohærentes, oblongæ vel suborbiculares, una unilo- 
cularis ceteræ biloculares, interdum omnes biloculares, loculis rectis 
rarius curvis, connectivo interdum producto. Pollen leve, sigcum 
9voideum trisuleum, humefactum globosum, triporosum. Pistillodium 
globosum vel annulare rarius trilobum. — Flores feminei solitarii 
fasciculati vel corymbosi. Calyx et eorolla maris. Staminodia 3, raris- 
sime antherifera ve] nulla. Ovarium ovoideum globosum vel fusiforme, 
triplacentiferum, subflore constrictum; stylus brevis, basi disco 
annulariformi circumcinctus; stigmatibus 3 linearibus rarissime 2, 
vel stigmate trilobo; ovula sepissime numerosa, horizontalia. Fructus 
Pàrvüs, baccatus, globosus ovoideus vel fusiformis, poly- rarius oli- 
Sospermus. Semina ovoidea vel oblonga, compressa vel rarius tumida, 
Sepius marginata, lævia vel rarius scrobiculata. 
Herbæ graciles, scandentes vel prostatæ, annuæ vel radice peren- 
