586 - DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MELOTHRIA , 
In prov.Brasiliæ Ceara (Gardner n. 933 in herb. Deless.); in Guiana 
anglica (Schomburgk n. 933 in herb. Mus. Par., Boiss., Berol., Vin- 
dob., Webb., Ultraj., Kew., Benth., Brit. Mus.). 
9, M. pendula (Linn. Spec. ed. 1, p. 35, ed. 2, p. 49); foliis 
membranaceis, ambitu late suborbicularibus, acutis vel obtusis, utrin- 
que brevissime villoso-hirsutis demum scabris, sæpius satis profunde 
5-lobatis, lobis obtusis; racemis masculis 3-7-floris, petiolo ssepius 
brevioribus ; calyce late campanulato, dentibus minutis, triangulari- 
bus; petalis emarginatis; antherarum loculis subrectis ; fructu parvo, 
triloculari, nigro. — Lam. Encycl. méth. Bot. 4, p. 87, Illustr. tab. 25, 
fig. 3; Willd. Spec. 1, p. 189; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 313; Spach, 
Vég. phan. 6, p. 224 ; Torr. et Gr. Fl. of. N. Amer. 1, p. 541; Rem. 
Syn. fasc. 2, p. 27; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 12, p. 148. — Cu 
cumis parva repens Virginiana fructu minimo Pluk. Almag. tab. 8 
fig. 5. — Melothria Linn. Hort. Cliff. p. 490; Gronov. Fl. Virg. p. *- 
— Cucumis glaber Walt. Fl. Carol. p. 240. — Melothria nigra Raf.' 
Ann. nat. 1820, p. 25. — M. repanda et M. punctata Raf. New. Flora, 
4, p. 15 (sec. Wats. Bibl. Index, p. 395). — M. monoica Schrad.! Cat. 
hort. Gott, ; Rœm. 1. c. p. 28 (nomen tantum). 
. Caulis repens vel scandens, ramosissimus, 1 mill. crassus, sulcatus, 
glaber. Petiolus striatus, sparse villoso-hirsutus, 2-6 cent. longus. 
Folia 3-6 cent. longa, ssepius paulo latiora, supra intense viridia, sub- 
tus pallidiora ; sinus basilaris sæpius rotundatus, 1-2 cent. profundus. 
Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, striati, puberuli. Flores minimi. Pedu- 
culus communis masculus filiformis, sulcatus, subglaber, 1-2 cent. 
longus; pedicelli 1-3 mill. longi. Calyx subglaber, 2 mill. longus 
2-2 */, mill. latus, ad basim subtruncatus; dentibus '/, mill. longis. 
Corolla flava, 3-4 mill. lata, segmentis erecto-patulis, obovatis, sub- 
glabris. Antheræ suborbiculares, 1 mill. longæ, loculis oblongis, cilia- 
tis. Pistillodium cupuliforme. Pedunculus femineus capillaris, glaber. 
3-8 cent. longus. Ovarium oblongum, apice leviter attenuatum; styl 
obconicus; stigmata subtriangularia, interdum biloba. Fructus elip- 
soideus, 8-12 mill. longus, 5-8 mill. crassus. Semina albida, obovata. 
3 !/,-4 mill. longa, 2-2 */, mill. lata. 
In Carolinia (Bose); in Arkansas (Engelmann n. 1151); in Alba"? 
(Buckley; Harvey); in Tenessee (Rugel n. 259); in Kentucky (Rafa 
nesque in herb. Mus. Par. et Deless.); in Louisiana (Drummond 
n. 38); in Florida (A. Gray; Rugel.n. 260, 261); in  Pensylvania 
(Schweinitz); prope Charleston (Cabanis); prope New-Orleans k 
