MELOTHRIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 591 
1/; mill. latus, basi acutus. Corolla lutea, segmentis apice rotundato- 
emarginatis. Pedunculus femineus filiformis, subglaber, 1-2 cent. lon- 
gus. Corolla 5-6 mill. lata. Ovarium anguste fusiforme, glabrum, 
2 cent. longum. Fructus levis, utrinque acutus, pallide lutescens, 
4-5 cent. longus, 1-1 *j, cent. crassus, sapore cucumerino. Semina 
straminea, basi subacuta, 4 mill. longa, 2 ‘/, mill. lata. 
In China orientali loco haud indicato (herb. Mus. Par. et DC.). 
b. Semina marginata. Spec. 15-18. 
15. M. Grayanas foliis integris, regulariter cordato-ovatis vel 
ovato-cblongis, utrinque glabris et levibus; racemis masculis multi- 
floris foliis longioribus vel paulo brevioribus; calyce campanulato ; 
staminum filamentis longiusculis; antheris villosis, non appendicula- 
tis; fructu oblongo, utrinque obtuso; seminibus levibus. — Karivia 
Samoensis A. Gray Un. St. Expl. Exped. 1, p. 643; Seem. in Journ. 
of Bot. 1864, p. 47. — Cucumis Maderaspatanus Sol. ex Seem. 1. c. 
— Bryonia Johnstoni Cuzint ex Seem. 1. c. 
Caulis scandens vel repens, elongatus, ramosus, 2-3 mill. crassus, 
angulato-sulcatus, glaber, levis. Petiolus gracillimus, striatus, glaber, 
3-5 cent. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, 6-13 cent. longa, 4-8 cent. lata, 
Supra intense viridia demum albo-punctata, subtus pallidiora, apice 
acuta et mucronulata, margine leviter undulato-denticulata, sinus 
basilaris late vel anguste rotundatus, */,-1 '/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi 
Satis robusti, elongati, angulato-sulcati, glabri. Flores parvi. Pedun- 
culus communis masculus gracilis, sulcatus, glaber, 10-30-florus, 
6-15 cent. longus; pedicelli tiliformes, subverticillati, 3-12 mill. longi. 
Calyx puberulus, basi truncatus. 2 :/, mill. longus, 3 mill. latus; den- 
tes subulati, 1 mill. longi. Corolla flava, breviter villosa, segmentis 
ovato-oblongis, subacutis, 5-uerviis, 3 mill. longis. Staminum fila- 
menta filiformia, ad basim leviter villosa, 1 mill. longa; antheræ 
ovatee, 1*/, mill. longe, 1 mill. late, loculis subrectis, cónuectivo la- 
tiusculo. Pedunculus femineus 1-2 cent. longus. Fructus ruber 
(Vesco), glaber, longitudinaliter tenuiter costatus, 2-2 '/, cent. longus, 
l cent. crassus, Semina cinerea, margine tumida, ovata. basi leviter 
attenuata, 4-4 */, mill. longa, 3-3 '/, mill. lata. 
In insul. Tahiti (Cook in herb. Brit. Mus.; Bañks et Solander in herb. 
"t. Mus.; Nadeaud n. 420 in herb. DC.; Pancher in herb. Mus. 
Par.; Vieillard sine n. in herb. Lenorm. et n. 556 in herb. Brit. Mus.; 
Eid in herb. Mus, Par.), in insul. Viti (Seemaun n. 192 iu herb. 
ew.), 
