598 DICOTYLEDONE.E. MELOTHRIA. 
mas (Horsfield in herb. Miq. nunc Ultraj. et Brit. Mus.); in insul. 
Banda (herb. Lugd.-Bat.). 
24. M. Indica (Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 35, edit. Willd. p. 43); 
foliis ovato-deltoideis vel cordiformibus, basi emarginatis, supra sca- 
bris, subtus glabris et leevibus, integris vel interdum trilobatis; flori- 
bus masculis fasciculatis ; antheris ovato-oblongis, distincte appendi- 
culatis; fructu ovoideo; seminibus obscure marginatis. — Ser. in DC. 
Prodr. 3, p. 313; Naud. in Ann. se. nat. ser. 4, v. 16, p. 169, tab. 2; 
Hance, Supp. fl. Hongk. p. 104; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1877, 
part. 2, p. 105; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 626. — Cucumis 
murinus viridis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5, p. 463, tab. 171, fig. 2. — 
Bryonia geminata Bl.! Bijdr. p. 924; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 305; 
Rom. Syn. fase. 2, p. 35; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 659. — 
B. tenella Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3, p. 725. — Æchmandra Indica Arn. iu 
Hook. Journ. of Bot. 3, p. 274; Wight in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 
8, p. 267; Miq. l. e. p. 658. 
Planta seandens aut humifusa et tunc ad nodos crebre radicans. 
Caulis subfiliformis, ramosissimus, sulcatus, glaber, 1-1 '/, metr. lon- 
gus. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, breviter villoso-hirsutus vel demum 
glaber, 1-3 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viridia, ad nervos bre- 
vissime villosa, subtus pallidiora, ad nervos interdum sparse hirsuta, 
2-6 cent. longa lataque, margine integerrima vel minute denticulata, 
apice acuta; sinus basilaris late vel anguste triangularis, acutus, 
‘2-1 cent. profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, breves, striati, glabri. Pedun- 
culus masculus filiformis, glaber, 1-2 cent. longus. Calycis tubus laté 
campanulatus, basi subobtusus, 1 !/, mill. longus, 2-2 */, mill. latus: 
dentes subulati, patuli, 1 '/, mill. longi. Corolla alba, brevissime p 
berula, segmentis ovato-oblongis, acutis, 2-2 '/, mill. longis, apice 
virentibus. Staminum filamenta crassa, obconica, glabra vel leviter 
villosa, */, mill. longa; antheræ ovato-oblongæ, 1*/, mill. longi, 1 
culis rectis, eiliatis, connectivo lato apice producto. Pedunculus femi- 
neus '/-2 cent. longus. Fructus albus, glaber. 12-15 mill. longus, 
7-8 mill. crassus. Semina cinerea, ovata, basi leviter attenuata, 
5 mill. longa, 3 */, mill. lata. 
In Sikkim, altit. 1000 metr. (Clarke in herb. Kew.); in Silhet (Hoo*- 
f. et Thomson in herb. Kew.); in Chittagong (Kurz); in China (Krone 
in herb. Francav.); ad Macao (Callery n. 86 in herb. Mus. Par.); ? 
Whampoa (Hance n. 12460 in herb. hort. Petrop. et Kew.); in 10%: 
Hongkong (Hance n. 779 in herb. Kew.); in insul. Manilla (Barthels 
