MELOTHRIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 601 
Caulis filiformis, ramosissimus, sulcatus, glaber vel puberulus præ- 
cipue ad nodos. Petiolus subcapillaris, striatus, glaber vel sparse hir- 
sutus, 1-2 cent. longus. Folia utrinque læte viridia, interdum minute 
punctata, 2-6 cent. longa, 1 ‘/,-4 cent. lata, breviter acuminata, basi 
truncata vel leviter emarginata. Cirrhi capillares, breves, glabri. 
Peduneuli masculi capillares, glabri, 1-4 cent. longi, interdum bre- 
viter subeorymbosi. Calycis tubus glaber, 1 */, mill. longus, 2-2 */, mill. 
latus; dentes subulati, '/,-1 mill. longi. Corolla glabriuscula, seg- 
mentis ovato-oblongis, acutis, 3-4 mill. longis. Staminum filamenta 
glabra, 1 mill. longa; antheræ */, mill. longæ, connectivo satis an- 
gusto, brevissime producto. Pedunculus fructiferus capillaris, 1-5 cent. 
longus. Fructus glaber, 6-8 mill. crassus. Semina atro-fusca, tenuiter 
granulata, obscure marginata, basileviter attenuata, 4 mill. longa, 
2 mill. lata. 
In Australia boreali (R. Brown in herb. Brit. Mus.); in Australia 
tropici (Bauer in herb. Vindob.); ad Brisbane River (F. v. Mueller in 
herb. Mus. Par. et Brux.); ad Moreton Bay (Leikhard in herb. Mus. 
Par.); ad Paramatta (Wolls in herb. Kew. et Brux.); ad Hunter's 
River (Caley in herb. Deless.); ad Heaven (Verreaux n. 785 in herb. 
Mus. Par.). 
28. M. leucocarpa; folis membranaceis, triangulari - oblongis 
vel deltoideis, supra punctato-scabris, subtus glabris lævibusque et ad 
nervos leviter villoso-hirsutis, margine integerrimis vel minute denti- 
culatis, lobis basilaribus sæpissime obtusis; floribus parvis; calyce 
anguste campanulato, dentibus elongatis; staminum filamentis cras- 
sis, brevissimis ; antheris oblongis. — Bryonia leucocarpa Bl.! Bijdr. 
P. 924: Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 305; Rom. Syn. fase. 2, p. 35. — 
B. odorata Ham. in Wall.! List, n. 6706 A-C. — Bryonopsis leuco- 
“arpa Miq.! Fl. Ind. Bat., 1, part. 1, p. 657. — Æchmandra odorata 
Hook. f. et Thoms.! in Benth. F1. Hongk. p. 124. — Rhynchocarpa 
odorata Hance Suppl. fl. Hongk. p. 104. — Melothria odorata Hook. 
f. et Thoms.! in herb. ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 626. 
Caulis gracillimus, ramosus, sulcatus, glaber vel sparse pilosus 
Præcipue ad nodos, Petiolus filiformis, striatus, breviter villosus de- 
mum glaber, 1-2 cent. longus. Folia utrinque læte viridia, supra te- 
nutter punctata, 6-11 cent. longa, 4-7 cent. lata, acuminata, margine 
Integerrima vel minutissime remoteque denticulata; sinus basilaris 
latissime rotundatus, :/,-1 Y, cent. profundus, interdum subnullus. 
'rrhi filiformes vel capillares, longiusculi, sulcati, glabri. Pedunculi 
