608 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MELOTHRIA . 
supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, membranacea, 5-9 cent. 
longa, 4-7 cent. lata, apice acuta mucronataque vel breviter acumi- 
nata, margine undulato-denticulata ; sinus basilaris late rotundatus, 
/,-1*/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, striati, glabri. 
Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, sulcatus, glaber, 2-5 m 
longus, apice 6-20-florus; pedicelli patuli, 1-6 mill. longi. Calycis tu- 
bus campanulatus, basi rotundatus, 1 '/, mill. longus, 1 ‘/,-2 mill. 
latus; dentes brevissimi, recurvati. Corollæ segmenta ovato-oblonga, 
subacuta, leviter villosa præcipue ad apicem, 2 mill. longa. Stammum 
filamenta gracilia, longe villosa, 2 mill. longa; antheræ ovate, dense 
papillosæ, */, mill. longæ. Pedunculus fructiferus filiformis, fel cent. 
longus. Fructus glaber, 8-10 mill. erassus. Semina albida, ovato- 
oblonga, basi leviter attenuata, lævia, 4-4 '/, mill. longa, 2 */.-3 mill. 
lata. 
In India orientali (Wight n. 1117; Hügel n. 3381; Ritchie n. 322, 
1072); in Assam (Jenkins n. 426); in Cachar (Keenann); in mont. 
Khasia (Hook. f. et Thomson); in Nepalia (Wallich n. 6698); tn Silhet 
(Wallieh n. 6697); in Sikkim (Hook. f. et Thomson ; Treutler); s 
Darjeeling (Clarke); in mont. Nilagiri (Wight n. 1050; Leschenaut 
n. 573; Perrottet ; Pl. Ind. or. edit. Hohenacker n. 1115; Thomson); 
in Bengalia orientali (Griffith n. 2526); in Malabar et Concan (Stocks); 
prope Pondichéry (Perrottet n. 253 et 254); in Java (Blume). —.— 
B, subtruncata. Folia longule acuminata, integerrima vel leviter 
denticulata, basi truncata vel vix emarginata. 
In India orientali (Wight n. 1151 in herb. Kew., Vindob., hort. Pè- 
trop.); in Ceylon (Thwaites n. 1613 in herb. Brux., DC., Boiss., Fran- 
cav., Mus. Par., Berol., hort. Petrop., Kew.). 
2. Flores dioici. Spec. 36-47. 
a. Folia subtus levia, glabra vel subglabra. Spec. 86-42. 
f Fructus oblongus vel fusiformis. 
36. M. mucronata; foliis late ovatis, integris vel leviter ge 
batis, supra scabriusculis, subtus sæpissime glabris leevibusque; É 
bus masculis ad apicem pedunculi communis capitatis vel rc 
racemosis ; staminum filamentis breviter villosis, quam anther® uet 
2-3-plo longioribus; fruetu parvo, ovoideo-oblongo, utrinque e ei 
tenuissime reticulato. — Bryonia mueronata Bl.! Bijdr. y. ; 
