MÉLOTHRIA , CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 609 
in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 304; Rem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 42. — B. Maysorensis 
Wall.! List n. 6702; W. et Arn. Prodr. 1, p. 345. — B. Mysorensis 
Walp. Rep. 2, p. 198; Wight Ic. pl. Ind. or., 4, tab. 1609. — Zehne- 
ria Mysorensis Arn.! in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 3, p. 275 (1841); Wight 
in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 8, p. 260 (1842); Ræm. Syn. fasc. 2, 
p. 31. — Z. mucronata Miq.! Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 656. — Z. 
Baueriana C. B. Clarke! in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 624 (non 
Endl.). } 
Caulis gracillimus, sulcatus, ramosus, elongatus, glaber et lævibus 
rarissime puberulus. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, glaber, 1-3 cent. lon- 
gus. Folia supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, membra- 
nacea, 5-8 cent. longa et fere totidem lata, apice acuta et mucronata 
vel breviter acuminata, margine denticulata vel crenulato-denticu- 
lata; sinus basilaris late rotundatus, 1-1 '/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi 
subfiliformes, elongati, suleati, glabri vel rarius puberuli. Pedun- 
culus communis masculus gracilis, sulcatus, glaber, 2-6 cent. longus, 
apice 10-30-florus; pedicelli patuli, 3-8 mill. longi. Calycis tubus late 
campanulatus, glaber, 2 mill. longus, 3 mill. latus; dentes anguste 
triangulares, '/, mill. longi. Corolla breviter puberula, segmentis 
ovatis, acutis, 2 '/, mill. longis. Staminum filamenta 2 mill. longa ; 
antherz ovatæ, dense papillosæ, */,-1 mill. longæ. Flores feminei so- 
litarii vel interdum ad apicem peduneuli communis umbellati. Fructus 
glaber, 12-15 mill. longus, 6-9 mill. crassus. Semina pallide cinerea, 
ovato-oblonga, basi leviter attenuata, leevia, 4 mill. longa, 2*/, mill. 
lata, marginata. 
In India orientali (Wallieh n. 6702 A-C in herb. Lin. Soc. et Mo- 
nac. ; Heyne in herb. Kew. et hort. Petrop.; Wight n. 1116 in herb. 
Brux., Mus. Par., Deless., Edin., Kew., n. 1149 in herb. Boiss., Mo- 
nac., Vindob., hort, Petrop., Kew., n. 1050 in herb. Monac., hort. 
Petrop. ; Ritchie n. 322 in herb. Edin. et Kew.); in mont. Nilghiri et 
Kurg (Thomson in herb. Kew., Berol., Mus. Par., Wight in herb. 
Brux. et Monac.); in Formosa (R. Oldham n. 128 et 134 in herb. 
Kew.); in ins. Manilla (Perrottet in herb. Deless.; Barthe in herb. 
Mus. Par. : Cuming n. 1452 in herb. DC., Boiss., Deless., Berol., 
hort. Petrop., Vindob., Webb., Kew.); in Java (Blume in herb. 
Lugd.-Bat. et Mus. Par. ; Labillardière in herb. Webb. ; Leschenault 
In herb, Mus, Par.; Reinwardt in herb. Brux.; Horsfield in herb. 
Kew. ; Spanoghe in herb. Kew.; Zollinger n. 619 in herb. DC., Boiss., 
Francay., n. 1127 in herb. Francav. et Berol., n. C, 4 in herb. DC., 
Boiss., Deless., Francav., Kew.; Göring in herb. Mus. Par.; T. An- 
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