MELOTHRIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 619 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1877, part. 2, p. 105; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. 2, p. 625 (part.). 
Radix perennis, tuberibus pluribus composita. Caulis gracilis, elon- 
gatus, ramosus, sulcatus, glaber. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, brevis- 
sime villosus demum scaber, '/,-1 */, cent. longus. Folia supra pallide 
viridia vel rarius intense viridia et albo-punctata, subtus pallide 
viridia vel einerea, basi sæpius profunde angusteque emarginata, 
margine remote subulato-denticulata rarius integerrima, 6-20 cent. 
longa. Cirrhi graciles, elongatissimi, angulato-suleati, elabri. Pe- 
dunculus communis masculus gracilis, '/j-2 cent. longus, 15-25-flo- 
rus; pedicelli erecto-patuli, subfiliformes, glabri vel rarius leviter vil- 
losi, 2-8 mill. longi. Calycis tubus campanulato-subeylindrieus, basi 
rotundatus, 5 mill. longus, 3 mill. latus; dentes subulati, '/, mill. 
longi. Corolla brevissime puberula, segmentis patulis, triangularibus, 
acutis, 1 '/, mill. longis. Staminum filamenta gracillima, subglabra, 
? mill. longa ; antherze suborbiculares, 1 '/, mill. longæ, loculis arcua- 
tis, dense ciliatis. Pedunculus femineus !/,-l cent. longus. Ovarium 
anguste oblongum, glabrum vel plus minusve villosum. Fructus ruber, 
4-5 cent. longus, 2-2 '/, cent. crassus. Semina cinerea, 6 mill. longa, 
5 mill. lata, 4 */, mill. erassa. 
In India orientali, China meridionali, Cochinchina (Loureiro in herb. 
Brit. Mus.) et Java, frequens. 
* Species vere pantamorpha » (Wallich). Formæ principales sunt : 
Forma 1. — Folia regulariter ovalia, margine denticulata vel cre- 
hato-dentata. 
In India orientali (Wight n. 1122 part.; Ritchie n. 308/,; Hügel 
n. 2417); in Assam (Simouns; Masters); in Silhet (Wallich n. 6705 
part.); in mont. Khasia (Hook. f. et Thomson); in Sikkim (Hook. f.); 
m Gattun (Hügel n. 1575); in Bengalia orientali (Griffith n. 2526/, 
part.); in Ceylon (herb. Berol.); in Java (Blume). 
Forma 2. — Folia ovata, angulata vel leviter lobata. — Bryonia 
Sinuosa Wall.! 1. e. 
. In India orientali (Wallich n. 6716 part.; Wight n. 1121; Royle); 
n mont. Nilagiri (P1. Ind. or. edit. Hohenacker, n. 1506); in Maysore 
(Hügel n. 435); in Assam (Jenkens); in Coromandel (Belanger n. 307); 
in Ceylon (Thwaites n. 1619; Fraser). 
orma 3. — Folia ovato-oblonga, denticulata. 
In India orientali (Lambert ; Wallich n. 6705 P, R, S, Z; Roxburgh ; 
Wight n. 1129 part.; Hügel n. 2822 et 4502; Thomson); in Assam 
(Jenkens); in Gattun (Hügel n. 1601); in Cannanore (Campbell); in 
Ceylon (herb, Lugd.-Bat.) ; in Java (Blume). 
