MELOTHRIA , CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). _ 621 
et Thomson); in Sikkim (Hooker f.); in Bengalia orientali (Griffith 
1. 2526/, part.); in Java (Blume; Horsfield). 
Forma 11. — Folia hastata, lobis sublinearibus, lobulatis, laterali- 
bus divergentibus. 
In India orientali (Hügel n. 4965 in herb. Vindob.). 
Forma 12. — Folia hastata, lobis sublinearibus, integerrimis, late- 
ralibus divergentibus. 
In Nepalia (Hornemann in herb. Berol.); in Ceylon (Thwaites 
n. 3506 in herb. DC., Boiss., Berol., Mus. Par., Kew.). 
50. M. amplexicaulis ; monoica; foliis subsessilibus, ovatis vel 
oblongis, basi profunde cordatis vel sagittatis, integris vel angulatis, 
supra punctato-scabris vel scabriusculis, subtus glabris lævibusque, 
apice sæpissime rotundatis; floribus maseulis subumbellatis; calyce 
glabro; floribus femineis solitariis; fructu satis parvo, late ovoideo, 
rostrato, oligospermo ; seminibus ovatis, distincte compressis, margi- 
natis, leviter tubereulatis. — Bryonia amplexicaulis Lam. Encycl. 
méth. Bot. 1, p. 496; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 306; W. et Arn. Prodr. 
l, p. 346; Wight, Ic. pl. Ind. or. 2, tab. 502. — B. umbellata Wall. ! 
List, n. 6705, K-L. — Karivia amplexicaulis Arn.! in Hook. Journ. 
of Bot. 3, p. 275; Rom. Syn. fase. 2, p. 46; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, 
part. 1, p. 661. 
Caulis gracilis, elongatus, ramosus, sulcatus, glaber. Petiolus nullus 
vel 1-3 mill. longus. Folia supra ssepius leete viridia, subtus glauca vel 
pallide viridia, margine remote denticulata vel interdum integerrima, 
apice mucronulata interdum retusa, 3-6 cent. longa, 2-5 cent. lata; 
sinus basilaris acutus, angustissimus, 1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi fili- 
formes, elongati, glabri. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, 
teres, glaber, !/.-3 cent. longus, apice 8-20-florus; pedicelli erecto- 
patuli, 1-4 mill. longi. Calycis tubus rotundo-campanulatus, 2 '/, mill. 
longus et latus; dentes subulati, ?/, mill. longi. Corolla breviter vil- 
losa, segmentis erectis, triangularibus, acutis, 1 '/, mill. longis. Pe- 
dunculus femineus filiformis, 1-5 mill. longus. Ovarium ovoideo- 
oblongum, glabrum, apice longe gracileque rostratum. Fructus 
pallidus, seepius 3-4-spermus, 1 */,-2 cent. longus, 1-1 '/, cent. crassus. 
Semina cinerea, 6-7 mill. longa. 5-6 mill. lata, 2-3 mill. crassa. 
In India orientali (Wight n. 1121 in herb. Brux., Berol., DC., De- 
less., Francav., Mus. Par., Kew., Edin., n. 1128 in herb. hort. Petrop., 
Kew., m, 1130 in herb. Kew. ; Rottler in herb. hort. Petrop.; Jacque- 
mont n. 701 in herb, Mus, Par.); in Maysor et Carnatic (Thomson in 
