622 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MELOTHRIA - 
herb. Berol., Mus. Par., Vindob.); in Deccan ad Ellora (Ralph n. 301 
in herb. Deless.); ad Madras (Thomson in herb. Kew.). 
Sect. III. — MUKIA. — Genus Mukia Arn. 
Flores monoici; masculi fasciculati, feminei ssepius solitarii. An- 
theræ subsessiles, una unilocularis ceteræ biloculares, connectivo apr 
culato. Fructus subsessilis. Semina marginata, sæpius scrobiculata. 
51. M. leiospermas foliis ovato-cordatis vel ovato-triangulari- 
bus, integris vel angulato-sublobatis, supra satis dense villosis demum 
subhirsutis, subtus dense molliterque villoso-tomentosis; floribus 
utriusque sexus fasciculatis; fructu parvo, globoso; seminibus tur- 
gidis, zona lata tumida cinctis, lævibus. — Bryonia leiosperma W. tt 
Arn.! Prodr. 1, p. 345; Walp. Rep. 2, p. 197. — B. Wightiana Wall! 
List, n. 6703. — B. scabrella Wall.! List, n. 6708, I (non Linn.). — 
Mukia leiosperma Wight in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., 8, p- 268; 
Rom. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 46; Thw. Enum. pl. Zeyl. p. 125; Clarke in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 623. — Bryonia Mysorensis Miq.! in p. 
Ind. Or. edid. Hohenacker, n. 1505 (non Wight). 
Caulis satis robustus, elongatus, paulo ramosus, angulato-sulcatus, 
longe villosus. Petiolus robustus, dense longeque villoso-subhirsutus, 
1-5 cent. longus. Folia subcoriacea, supra intense viridia, subtus pal- 
lide viridia vel viridi-cinerea, margine denticulata vel undulato-den- 
tata, apice acuta vel subacuminata, 6-8 cent. longa, 4-6 cent. lata. 
Cirrhi robustiusculi, longissimi, longe villoso-subhirsuti. Pedunculus 
brevissimus vel subnullus. Calycis tubus longe villoso-subhirsutus, 
3 mill. longus, 2 */, mill. latus; dentes lineares, erecto-patuli, 3-4 II^ 
longi. Corolla puberula, segmentis ovato-oblongis, apice rotundatis 
et longe villosis, 4 mill. longis. Antheræ oblongæ, ciliatæ, brevissime 
appendiculatæ, 2 mill. longæ. Pedunculus fructiferus crassiusculus, 
dénse longeque villosus, 2-6 mill. longus. Fructus glaber, ss 
10-13 mill. crassus. Semina cinerea, ovoidea, basi leviter attenuat^ 
4 mill. longa, 2 ‘/,-3 mill. lata, 2 mill. crassa. 
In India orientali (Wallich n. 6703, 6708 I. in herb. Lin. Soc. * 
Monac.; Perrottet n. 252 in herb. Boiss. et Vindob.); in Nilgherrié 
(Thomson in herb. Kew. et Mus. Par.: Wight in herb. Brux. %? £ 
nac. ; Schmidt in herb. Kew. ; PL Ind. or. ed. Hohenacker n. 1515 2 
herb. DC., Boiss., Monac., Vindob., hort. Petrop., Mus. Par, a^ 
Kew.); in Assam (Jenkens in herb. Francav.); in Deccan ad mop" 
