CERASIOCARPUM . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 729 
Flores monoici. Masculi racemosi. Calycis tubus late campanulatus : 
dentes 5, minuti. Corolla rotata, 5-partita, segmentis late ovatis. Sta- 
mina 3, remota, libera, in fauce calycis inserta, filamentis brevissi- 
mis; antheræ breves, oblique patelliformes, dorso affixee, una 1-loeu- 
laris ceteræ 2-loculares, loculis rectis, connectivo non producto. Pollen 
leve, globulosum, trisuleum. Pistillodium nullum. — Flores feminei in 
eadem axilla cum masculi, solitarii. Calyx et corolla maris. Stami- 
nodia nulla. Ovarium ovoideum, 2-3-placentiferum: stylus columnaris, 
disco ad basim nullo, stigmate trilobo; ovula in loculis 2 rarius 3, 
horizontalia. Fructus parvus, transverse oblongus, lævis, carnosus, 
indehiscens, 2-6-spermus. Semina late ovoidea, tumida, marginibus 
rotundatis, testa pallida crustacea lævi. 
Herba subglabra, scandens, Zeylaniæ et Javæ incola. Folia oblonga, 
basi cordata, integra vel hastato-3-lobata. Cirrhi simplices. Flores 
parvi, ebracteati, flavi. Fructu magnitudine et colore Cerasi. 
C. Bennettii. — Bryonopsis Bennettii Miq.! Fl. Ind. Bat. 1. 
part. 1, p. 657. — Æchmandra Zeylanica Thw.! Enum. pl. Zeyl. 
p. 125. — Cerasiocarpum Zeylanicum Clarke! in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind, 2, p. 629. ; 
Caulis gracillimus, angulato-suleatus, glaber, lævis. Petiolus gra- 
eilis, tenuiter striatus, sparsissime breviterque pilosus, 1 '⁄,-3 cent. 
longus. Folia membranacea, oblongo-triangularia vel hastata, basi 
late et paulo profunde emarginata, apice acuta acuminataque, mar- 
sine subintegerrima vel sinuato-denticulata, supra læte viridia et 
Sparse piloso-scabra, subtus pallidiora, glabra et levia, 8-15 cent. 
longa, 4-7 cent. lata; nervi tenues, utrinque vix prominentes, duo 
laterales basilares bifurcati, mum sinum non marginantes. Cirrhi fili- 
ormes, breves, subangulati, subglabri. Racemi masculi laxi, 6-40-flori. 
Peduneulus communis gracilis, angulatus, brevissime sparseque pilo- 
“us, 2-6 cent. longus: pedicelli patuli vel reflexi, 1-2 mill. longi. Ca- 
yes tubus sparse breviterque pilosus, ad basim subacutus, 2 ‘/, mill. 
longus, */,-3 mill. latus : dentes triangulares, */,-'/, mill. longi. Pe- 
tala ovata, acuta, 5-nervia, utrinque dense papilloso-glandulosa. 
? mill. longa, 1*/, mill. lata. Staminum filamenta vix '/, mill. longa. 
longe villosa; antherz 1 mill. longæ, connectivo villoso. Flores femi- 
nel rarius subracemosi. Calycis tubus anguste campanulatus, 5 mill. 
longus, 2 mill, latus; dentes subulati, */, mill. longi. Petala ovato- 
oblonga, 3 mill. longa. Ovarium glabrum. 2 mill. longum. Stylus fili- 
ermis, glaber, superiore leviter inerassatus, 3-3 '/, mill. longus, stig- 
