GYNOSTEMMA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 913 
lares, loculis rectis, conneetivo angusto non producto. Pollen leve, 
globosum, trisuleum, poris apertum. Pistillodium nullum. — Flores 
feminei : Calyx et corolla maris. Staminodia nulla. Ovarium sphæri- 
eum, apice liberum, 3-2-loculare; styli*3-2, basi coaliti, apice bifidi ; 
ovula in loculis geminata, ab apice pendula. Fructus globosus, umbo- 
natus, indehiscens, 1-3-spermus. Semina late ovoidea, non alata, 
leviter compressa, verrucosa vel submuricata. 
Herbæ graciles, perennantes, scandentes, glabræ vel puberulæ, 
Asiæ tropicæ et orientalis vel Javæ incole. Folia pedato-3-7-foliolata 
rarissime simplicia, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, Cirrhi bifidi vel rarius 
simplices. Flores minuti, albi vel virescentes, pedicellis articulatis, 
basi bracteolatis. Fructus minutus, pisiformis. 
l. G. pedata (Bl.! Bijd. p. 23); foliis pedato-5-7-foliolatis; foliolis 
membranaceis, ovato-oblongis vel lanceolatis, puberulis vel pubescen- 
tibus rarius subglabris, margine undulatis vel crenulato-dentatis, 
apice acutis vel breviter aeuminatis, basi sæpissime attenuatis; flori- 
bus dioicis; petalis lanceolatis, longe subulatis. — Walp. Rep. 1, 
p. 98; Rem. Syn. fase. 2, p. 110; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 683; 
C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 633 (excl. syn.). — Zano- 
nia cissoides Wall.! List n. 3726, et Pl. Asiat. rar. 2, p. 28; Walp. 
Repert. 2, p. 194. — Vitis atroviridis Wall.! List n. 6040. — V. tri- 
chophora Wall. ! List n. 9032. — Pestalozzia pedata Zoll. et Moritz.! 
Syst. Verz. Zoll. Pfl. p. 31; Walp. Ann. 1, p. 316. — Alsomitra cis- 
wides Rom. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 118. — Enkylia trigyna Grifi.! PI. 
Cantor. p. 27; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 15 et 142. — E. digyna Griff. 
Le. — Banori pedata Miq.! Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 683. — 
Gynostemma cissoides Franch. et Sav.! Enum. pl. Jap. 1, p. 176. 
Caulis gracilis, ramosus, sulcatus, puberulus vel glaber. Petiolus 
gracilis, striatus, puberulus vel villosus, 3-7 cent. longus; petioluli 
divergentes, 1-4 mill. longi. Foliola supra intense viridia, subtus 
paulo pallidiora, intermedium 4-14 cent. longum, 2-5 cent. latum, 
lateralia breviora, exteriora brevissima. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, sul- 
“ati, puberuli vel glabri, apice bifidi vel rarius simplices. Pedunculus 
communis masculus gracilis, flexuosus, sulcatus, villosus vel puberu- 
lus, fere usque ad basim ramosus, 10-15 cent. vel rarius 30-40 cent. 
ngus; rami divaricati, ramulosi, 5-15 cent. longi, interdum minute 
foliolati : ; pedicelli capillares, flexuosi, 1-4 mill. longi, ad basim brac- 
teolati : Cables subulatæ, 1-2 mill. longæ. Calycis segmenta trian- 
gularia, acuta, */, mill. longa. Petala uninervia, margine ciliato-den- 
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