GYNOSTEMMA . CUCURBITACEZE (AUCT: COGNIAUX). 915 
gum, 2-4 cent. latum, lateralia 4-7 cent. longa, 2-3'/, cent. lata, 
asymmetrica, exterius rotundata vel leviter cordata. Cirrhi gracillimi, 
elongati, striati, glabri, apice bifidi vel rarius simplices. Pedunculus 
communis masculus gracilis, flexuosus, sulcatus, puberulus, termi- 
nalis vel lateralis, usque ad basim ramosus, 10-30 cent. longus; rami 
divarieati, diffusi, ramulosi, 2-10 cent. longi; pedicelli capillares, 
recti, 3-7 mill. longi, ad basim bracteolati; bracteolæ subulatæ, */,-2 
mill. longæ. Calycis segmenta anguste triangularia, acuta, '/, mill. 
longa. Petala uninervia, glabra, margine integerrima, 3 mill. longa, 
'/, mill. lata. Fructus flavo-viridis, glaber, levis, 6-8 mill. crassus. 
Semina pallide cinerea, late ovoidea, vix compressa, tenuiter margi- 
nata, apice subacuta, basi rotundata, omnia submuricata, 4 mill. 
longa et lata, 3 mill. crassa. 
In Silhet (Wallieh n. 3727 A-B in herb. Lin. Soc., Kew., Brit. Mus.); 
in Assam (Griffith n. 762 in herb. Kew. et Van H. ; Jenkens n. 394 in 
herb. Kew. ; Masters n. 394 in herb. Kew.); in mont. Khasia, altit. 
1000-1300 metr. (Hook. f. et Thomson in herb. Kew. et Vindob.): 
in Ceylon (Thwaites n. 2582 in herb. DC., Boiss., Francav., hort. 
Petrop., Kew.; Wight sine n. in herb. Edin., n. 517 in herb. Kew. ; 
Thomson in herb. Francav.); in Sumatra occid., ad Ajer Mantjoer, 
prov. Padang, altit. 360 metr. (Beecari n. 805 in herb. suo); in Java 
(Commerson in herb. Mus. Par.); in Celebes (herb. Lugd.-Bat. ; 
Teysmann in herb. Bogor.). 
3. G. simplicifolia (B1.! Bijdr. p. 23); foliis simplicibus, mem- 
branaceis, oblongo-lanceolatis, utrinque glabris et lævibus, margine 
dentieulatis, basi rotundatis, apice breviter acuminatis; floribus dioi- 
Cs: petalis lanceolatis, longe subulatis. — G. Don, Gen. syst. 1, 
p. 104; Walp. Rep. 1, p. 98; Rom. Syn. fase. 2, p. 110; Mig. Fl. 
Ind. Bat, 1, part. 2, p. 688. 
Caulis gracillimus, elongatus, ramosus, striatus, glaber vel brevis- 
Sme puberulus. Petiolus subfiliformis, striatus, breviter puberulus 
præcipue ad apicem, 2-3 cent. longus. Folia supra læte viridia, subtus 
pallida, 7-12 cent. longa, 2'/,-5 cent. lata; nervi puberuli vel glabri. 
Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, suleati, puberuli vel glabri, apice bifidi. 
edunculus communis masculus gracillimus, striatus, puberulus, ter- 
"inalis ve] lateralis, pendulus, 10-30 cent. longus; rami filiformes, 
flexuosi, congesti, ramulosi, 5-10 cent. longi; pedicelli capillares, 
flexuosi, 1-4 mill. longi, ad basim bracteolati; bracteolæ capillares, 
flexuusæ, '/-2 mill. longze. Calycis segmenta oblonga, subobtusa, '/, 
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