II. Cucurbiteae. — 3. Bryonieae. 57 



Caules tenues, angulati, ramosissimi, plns 

 minus pilosi v. villosi. Folia usque ad me- 

 dium V. profundius D-71oIia, hasi cordata, sub- 

 tus ad nervos pilosa, 3-6poIlicaria, supra sa- 

 turate viridia, subtus pallida, mox glabra 

 (nervis exceptis) , saepius utrinque puLescen- 

 tia : lobis suboblongis vel ovali-oblongis basi 

 angustatis , sinuatis v. sinuato-dentatis , den- 

 tibus rulnnilatis v. ovali-triangularibus mu- 

 cronatis. Pedunculi folia aequantes v. paulo 

 longiores, deflexi, florum <^ circa medium bra- 

 cteolati: bractea mucronata, florum $ post 

 anthesin penduli. Calyx cf^ infundibuliformis, 

 ad mediiim usque 5fidus. Calycis $ laciniae 

 lineari-lanceolatae. Corolla diametrn 8 — 10'", 

 laete flava. Fructus longe pedunculatus, 2" 

 et ultra Ig. , diam. 6 — 8'", obsolete trigonus, 

 aurantiacus ( albus , flavus v. viridis ," intus 

 ruberrimus Lovr.), tuberculis partim obtusis, 

 partim maioribus triangularibiis acutis obsitus. 

 Obs. M. operculata FL Fliim. X. t. 92. 

 secundum Ind. meth. 14. huc pertinet; icon 

 quociue cum descriptione supra data optime 

 convenit , floribus masc. exceptis , qui in 

 icone desunt. 



5. pedata, 



1) 7 — 91oba: laciniis lanceoiatis 21.M.pedafaP. &£. I.c.II.54. (nonL.; - 

 grosse duplicato-serratis ; racemi jj f/^^^^- .triatSla^vi. Fen. Per. 1. 754. t. 41. 

 Cf compositi lon2;e pedunculati in Peruvid. 



folia superantes; flores Q. solita- 

 rii axillares snbsessiles; pepones 

 cylindrici glabri striati , semina 

 tuberculato-aspera. 



2) palmata : segmenta 



(1) sinuata obtiise dentata, dentibus mu- 22.M.anflielmmfliicaSc/jMi7i.&T7(onM.I.c- 

 cronatis, cum caule quinquangularipi- 197. — Hlp. 1. c. 2. 



losa ; pepo ovalis utrinque acutus tu- In Guinea. 

 T)erculatus ; bracteae cordatae supra 

 medium peduneuli. 



(2) 5 — 7, dentato - sublobata , supra 23.M. (?)actileafaPo?r. Enc.meth. Suppl. III. 

 punctis albis conspersa, subtus nervis 723. — Hprq. I. c. 15. 12. — DC. 1. c. 

 petiolisque breviter acnleatis; petioli 312. 13. — G.Tton 1. c. 36. 20. 

 nervique medii pilis asperis reflexls Hab (?) O 



vestiti ; flores rf racemosi longe pe- Caulis tenuis , scandens. Fructus magni- 



dunculati, § solitarii vix pedunculati ; tudine pisi. 

 fructus subslobosi , laeves. 



6. ternato-pmiiatiflda scabra ; 24.M.lanafa Tlih. Prodr. 13. Fl.Cap.36. - 

 fructus ovatus , dense lanatus. bc^^. \!^- ^G.n^n Tl' li^.il ~ 



In Dunis prope Cupe-toun locis arenosis. 

 Caulis sulcatus angulatus, villosus, de- 

 cumbens. Folia petiolata, lobato-ternata usque 

 quinata: lobis oblongis obtusis sinuato-pinnati- 

 fidis , imprimis subtus papilloso-hispida , pal- 

 maria , petiolis poUicaribus hispidis. Cirrhi 

 asillares. Flores axillares , brevissLme pe- 

 dunculati , solitarii. 



II. A m r d 1 c a. 



(3'ecft. elem. n. 392.) Floribus dioicis. 

 1, Folia profunde cordata 

 1) longiuscule petiolata dentata, sn- 

 pra scabriuscula subtus glabrius- 

 cula; cirrlii flliformes; flores Q. 

 solitarii; fructus elliptici muricati; 

 caulis angulatus scandens. Folia 



(1) acuriiinata, utplurimum integra. 25. M. missionis Wall. L. 6739. 



M. dioica Httd. I. c. 605. 12. — Sprg. 1. c. 

 14. 2. — BC. I. c. 312. 11. — G.Don 1. c. 

 36. 16. 

 M. dioica var. a. W. & A. I. c. 348. 1087. 



