246 CucurbltaceCB. \Gymnopetalum. 



Stems angular, glabrous, tendrils long, simple; 1. 2^-4 in., 

 ovate-oval, rounded or subcordate at base, acuminate, often 

 twisted at apex, acute, entire, glabrous, subcoriaceous, strongly 

 3-nerved from the base, venation prominent beneath ; male 

 and fern. fl. both rather large, solitary, axillary, ped. f-l in.; 

 fruit globose, 2 in. diam., smooth, crimson ; seeds oblong, 

 compressed, smooth, grey, each enclosed in an envelope of 

 deep green pulp. 



Lower montane zone; rare. Uduwela, Hantane ; Dolosbagie. Fl. 

 July ; pale yellow. 



Endemic. 



The leaves are like those of Smilax, the crimson fruit as large as an 

 apple and very handsome, the pulp surrounding the seeds is a dull, deep, 

 metallic green. 



There is no necessity for Cogniaux's new name, as Kurz's T. integri- 

 folia was not published till 1877. 



2. GYMNOPETALUDI, Am. 



Perennial herb, tendrils simple, 1. slightly lobed, fl. small, 

 dioecious, male in close racemes, fern, solitary ; cal.-tube long, 

 contracted at top, segm. setaceous ; pet. spreading, not fim- 

 briate; male fl.: — stam. 3, inserted above middle of cal.-tube 

 and included in it, anth. connate, cells conduplicate; fern. fl. : — 

 staminodes 3, very small, ov. very hairy, style long, stigmas 3, 

 long; fruit fusiform, red; seeds numerous, ovoid, compressed, 

 each enclosed in coloured pulp. — Sp. 6 (Cogniaux) ; 4 in 

 FL B. Ind. 



G-. Wig-htii, Am. in Hook. Jonm. Bot. iii. 278 (1841). [PLATE 

 XLIII.] 



Thw. Enum. 127. C. P. 1625. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 612. 



Stems slender, furrowed, bristly, young parts hairy ; 

 1. 2-4 in., cordate-ovate, with deep narrow sinus at base, 

 acuminate, very acute, more or less (usually slightly) 3- or 

 5-lobed, distantly denticulate, rough with short coarse bristly 

 hairs above, more softly hairy beneath, petiole hispid ; racemes 

 of male fl. stalked, short, umbellate, crowded, ped. slender, 

 bracts small, setaceous; cal.-tube f-i in., more or less hispid 

 or hairy, segm. setaceous; pet. about \ in., oblong-ovate, 

 acute; fruit \\-2 in., tapering at both ends, tipped with 

 withered cal, scarlet, slightly hispid ; seeds \ in., smooth, 

 blackish-brown, immersed in pale-red pulp. 



Var. /3, zeylanicum, A7-71. 1. c. (sp.). Bryonia tubiflora, W. and A. 

 Prod. 347. 



