Oenolepis.] CuClirbitclCeCE. 259 



14. CERASIOCARFUltt,*//£./ 



Perennial, tendrils simple, fl. monoecious, male in small 

 racemes, fem. solitary, often from same axil ; cal.-limb cam- 

 panulate, segm. 5, very small; pet. 5, slightly connate at base; 

 male fl.: — stam. 3, inserted at mouth of cal., distant, anth. 

 dorsifixed, cells straight, those of the 2-celled ones far apart, 

 connective broad, not produced ; fem. fl. : — ov. with 2 placentas 

 and 4-6 ovules, style long, stigma 3-lobed, no staminodes ; 

 fruit depressed-globose, pulpy; seeds 3-6, large, ovoid, with a 

 narrow border, surrounded by orange pulp. — Monotypic. 



C. zeylanicum, Clarke- in Fl. B. hid. ii. 628 (1879). [Plate 

 XL IV.] 



JEchmandra zeylanica, Thw. Enum. 125. C. Bennettii, Cogn. 1. c. 

 729. C. P. 3002, 3500. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 628. 



Stems cylindrical, slender, glabrous ; 1. 3-4 in., ovate- 

 oblong, cordate at base, often hastate or with short spreading 

 basal lobes, shortly acuminate, margin entire or coarsely 

 sinuate, distantly denticulate, rough above with few distant 

 coarse prickly hairs, paler and glabrous beneath, thin, petiole 

 about \ in. ; fl. on short slender ped. ; cal.-segm. minute, 

 setaceous; pet. ovate, acute or obtuse, pubescent; male fl. : — 

 fil. extremely short, hairy ; fem. fl. : — ov. globose, glabrous ; 

 fruit f in. wide, depressed-globose, smooth, bright orange red ; 

 seeds \ in. or more, ovoid, scarcely compressed, with a blunt 

 crest at one end and a narrow blunt rim round the edge, 

 finely pilose, brown or white. 



Lower montane zone ; rather rare. Hantane ; Medamahanuwara ; 

 Watagoda. Fl. November ; pale yellow. 



Also in Java and Sumatra, and perhaps in S. India. 



The leaves are very like those of Tricliosanthes nervifolia. 



15. CTENOLEPIS, Hk.f. 



Annual, tendrils simple, fl. monoecious, minute, male in 

 very short racemes, fem. solitary from the same axils ; cal.- 

 limb campanulate, short, segm. 5, subulate ; pet. 5, connate 

 below; male fl.: — stam. 3, anth. distinct, cells straight; fem. 

 fl.: — ov. globose, slightly depressed, style long, no disk; fruit 

 small, depressed-top-shaped, i- or 2-seeded ; seed oblong- 

 ovoid, compressed, bordered. — Sp. 2; both in Fl. B. Ind. 



* I rom the 1 herry-like fruit. 



