Bryonia,] lxv. CTrcuEBiTACEiE. (0. B. Clarke.) 62S 



sessile often 2-3 together, seeds ovoid with a thickened corrugate margin often 

 with large protuherances on the faces. Eoxb. Hort. Bmg. 104 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 

 728 ; Mume Bijd. 927 ; WaU. Cat. 6699 ; Wight Ic. t. 500 ; W. ^ A. R-odr. 

 345; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat.i. pt. i. 660; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 101; Kurz in 

 Joum. Ax. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 104. Bryonopais courtaUensis, Am. in Hook. Jowrn. 

 Bat. iii. 274. B. erythrocarpa, Navd. in Ann. So. Nat. ser. 4, xviii. 194. 

 B. laciniosa, Sooh. f. in Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. ii. 556. Oucumis verrucosus, 

 ^erb. Bottler. ' 



From the Himalaya to Cetion. Pegxj; Kurs. — Distrib. Trop. Africa, Mauritius, 

 Malaya, Australia. 



Stems angular, slender, usually glabrous or nearly so. Leaves often scabrous, 

 punctate above, lobes 2-3 in., with a broad or narrow sinus ; petiole often longer 

 than the blade, sometimes muricate near the apex. Male pedicels less than 1 in., 

 usually glabrous, female still shorter. Calyx-teeth subulate. Fruit | in. diam., green 

 •vrith white vertical stripes. Seeds j in. 



15. XILV1S.XA, Am. 



Scabrous climbing herbs ; tendrils simple. Leaves 3-7-angular, not deeply 

 lobed, cordate, petioled and subsessile on the same plant. Flowei-s small, yel- 

 low, males and females clustered in the same axils ; males very short-peduncled, 

 females subsessile. Male: calyx campanulate, teeth 6, subulate; corolla 5- 

 partite ; stamens 3, inserted low in the calyx-tube, anthers free, two 2-celled 

 one 1-celled; cells straight, connective not produced. Femaie: calyx and 

 corolla as in the male ; disk annular ; ovary ovoid, hispid ; style thick, apex 

 3-2-iobed ; ovules not very many, horizontal ; placentas 3-2. Berry globose, 

 small, indehiacent. Seeds not very many, ovoid, compressed, strongly margined, 

 feces rough or smooth. — Distkib. Species 2; one South Indian; the other 

 African, Asiatic, and Australian. 



1. m. scabrella, Am. in Hook. Joum. Bot. iii. 276 ; very scabrous,, 

 leaves rough hispid beneath, seeds rough on their faces. Naud. in Ann, So. Nat. 

 ser. 4, xii. 142 ; Dalz. Sr Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 100. M. maderaspatana, Kurzr 

 in Jowrn. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 104. Bryonia scabreUa, Umn. f. Suppl. 424 ; 

 BC. Brodr. iii. 306 ; Wall. Cat. 6708 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 305 ; Wight Ic. t. 501 ; 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 724 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 668. B. Wightiana, Wall. 

 Cat. 6703. B. maderaspatana and althaeoides, DC. I. c. 306. Oucumis made- 

 laspatanus, lAnn. Sp. PL 1438. Karivia javanica, Miq. I. c. 661. Tricho- 

 santhes dioica, WaU Cat. 6692 0. 



Thrpughoijt India, common : ascending the hills as far as subtropical warmth 

 extends. — Disteib. Africa, Malaya, Australia. 



Stem angular, slender, hispid or scabrid. Leaves 1-3 in., serrate ; petiole often very 

 short, sometimes 1 in. or more. Flowers ^-J in. diam. Ovary very hispid. Frmt 

 f-J in. diam., bright red. 



Vae. gracilis ; leaves 4^ by 2^ in. hastate elongate very acute wide at the base 

 loug-petioled nearly entire. Bryonia gracilis, WaU. Cat. 6714. — Pagamew (Burma) ; 

 Wdlich, Possibly a distinct species. 



2. m. leiosperma, Thwaites Enum. 125 ; scabrous, leaves hispid beneath 

 and with much long soft hair, seeds smooth on their faces. Biyonia leio- 

 sperma, W, ^ A. Prodr. 345. B. mysorensis, Miq. in Serb, Hohenack. 



Deccan Peninsttla ; Pulney Mts., Wight. Nilghiris, ff. Thomson, Hohenacker.. 

 Ceilon ; alt. 4000-5000 ft., Thwaites. 



