626 Lxv. cucuEBiTACE^. (C. B- Clarke.) {^Melothria. 



1. UK. zeylanlpa, C. B. Clarke; tendrils simple, leaves not lolied littl& 

 cordate, male pedicek cliistered in the ttrils, fruit If in- fijsifoim. M. del- 

 toidea, Thwaitet Eraim. 124. JEchmandia deltoidea, Am, t» Smh, J(mm, Sot. 

 iii. 27i. Bryonia deltoidea, Am. PugUl. 19. 



Ceylon; common up to 5000 ft., Walker; Crardner. 



SB»rly glahjBos, stems thin. Leav^ 2 by IJ in., acute, often piwctate on both sur- 

 faces ; petiole I in- PedmU gf jnsles and feoeJes about ag long as tiie petioles. 

 CtOTQlh bairy ro'ttnd tbe tbjoat ; rudimentary ovary of Hie male depressed-globose. 

 Ovary fusiform ; sti^a large, 3 Jobed. Fruit J in. bipad, obtuseN trigonous, almost 

 rostrate. Seeds ^ in., packed io three columns. — Xhe name ]£ deligidea is pre- 

 occupied by Benth. in Mora Ni^f. 8$8 for a different plapt, 



9, M. Walllobil, €. B. Olarke ; tendrils simple, leaves not lolled little 

 cordate, male peduncle raoemed, fruit 2 in. fiisifonn. Biyonia odorata, Wali.. 

 CW. 6706 0. 



PaoUE (Stunnah) ; Wt^ioh. 



Stem glibroug. Leaves 2-3 by 2J-3J^ iij., very broadly deltoid, sharply trian- 

 gular, sinuous scarcely denticulate, scabrous above -with flat round glands, slightly 

 hispid beneath. Hale raceme nearly as in ilf. odorata. Fruit pedicel f in. Prutt 

 rostrate, attenuate at the base, resembling closely that pf M. sefflanim but rather 

 larger. Seeds nearly J in., larger than those of M. s^larma, many, oblong, T*?y 

 complanatB, hardly margined, smooth on tb© feq«s. 



** Fi'vM globose f fuismdrate, obtuse. 



3, Vf,. indica, JCour. Fl, Cochinch. 43 ; tendrils simple, leaves more or 

 le?s pordate eiitire or somewhat 3-loljed, male pedicels clustered in the asils, 

 fruit i in. eUipspid pointed, DC. iV<«?r, iii. 313 ; Naitil. in Arm. Sc. Nat. ser. 

 4, xvi. 169, vfith o j^, J Kws in J<mm. As. Soc, 1877, pt. ii. 105. M, Eeffelii, 

 Jfawf. I. Q. ger. 5, T. 36. ^elmi9.ndra indica. Am. in Soak. Jo/m-n. 3ot, iii. 274} 

 M}. Fl. InA. Mat. i. pt. i. 658. Bryonia ttndla, Soxb. M, Ini. iii, 726. 



Skkim, alt. 3000 ft. ; C. B. Clarke. Silhet in the Jheels ; B. f. % T. Chitta- 

 GONS ; KiiV^- — DisTEiB, Malaya to the Philippines, China, Japan. 



Nsariy glabrous, stem slender, Leaves J J by li in., acuminate or scarcely acute, 

 often punctate on bott surfaces ; petiole 1 in. Pemcels of males and females about 

 as long as the petioles. Point of the Qonneetive short. Fr^U white, seeds strongly 

 roaigined (ev WovdiSi), — This appears exceedingly rare in India; but it mayoe 

 doubted wnether the next is other than a form of it ; see BeMh- PI. Hottgk. 125. 



4. ni. odorata, Hk. f. ^ T. in Serb. ; tendrils simple, leaves more or 

 less cordate entire or somewhat 3-lohed, male pedicels in distant clusters on 

 long racemes, fruit f-^ in, glohosq quadrate very ohtuse. Brvonia odorata, 

 Mnm. in WaU. CtA. 6700 A. B, Q. 



North- Wbst TTtmat.ata ; J?eyfo. Throughout the plain of East Benoai., common, 

 and ascending the hills to 7000 A. alt. 



Nearly glabrous, stem often stouter than in M. mdiea. Leaves 2-3 by 1^2^ in., 

 acuta, often punctata on both surfeces ; petiolfi l-l^ in. Male pei^n^le long, spme- 

 wbat gig«ag, witli a (fluster of pedicels (eaah ^-| in.) at each angle; female pedicel 

 as Icfflg ag Qie petJrte- . Cof^ila 'white, with much hair round the throat, Comeetive 

 no^ WKk produesd; rudiment of ovary in the male ftowei globose depressed. Seeds 



yj in,, not or va«y obscurely margined— This species has been separated from M. 

 ifa by the long raceme of the inala flowers, which, however, does not essentially 

 differ, the flcuit appears very ohtuse, the degree pf marginatlon of the seeds can 

 hardly be relied on. 



Vab. triloba ; lobes of leaf divaricating sometimes very narrow and long, petiole 

 often shorter than in the type. Bryonia triflora, WaU. Oat. 6707.>.'Ewt Bengsil; 



