Melothria.'] lxv. oucuebitaceje. (C. B. Clarke.) 627 



Soorma Sank, Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2530).— The male inflorescence and the 

 f jnit aw altxjgether those of M. odorata ; the leaves nnlike. 



6. M. blclrrbosa, C, B. Clarke; tendrils 2-fid, leaves deeply cordate 

 ovate caudate-acvuainate, male inflorescence elongate racemed. 



BiEMA ; Oviffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2622). 



Nearly glabrous; stem like that of M. edarata; tendrils stout all 2-fid, Leaves 4 

 by 3 in. ; petiole 2-8 in. Inflorescence exactly as in M. odorata. Male flomer alto- 

 gether of the genns, amtlietB lateral on the connective ■which is long produeed above 

 them : rudiment of the ovary depressed globose, FntU not seen. — This appears as 

 an excessively developed M. odoraia. 



16. RmrNCKOCARPA, Schroder. 



Olimbing herlis ; tendrils simple. Leaves petioled, orHcxdar and undivided in 

 the Indian species. Mowers moncecious or diceeious, very small; males sub- 

 corymbose on a ^ortpedimele; females Bolitary (rarely aggregated), subaessile, 

 sometimes in the same axil with the male. Maze : calyx-tube campanailate, 

 teeth 5, small ; corolla 5-partite ; stamens 3 (rarely 5) ; anthers free or united 

 one 1-celled, the others 2-eelled ; cells straight ; connective crested 2-lobed or 

 long-produced in two points. Fewat.e : calyx and corolla as in the male; 

 ovary ovoid, beaked ; style ending in 2 rarely in 3 long stigmas ; ovules not 

 many, horizontal; placentas 2 raxely 3, vertical. Xhtiit ovoid, rostrate, jnde- 

 hiscent. Seeffe 'ovoid, compressed, not very many. — Disxbib. Species 5; in 

 warmer Afiica, one also in Western India. 



1. It. foBtida, Schrad. in Zmmea, zii. 404 ; foetid, scaberulons-pubescent, 

 stigmas 2, fruit ^ in. globose pubescent beak nearly ^ in., aeeds 4-& Navd. in 

 Ann. Se. Nat, ser. 4, xii 146. E. rostrata, Kwz in Jaurn. A,t. Sac. 1677, pt. ii. 

 105. .iEchmandra rostrata, Am. in Hook. Jomm. Sot. iii. 274 ; Dah. ^ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 100. Bryonia pilosa, Boxb. Sort. Smg. 104, Fl. Ind. iii. 726. B. 

 fiUcaulis, Wall. Cat. 6713. B. rostrata. Rattler ; DC. Vrodr. iii. 304 ; Wall. Cat. 

 6701 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 346. B. Perottetiana, Seringe in DC. I. c. Tricho- 

 santhes foetidissima, Jaeq. Ic. Har. t. 624, Melothria foetida, Lamk. Diet. iv. 87. 

 Cyrtonema canvolvulacea and divergens, Mich. Fl. Abyss, i. 286. 



GtrzEEAT; Bafoe?/. jy^cciJx'BwxissuLK; Bottler; Wight. Malabar HiUs ? SifocAs ; 

 Vr. Bitchie. Ava, WalUch. — Disteib. Trt^eal Africa and Natai. 



Stem somewhat stout, pnbescent. Leaves 2 in. diam., orbinular or ovate, cordate, 

 dentate ; petiole ^1 in. Male racemes small, scarcely 1 in. Calyx hairy with subu- 

 late teeth. Connective'of each anther produced into a long curved pointed horn. Fruit 

 bright red, 2-celled. Seeds ^ in., distinctly margined. 



SPECIES DrPEBFECaXT KNOU'lI'. 



E. ? DEiToiDKA, Kmz in Jowrn. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 105; leaves deltoid with 

 spreading acute basal lobes rough above, berries smooth glabrous. 

 Upper Tenasseeim, Attarau, Bramdis ; Pbqxj and Pbome, Kurz. 

 Not seen ; from the description it may be a variety of B.fattida, 



19. C01lAXiIiOCA.RPUS, Wdw. 



Olimlnng or prostrate herbs, scabrid or siibtomentose ; tendrils , simple. Leaves 

 petioled, rouncKsh-cordate, somewhat thick, entire lobed or palmate. Flowers 



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