Oerasiocmpym.'] ixv. cucuebitacb^. (C. B. Clarke.) 629 



Tudiment of the ovary 0. Pemaie : calyx and' coiolla as in the male ; ovary 

 ovoid;. disc 0, stigmas 3; ovules few, horizontal; placentas vertical. Fruit 

 ellipsoid, suhsessjle, indeMscent, vdthout a teak. iSeeds 2-6, ovoid, smooth, 

 slightly compressed, 



1. C. ieylanicvaaa.. Hook. f. in Gen. PI. i. 832, female flower sub- 

 sessile, seeds ovoid smooth slightly compressed. .iEchmandra zeylanica, 

 Thwaites JEnum. 125. 



Ceylon ; alt. 3000-5000 ft. ; Thwaites. • 



Leaves 3-6 in.,, obtuse or acute, cordate or hastate, almost S-lobed, entire or 

 undulate-denticulate; petiole ^-1|^ in. Flowers -^-^ in. diam., yello-w; petals broad,, 

 acuminate. Berry at most i in. diam. Seeds ^-J in. diam., little compressed, incom- 

 pletely margined, 2-6 to eadi fruit. 



DOUBTFtTL SPECIES, 



2. C, ? PENAUQENSE, C. B. Clarke ; female peduncle |-liin., seeds much com- 

 pressed somewhat rugose on the faces. Bryonia heterophylla, Wall. Cat. 6704. 



PmANs; Wallich. 



Stems rather strong, minutely pilose ; tendrils simple. Leaves cordate-oblong, 

 acute, entire slightly denticulate, scabrous above minutely hispid beneath. Flowers 

 monoecious, all peduncled, solitary female and racemed males from the same axil ; 

 male peduncle IJ in. with 8 small pedicels at the summit. Fruit ^-^ in. diam., 

 smool^, nearly globose. Seeds 4 to 6, ^ in., somewhat margined, oblong. — Closely 

 resembles C. zeylanieum except as to the peduncled female : but there are no flowers 

 on WaUich's example. 



3.? C. Mainqayi, C B. Clarke; leaves 3-lobed and entire, female peduncle 

 ^-| in., seeds margined not much compressed very rugose pitted on the faces. 



MAT.ftCCA ; Maingay 'So. \26S. 



Stems nearly glabrous ; tendrils simple. Leaves 2 by 1 J in., with three divaricate 

 lanceolate lobes or entire, not much cordate, scabrous on both surfaces ; petiole ^ in. 

 Male pedimcle 1^ in. with 8 minute pedicels at the summit ; female from the same 

 axil. Stamens of the genus. Fruit f by less than f in., oblong, subacute. Seeds 

 10-12, less than ^ in. — This may be a Melothria, but the long male peduncle with 

 short pedicels and the unproduced connective do not suit. The capsule and seeds do 

 not suit Cerasiocarpum. 



21. CTEirOXiEFXS, SooJe.f. 



Olimhing or prostrate scabrous herbs, turning black in drying ; tendrils simple. 

 Leaves cordate, orbicvilar, 5-7-lobed; stipuliform bracts at the axils of the 

 leaves large round or elliptic, ciliate or dentate. Flowers minute, monoecious ; 

 males in small racemes on inconspicuous axile peduncles ; female solitary, short- 

 peduncled, in the same axil vyith the male. Male : calyx-tube short, cam- 

 panulate, lobes 5, subulate ; corolla 6-partite ; stamens 3, filaments very short ;' 

 anthers free, one 1-celled, two 2-ceIled ; cells straight, connective not produced ; 

 rudiment of ovary 0. Femaxe : calyx and corolla as in the male ; ovarjr ovoid; 

 1-ceUed ; ' disc 0; style columnar, stigmas 2 or 3; ovules 2 or 3, horizontal; 

 placentas parietal. Fruit small, globose or subquadrate, oblique, indehis- 

 cent. Sesds 2 or 3, ellipsoid, much compressed, acutely margined, some- 

 what boat-shaped. — Disteib. Species 3 ; in India, Tropical Western Asia and 

 Tropical Africa, fhe remarkable stipuliform bracts are characteristic of this 

 genus. 



1. C. earclnl, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser, 5, vi, 13; middle lobe of the 



