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racemose, distant, pendoloua ; i calyx-teeth deltoid, distant : petals ovate-otlong, as long 

 as the calyx, tomentoae : 3 filaments short ; ? calyx-Umb oyathiform, minutely denticulate, 

 twice as long as the stipitiform stricture, half as long as the oblong petals ; berry ovoid- 

 oilonff. — Plum, Descr. t. 97 ; Desc. Fl. 2. t. 136. — Bryonia, Sw, B. americana, Desc. 

 (no» Lam^. — Stem glabrescent, angular; leaves 3"-2" diam., uppermost often narrow, sub- 

 hastate ; flowers yellowish, ? 6"' long (the ovary , included) ; petals 2"'-3"' long ; berry 

 red, 5'" long, 3 ' broad. — Hab. Jamaica I, all coll., common ; Trinidad 1, Cr. ; [Haiti to 

 Brazil!]. 



3. C. graciliilora, Gr. Leaves glabrescent, scabrous, cordate, deeply %-loled: lobes 

 acuminate, middle ovate-lamceolate, quite entire, lateral angular-sinuate on the exterior side ; 

 tendrils 3 -fid ; flowers in few-flowered racemes or solitary ; $ calyx-teeth subulate-filiform, 

 distant : petals linear-oblong, twice as long as the calyx, tomentose : 3 filaments distinct, 

 filiform; berry ovoid. — Bryonia racemosa, Maef. partim, PI. Carib. — Stem glabrous, angu- 

 lar ; leaves 5"-2" diam. : basilar sinus open ; <J flowers 9"'-12"' long ; petals 6"'-9"' 

 long, I5'" broad, suberect, not exceeding the anther-column ; filaments long : anther-column 

 2'" long ; berry yellowish, 8'" long, 6'" broad : seeds 6 or fewer, ovate, compressed, rugulose, 

 obtuse on the margin, 4'" long.^HAB. Antigua !, Wullschl. ; [Cuba 1, Guadeloupe !]. 



4. C. cuspidata, Gr. (». sp^. Glabrous ; leaves S-lobed to one-third, sliAtly sub- 

 cordate at the base : lobes deltoid, pointleted, denticulate, lateral spreading : teMrils bifid 

 or simple ; S flowers solitary (or in few-flowered racemes) : calyx-teeth deltom, small ; 

 tube turbinate : petals broadly oblong, half as long again as the calyx, slightly tomentose : 

 3 filaments short. — Stem smooth, angular ; leaves 3" diam. (or the uppermost narrower, 

 subentire), membranaceous, slightly scabrous or smooth, 3-nerved with transverse veins : 

 teeth glandulifomi ; S flowers expanded, 10"' diam., $ unknown ; calyx 3'" long and as 

 broad at the top ; petals 4"'-5"' long, 2'" broad, blunt ; anther-column shortly exserted. — 

 Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



3. MOMOBDICA, L. 



3 Calyx 5-fid. Corolla nearly 5-petalous. Stamens triadelphous : anthers all connate : 

 cells bent upwards and downwards. Ovary 3-ceIled ; ovules 00, uniseriate in each cell. 

 'Fruit elastically 3-valved. — Peduncles axillary, dimple, iracteate : flowers monosdous in the 



5. M. Charantia, L. Glabrescent ; leaves deeply 7-5-lobed : lobes sinuate-serrate ; 

 tendrils simple, hispidulous ; peduncles bearing a roundish, entire bract above the base (or ' 

 about the middle) ; S ' calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, longer than the tiibe, exceeded by the 

 corolla ; ? calyx constricted into a stalk above the crested-tubercled ovary ; fruit oblong or 

 elliptical. — Variable in the size of the corolla and fruit, iu the muricated or tnbercled covering 

 of the latter, and in the form of the leaf-lobes. Peduncles 2"-3", corolla 4"'-6"', fruit V'-^' 

 long. 



a. Leaf-lobes pointed ; bracts in both sexes inserted less than 1" above the base of the 

 slender peduncles ; fruit oblong, tapering above. — Mill. Jo. t. I7I ; PLheed. Mat. 8. t. 9. 



j8, pseudobalsamina. leaf -lobes dilated ; bracts as in a ; fruit ellipsoidal, usually small. — 

 Besc. Fl. 8, t. 594 ; Wight Ic. 3. t. 504. — Momordica operculata, L. ex Commel. PL Bar. 

 t. 22 : agreeing with a Guadeloupe specimen. 



7. muricata, W. Leaf-lobes dilated : teeth bljiutish ; bracts of $ inserted about the 

 middle, of ? above the base of the peduncles ; coroUa-segments obovate ; fruit ellipsoidal- 

 oblong, usually large. — Sheed. Mai. 8. t. 10 ; Sot. Mag.^ t. 24:55. 



Hab,. Jamaica!, Sist, Wullschl. (a), on fences; Antigua,!, Wullschl. (fi, y), Dominica !, 

 Imr. (7) ; [Haiti I, Martinique !, Sieb. Mart. 325 ; Mexico ! to Brazil 1 ; trop. Africa I, East 

 Indies!]. 



6*. tH. Balsamina, L. Glabrescent ; leaves deeply 5-lobed : lobes dilated, sinuate- 

 dentate with cuspidate teeth; tendrils simple; peduncles bearing a cordate, denticulate 

 bract close to the flower ; $ calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, longer than the tube, half as long 

 as the corolla; fruit ellipsoidal, crested-tubercled. — Peduncles of (?,li"-2" long, of ? 

 shorter ; corolla 8"'-6"', fruit 2" long. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica {Maef., WiU^ ; 

 [trop. Africa ! to the Cape !, trop. Arabia ! and East Indies !J. 



