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and efpfcially towards tlie navel, to a fliarp edge, witli very 

 minute, wliitiAi briftles or fcales lyini^ clofc to their furface. 

 Gsrt. La Marck dclcribes a plant, cultivated at Paris, 

 which he takes to be the fame, in which tiie leaves are 

 roughifh beneath. 6. B. cretka. IJnn. " Leaves palmate, 

 rough with callous points on their upper furface." Root 

 long, not fo large as B. diolcn, running deep into the ground. 

 Stems (lender, rough, furnilhcd with tendrils. Leaves di- 

 vided like thofe of ihe coniiTion fort, but Icfs, ilreaked or 

 fpotted with white. FIo'ilhts axillary, pale, llrcakcd, on 

 long pendant peduncles. Berr'us fuiall, femi-globular, di- 

 vided at top into two parts, red, generally containing only 

 two feeds. Miller, and I^a Marck. Native of Candia, 

 whence the feeds were fent to C. Bauhin. Cultivated by 

 Miller, before 1779. 7. B. lonanevfts. Mil.; futfolui, La 

 Marck. Dill. Elth.tab. 50. fig. 58. La Maick, PI. 796. i. 

 " Leaves femi-palmate, five-parted, with obtufe fegments, 

 hairy." Root -jinA Jl ems like thofe of the common bryony. 

 Leaves refembling thofe of the common fig, but fmaller ; 

 narrower and fmaller at the ends of the branches, hairy, and . 

 very rounh, upper furface deep green, lower whilirti. Na- 

 tive of Buenos Ayres. Cultivated in the Elcham garden, 

 about 1726. Mil. 8. B. •variegala. Miller. " Leaves pal- 

 mate, with lanceolate fegments, fpotted on the upper, 

 fmooth on the under fide ; fruit ovate, fcattered." 9. B. 

 ^randis. Lin. Mant. " I<eavcs cordate, angular, fmoothifli, 

 glandular at the bafe underneath ; tendrils fimple." Stem 

 fhrubby, fmooth, large, branching, fcandent. Leaves 

 roundifii, five-angled, not lobed, fmooth on both fides, 

 fcarcely denticulate, obtufe, alternate, pctiolcd. Flowers 

 large, whitifli, androgynous, lateral; peduncles one-flow- 

 ered. Berry roundifii, red, fmooth, five-celled. Seeds few, 

 oblong, obtufe, compreffed. Native of India and Cochin- 

 china. Introduced into England in 1783, byMr. I.Gras- 

 fer ; into France, by M. Sonncrat. 10. B.tordifo/ia. Linn. 

 " Leaves cordate, oblong, five-lobed, toothed, fcabrons ; 

 petioles long, with two teeth at the bafe of the leaf." Stem 

 angular, rough. Native of Ceylon. La Marck fufpefts it 

 to be a variety of the preceding. 11. B. Maderafpntana, 

 Berg. cap. 351. Cucumis Maderqfpalana. Linn. "Leaves 

 cordate-triangular, toothed, feabrous ; berries globular, ax- 

 illary, in pairs." La Marck. Stem (lender, angular, thinly 

 fprinkled with fmall callous protuberances. L'jves longer 

 than the petiole, toothed at the edges, flightly villous be- 

 neath, green, and rather rough. Floiucrs Imall, axillary, 

 with a villous calyx, growing two or three together on very 

 fliort peduncles. Berries globular, many-feeded. A native 

 of the Eall Indies. La Marck fays, that it is certainly 

 a bryony. 12. Vi. fealrella, I^inn. fil. 424. " Leaves cor- 

 date, angular, and lobed, callous-hifpid ; tendrils fimple; 

 berries globular ; ^efA muricate." Martyn. Whole plant 

 very fcabrons. Ste>iis five-cornered, hifpid. Tendrils fimple. 

 Leaves blunt, unequally toothed, a little curled at the edge; 

 petioles hifpid. Peduncles many; axillary (hort. Cal^K 

 bell-fhaped, five-toothed. Corollas fmall, very like thofe of 

 melothria, yellow. It has altogether the itature of melotltria, 

 but the whole plant is hiipid and rugged, and has the llamens 

 of bryony. A native of the Eall Indies found by Dr. Kre- 

 nig, and introduced into England in 1781, by vSir Jofeph 

 Banks, bart. La Marck def'cribes a plant under the fame 

 Ipccific name, which he thinks nearly allied to the precedi.ig, 

 with a doubt whether it be \.\\e feohrella of the yoiinger Lin. 

 mus. It differs from Martyn's plant in having its berries 

 perfeftly fmooth ; a circumftance which the younger Liu- 

 nxus iias left undetermined. La Marck's dcleription was 

 rviade from a dried fpeclmen. i ;. Y>.J'cabra. Linn. fil. 42^. 

 " Leaves cordate, angular, toothed, callous-pointed above. 



villous llnderncaili, feabrous on both fides. Tendrils fimple. 

 Berries globular, fmooth." Found at the cape by Thun- 

 berg and Mafion, and introduced into England in 177}. 

 La Marck docs not notice this fpecies, unltls it be his fea- 

 brellit. 14. B. H.if.'(7. La Marck. " Lower leaves Cordate- 

 ro'.indifh, very entire ; upper ones deeply three-lobed ; lobes 

 obtufe." Allied to B. AjVicana, but much fmalKr, and 

 with leaves lefs deeply cut. Stems (lender, a liitle villctis, 

 fcarcely more than a foot and a half high. Leaves alternate- 

 potioled, green, fmooth above, feabrous, with callous ])oiiits 

 beneath. Native of Africa. Dtfcribcd from a living plant 

 without flowers in the Koyal garden at Paris. 11;. B. /Ih/- 

 Jinica. La Marck. " Lea\es large, cordate, toothed ; up- 

 per ones lobed-angular ; petioles :uid peduncles very villous." 

 Stem fix or eight feet high, villous, efpecially near the top. 

 Leaves foft, almoll fmooth, deep green above, a little glau- 

 cous beneath ; the lower ones cordate and toothed, the up- 

 per ones with four or five angular, unequal lobes. Flowers 

 yellovvifh, axillary, in pairs ; peduncles fimple, flioi t. Co- 

 rolla five-parted, fpreading, veined. A native of Africa. 

 Dcfcribed from a living plant in the Royal garden at Paris. 

 16. B. jlmericana. La Marck. " Leaves large, cordate, 

 thrce-lobcd ; berries oval, with two or three feeds." Rcot 

 tender, white, a little bitter. Stems long, angular, twining, 

 jointed, with a leaf, a tendril, and a flower at each joint. 

 L.eaves petioled, a little rough, with a few rather fpinous 

 teeth, and refcmbling thofe of the common fig. Flowers 

 pedunculate, with five divifions, greenifii without, white 

 within. Berries oval, about the fize of an olive, red. Seeds 

 two or three, bedded in a fpongy pulp. Plumier's MSS. 

 A native of the Antilles. 1 7. B. Japoniea. Thunb. " Leaves 

 cordate, undivided, and angular, toothed, unarmcd-hifpid." 

 Lobes of the leaves angular, fliarp, with very minute hairs 

 on the upper furface, pale underneath, dotted with fcales, 

 an inch long. It creeps on walls. Native of Japan. 18. 

 B. raeemnfa. Miller. Plum. pi. 83. t. 97. " Leaves cor- 

 date, three-lobed, the upper ones ovate and fomewhat rug- 

 ged ; flowers in racemes ; berries nodding, oval." A native 

 of Jamaica. 19. B. verrucofa. Ait. Hort. Kew. 5. 385. 

 " Leaves cordate, angled ; the upper furface and the veins 

 underneath callous -feabrous; the callofities remote ; tendrils 

 fimple; berries globular." 20. ]i. laleiro/a. Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. 3. 384. " Leaves fubtrilobate, hairy, drawn to a 

 point at the bafe." This and the foregoing were obferved 

 by MafTon in the Canary iflanJs, and introduced here in 1 779. 

 The latter is eafily diftinguiflied from its congenere by the 

 leaves not being in the leajl cordate at the bafe, but decurrent 

 along the petioles. 2 i . B. amplexicaulss. La Marck. " Stem 

 angular, fmooth ; leaves flat, cordate, fubangular, embracing 

 the Rem ; berries folitarv, acuminate." Stems flender, 

 feandent ; leaves alternate, cordate, fiightly angular, fmooth 

 on both fides, dotted above, glaucous below, on fhort pe- 

 tioles ; the upper fometimi s divided iatn ftraight diverging 

 lobes. Floii'irs fmall, axillary, folitary, pedunclcd. Germ 

 fliarp-pointed at the fummit. Berry flefny, acuminate, very 

 fmooth, nearly the (^-.'.s of a hazel nut. A native of the 

 Ea(l Ir.die:;, communicated by M. Sonncrat, and defcribed 

 from a dried fpecimen. ^2. Yi.brjlata. Martyn. Lour. Co- 

 chinch. 594. " Leaves hattate, edged with little teeth, 

 fmooth ; peduncles many-flowered." Stem herbaceous, 

 flender, fcandent, cirrhofc. Flo'ivers androgynous, white, 

 axillary. Calyx none. Corolla tubular, with a five-patted, 

 upright border. Filaments placed at the bottom of the co- 

 rolla, with three alternate, wartcd glands. Berr^ ovate, 

 acute, fmall, red, oue-ccUcd ; containing a few ovate, arilled 

 feeds. Native of China about Canton. 23. B. triloba. 

 Martyn. " Leaves three lobed, five-nerved ; ftipiiles round- 



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