1854.] Some account oftlie Botanical Collection. G45 



I am, besides this plant, in possession of the two undermentioned 

 genera of the same sub-family. # 



* Gomphogyne. — Flores monoici ? ; masc. rotati. Sepala 5. Petala 5, lanceo- 

 lata. Stamina 5, soluta, antheris unilocularibus. Faem (tubus clavatus.) Petala 

 acuminatissima. Ovarium inferium, 1-loculare ; ovula 3, pendula ex apice loculi. 

 Fructus capsularis, apice truncato dehiscens. Semina 2, rugosa, raargine incrassato. 



Habitus. — Herba scandens, carnosa, habitu Cissi, foliis pedatis. Fl. masculi 

 longe paniculati, fseminei racemosi, racemis paucifloris nutantibus. Petala fl, 

 masculi denticulato-fimbriata, pagina papillosa. Filamenta ima basi coalita. 

 Pedicelli florum famineorum articulati. Perianthium reflexum. Fructus venosus, 

 interveniis reticulars. Semina utrinque rapheos complete?, rugoso -marginat a, 



Obs. — Genus affine Zanoniee situ stylorum, forma et debiscentia capsulse ; 

 Actinostemmati calyce pentasepalo, petalis faeminei floris acuminatis, et ovarii 

 uniloculars placentis punctiformibus. 



G. cissi/ormis. 



Habit. — Budrinath, Himalayan Range. Mr. Edgeworth. 



Descr. — " Scandens, glaberrima. Folia longe petiolata, pedata, foliolis sep- 

 tenis, lanceolatis, inciso-serratis, dentibus mucronulatis. Cirrhi oppositifolii, 

 saepius simplices. Fl. ^.racemosi, in apice ramorum saepius defoliatorum sicut 

 paniculam longissimam formantes, breviter pedicellati, pentameri. Sepala et 

 petala pubescentia, viridescentia. Stamina 5, libera. Fl. $ fasciculati, longe 

 pedunculati. Calycis laciniae 5, subulatae persistentes. Petala 5, ovata, acuta. 

 Styli 3, apice bifid i. Fructus subtrigono-campaniformis, apice truncatus et 

 planus, cornutus stylis persistentibus, apice dehiscens, 1-locularis, ex abortu semi- 

 nis unius dispermus. Semina crassa, oblonga, nigra, margine intrassato rugosa, 

 amarissima." Edgeworth MSS. 



Enkylia. — Flores dioici ? ; masc. rotati. Sepala 5. Petala 3, acuminatissima, 

 aestivatione involuta. (a) Stamina 5 ; filamentis complete monadelphis, antheris 

 unilocularibus. Fcem. Perianthium maris. Ovarium inferum, bi- triloculare ; ovula 

 in loculis solitaria. Style 2-3, basicjaliti, apice bifidi. Fructus globosus, medium 

 supra annulatus, trilocularis. Semina solitaria, verrucosa-rauriculata. 



Habitus. — Herbae scandentes habitu Cissi, pilis articulati mollibus piloses. — 

 Cirrhi lateralis. Folia pedata, foliolis quinis, mucronato-crenatis serraiisve. 

 Flores paniculati, minuti Baccae pisiformes. 



Obs. — Genus Actinostemmati affinis, discrepans habitu, filamentis monadelphis, 

 forma stigmatum, et structura fructus. An Cyclantherae affinis ? 



1. E. digyna, foliolis subtus glabris, paniculis molliter et parce pubescentibus, 

 petalis fl. faem. oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, stylis 2 basi coalitis, fructibus 

 pubescentibus. 



(a) This aestivation it is proper to remark, occurs in, at least, one genuine Cucurbita- 

 cea, see Trichosanthes tuberosa, Bot. Mag-, t. 2703. 



