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NEOBOT. 
long, leaves minute 2 or 3 lines long, flowers 
very small, green but lobes white. 
994. Aplarina? microphyla R. prostrate 
smooth, stems terete ramose, leaves on short 
petiols rounded subcordate obliqual entire ob- 
tuse or retuse; flowers solitary pedicelate — in 
Louisiana and Texas, same size, but leaves verv 
minute only one line long, flowers few and so 
minute that I cannot avalyze them, they are ap- 
parently campanulate 41obe and male, no cap- 
sule being visible. 
995. Synexemia cuneifolia Raf. stems erect 
simple, leaves petiolate adpressed cuneate acute, 
stipules subulate ; flowers extra-axilary solitary 
or geminate pedunculate — Louisiana and Ar- 
kanzas, stems humble 2 to 4 inches high, leaves 
3 lines long, flowers minute. For my G. Sy- 
nexemia 1825 (Mascalanthus Nut. 1834) see 
my Neogenyton and fl. tellur. 1191, 
996. ARKEZOSTXS Raf. Cucurbitacea 
near Melothria, , diff. fl. hermaphr. and male, 
minute campanulate 5fid, ovary oblong constric- 
ted above, style with single stigma trilobe almost 
coadunate with 3 stamens monadelphous and 
syngenese covering it. Male fl. still smaller, 
stamens subsessile. Berry oblong trilocular 
trisperme ! Habit of Melothria , but flowers 
and berries subsessile.— A distinct G. probably 
blended in our Melothria chiefly different by 3 
seeded berries sessile. It was once sent me by 
Dr. Short as the BoyJdnia trispora of Wray 
and Nuttal, but my Therofon (see 902) is the 
only BoyJdnia published by Nuttal. My name 
was a classical one of Bryonia. 
997. Arkezostis quinquelora R. scandent 
roughish, stem striate, leaves petiolate cordate 
51obed, sinusses obtuse, lobes ovate acute re- 
