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'era on a solitary filiform reverted axillary pedicel twice 
the length of the petiole, accompanying the male raceme. 
Calyx and corolla as in the barren flower. Vestiges of 
the stamens obscure. Disk urceolate, crenulated. Ovary 
oblong: style short: stigma capitate, 3-partite, with the 
divisions bifid. Berry pendulous, size of a sparrow’s egg, 
ovoid, purple when ripe, glabrous, 3-cellcd: seeds nume- 
rous, ovate, albido-sericeo-villous, inserted by the sharp 
end to the angle formed by the septum and the rind. 
This is a very common plant in the mountains, and in 
seasonable districts. When it grows in a cleared place, 
it may be observed sending out a long filiform sarmentum 
in search of some shrub or other object to which it may 
attach itself. As I could not reconcile this plant, to the 
generic characters of meloturia, I preferred forming a 
new genus for its reception. 
IX. T RICHOS ANTHES. 
Flowers monoecious, white. £ Calyx subcla- 
vate, 5-partite $ lobes setaceo-apendiculated, ex- 
ternally furnished with 5 teeth alternating with 
the lobes. Corolla 5-partite, ciliated. Filaments 
with 3 stamens (triadelphous) : anthers coales- 
cing, with the locales very tlexuose. ? Calyx 
5-toothed. Corolla 5-partite, lacinioso-ciliated. 
Style 3-lid : stigmata oblong, subulate. Fruit 
oblong, l ? — 3-9-celled. Seeds compressed, tuni- 
cated, obtuse, much depressed. — DC. 
Name from r^s hairs, and avdog a flower in allusion to 
the lobes of the corolla being fringed or ciliated. 
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1. Trichosanthes Colubrina. Snake-plant. 
Stem sulcated, cirrhi tripartite, leaves cordato- 
subrotund obsoletely 3-5-lobed remotely toothed 
villoso-pubescent, male flowers panicled, female 
flowers axillary subsessile arising with the pedun- 
cle of the male flowers. Calyx very long with 
the limb reflected, fruit subterete very long, seeds 
obovate red. 
