Zehneria.} lxv. cucurbitace^e. 851 
or sigmoid. Female, style cylindric, 3-lobed. Fruit globose or 
cylindric. Seeds obovoid. Species 10, all tropics. 
(1) Z. umbellata Thw. Enum. 125; Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 625. 
Usually glabrous. Leaves ovate-deltoid cordate to hastate 
(or 3- to 5-partite to near base), mucronulate, 3-5 in. long, 2 in. 
wide at base; petioles ’2 in. long. Male corymb sub-sessile, *2 in. 
long. Flowers numerous crowded very small. Females solitary ; 
peduncle very short. Fruit short, cylindric. Seeds few, obovoid, 
slight-compressed, quite smooth. Hab. Open sandy country. 
Perak, Kwala Temengoh (Ridley). Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China, 
Australia. 
8. GYNOSTEMMA, Bl. 
Climbing shrubs, tendrils simple. Leaves pedate; leaflets 
3 to 5, ovate, lanceolate serrate membranous. Flowers very small 
in diffuse axillary panicles. Male calyx short, bilobed. Corolla 
rotate, 5-partite lobes lanceolate. Stamens 5 ; anthers 2-celled, 
straight. Females as in male, but ovary round; styles 2 to 3 
united below, bifid at tip. Fruit globose umbonate 1- to 3-seeded. 
Seeds warty. Species 4, Indo-Malayan. 
(x) G. pedata Bl. Bijdr. 23; King, l.c. 40. 
Leaves, petioles 1*5 in. long; leaflets 3 to 7 acute, base narrowed, 
crenulate, *75 to 2*5 in. long, *4 to 1 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. long. 
Panicles 3 to 6 in. long, pubescent. Corolla yellowish. Fruit 
•15 in. across. Hab. Edges of forests, rare. Perak, road to Jor 
from Tapah. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
9 . ZANONIA, Linn. 
Leaves ovate or oblong, simple. Flowers small in large com¬ 
pound racemes. Males pedicelled. Females sessile. Males, sepals 
3, oblong or orbicular. Corolla rotate 5-lobed. Stamens 5, free 
on a fleshy disc; anthers i-celled. Females as male, but ovary 
sub-clavate. Styles 3-bifid at tip. Capsule elongate, cylindric 
top truncate, 3-valved. Seeds surrounded by a large wing. 
Species 3, Indo-Malayan. 
Leaves ovate oblong; fruit 2*5 in. long , . . • (1) Z. indica 
Leaves ovate round; fruit 5 to 8 in. long . . • ( 2 ) Z. Clarkei 
(1) Z. indica Linn. Sft. PI. 1028; Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
ii. 633; King, l.c. 41. 
Slender climber 30 to 50 ft. long, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 
ovate-oblong acute, base rounded retuse; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 2 to 
3-5 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide ; petioles *68 to *8 in. long. Panicles 
large about 18 in. long with very many slender branches, on the 
lower part of the stem. Flowers light yellow about -3 in. wide, 
very shortly pedicelled. Fruit cylindric, campanulate, 3 in. long, 
dark green, truncate at top. Seeds flat thin, nucleus ‘6 in. long; 
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