* '4!)V Ci mi LLTJS pot octnthis (Am. Cucmis colo-
eyntkis Linn.) siems scabrous : leaves glabrous, and nearly
quite smo ith ab >i(, 'go,piously in mu u 1 bom ith with
small white aii® often hair-bearing, ti^p le -s,. many cleft
and lobe 1 tli.i lot ss.-obtuse ter lul sh it ar i simple
female flowers solitary : calyx-tube globose and hispid;
segments of the limb narrow-linear: fruit globose; gla- :
fiiou ; flesh \ eel bitler.-—W. and A. Prod. I. page 342.
1 V branch with tl nvers and fruit, natural size— 2 a
male flower i fhd'same,- petals re up.ve l to show the
anthers- 1 inthers d tached and sepai i tc d tc show the
connectiva—5. female flower front vie v owing' i "
styl s tigmas and. abortive an hers - 6 ovary rut trai s-
versely three-celle d. but wi h six pl.u c.ititVn us margins
l ^ w f u l l grown fruit, opt transversely—8 a. seed, natural
« zg—9 10-11.’ di sections of the same.
499, Li pi a il -i \HDnA (RiOxb ) lower le lyës, acutely
angled, upper bnes palmatei with lanceolate segments
male racemes (large),on a. long peduncle stamens distinct
< ilyx-segmerits of the fein le flow rs covered with
g lan d s: fruit linear-oblong, smooth, marked with JO
iongitudibai iines but not ribbed, ( 1-3 feet long and
about 3 inches thick) seeds (gray) with elevated dots,
and sharp waved margins.—W. and A. Prod. X. page 343.
1 Portion cÆ,%bi^neh witji fle,wcrtardsfj,vyt— 1 mile
flower- 3 le male flower, corolla removed in both cases—
1 ovary e it transversely—> portion cut longitudinally
.—6 a see d natural size, cut longitudinally—7 i seed ut
‘ transversely.,
500 11m om . i.acimo- a ’ (Linn ) stem-, (glahroiira
tendrils bifid: leaves slightly scabrous, palmat ly >-
1 be 1 egme nts oble ng 1 me eolate icuminated sen at-
ed petioles shortei than the leaves n in e ted male
flowers fase iele d , fe male solitary in the same axil berries
(size of a cherry) spherical, glabrous, 3-celled
seeds few in each cell, with a pulpy arillus, tubero-ic
^M ® i„ a n d gibbous suberose sides.—W. and A. PrtjdC
T: p 'l ^ è&5.
1 rjowerino braneh—2 male flowi r optyird and spread*
out showing tta ennni < tiva of I he an th e rs- 3 male flower,
corolla rempyieil to show the anthers m situ—l female
flower, front view—5 styles and stigmas- 6 corolla,
female, spread out showing the redunculary stamens—
7 young fruit cut transversely 3-celled, with one seed in
■..each by abortion ?—8 -9 different views of the seed—
lO.filVthe same dissected.
601 Bryon a scabruli.a (T,inn.) stem«., petioles and
peduncles hispid and scabrous tendrils simple leaves
cordate, lobed or angled, scabrous on the upper Side, scabrous
and hispid on the under flowers shor -pedum led ,
males fascicl :d ; female 1 4, in differ lit axil from the
male: berry globular;, (size of a pea), glabrous or
sprinkled with i few bristly hairs: seeds several, surrounded
by a narrow zone rhgose from numerous shal-
lov hollows,—a, Plukenetii; leaves acutely 5 lobed, the
■middle lobe often longer than the others; berths;dually
2-4-together.—W: and A". Prod. I. p. 345.
igrai A branch in flower and fruit—2 male flower,‘ side
view—3 the sahie opened and spread out to “how the-;
stamehsfefd’redunculary ovary—1 stamens front, back
and side views—5 female flower—6 the same, calyx and
corolla removed showing the style, stigmas and disk—7
ovary cut transversely h-celled - il cut vertically—9 a
berry, natural size—10 the same cut transversely—11 a
seed; natural size—12-13-14 and 15 dissections of the
seed.
502. Bryonia ampLEXioauhs (Lam. Earivia am-
plexieaulis Arn.) monoecious : stems glabrous ; tendrils
simple : leaves on very short petioles, or almost sessile,
deeply cordate or sagittate at the base (the lobes much
longer than the petiole), ovate or oblong, entire or angled,
hiûeronate, sinuate and toothed, calhms-dotted and
IsHgJiily scabious on the upper side, glabrous and smooth
on the ohdér, somewhat coriaceous : male flowers in an
umbel at thi ape? of a slender peduncle rather shorter
than the leayes ; pedicels short, without bracteoles calyx
eafft'panulafe : females solitary, very short-pednncled, in
the same or different axils from the males : berry (smaller
than a hazel-nut) broadly ovate, rostrate, few- (about
4-) seeded : seeds oval, thick, compressed, surrounded
with a thick corky 1 closely warted and rugose zone, the
sides flatfish, sprinkled1 with little tubercles.—W. and
'A, PiÿpJfÊ |lage 346.
1 Flowering branch, natural size—2 male flower split
open showing; the stamens—3 female flower similarly
opened—4 a a p S cut transversely - 5 a seed, natural
size—6 a ,;se< d and arillus opened—7 the same cut
transversely', -i
i 5031 Bryonia epigæa (Rottl. Acltrnandra epigoea
A rn ) stem glabrous,, often very flexuose at the joints :
tendrils! simple : leaves somewhat fleshy, on Iongish pétioles,
cordate son» t r es only obtusely angled, usually
i 1 ed densely » vei 1 ri both, sides with short bristly
bail s 1 >be s ■- rouhiipd the lateral ones t be broadest and
sli htly 2-1 b 1 ill l m till and lightly toothed male
ll wer sb flK i embss it th ipex of a long thickish
pulum.lt calyx, campanulate female's shortish pedun-
cled, solitary", in the same oi different axils; from the
males berry ovate, rostrate, glabrous, few-seéSed : seeds
(white) compressed, with the sides slightly convex.—
W. and A. Prod'. I. page 346.
1 I Flowering branch—2 male flower front view—3
corolla detached and opeued to show the stamens—4
f male flower and ovary -5 ovary cut transversely 2-
celled - 6 fruit cut trait versely ; 7- a seed 1
I 504. Momordica char anti a (Linn.) stems more or
less hairy or villous : leaves palmately 5-lobed, sinuatetoothed,
vhen young mon or le s villous on the under
side particularly on the nerves : peduncles slender with
a ren f rm bracteok male ones with the br cteole it out
till middle, fi male with it near the base calyx- segments
oblong fruit oblong or ovate tapering at both ends,
more or less tubercled oi muricated seeds with a thick
notched margin and red arillus.— a ; fruit longer and
more oblong, tubercled. - V* and A Prod I. page 348.
1. Flowering branch—2 male flower, corolla removed
— tin; same° calyx removed, showing the stamens—4
cut vertically showii g the tabulai < ilyx - 5 female flower,
p tak removed nd calyx drawn back showing the
sterile anthers and the deeply 2-lobed stigmas—6 a
fruit divid 1 transversely—7 a seed, natural size—S-i)
the same dissect :d. „
-,V 505F5,06.iti MomoRdica- moieA\(ß.oxb.) dioeCious •. toot
tuberous, perennial : J stems glabrous or rarely slightly
hairy leaves Iongish petioled, cordate it the base, from
entire to 3-4-lob'id, toothed, upper side slightly sca-
bi ous, undei smooth or nearly so : _ petioles without
glands: peduncle slender, with entire bracteoles ; male
with the bracteok close to the flower cucullati und
concealing, the lower part of the flower ; female with
a smallish one near the base calyx-segments subulate
petals lanceolate : fruit (about the size and shape o f a
partridge-egg) ovate, muricated : seeds oval, surrounded
with a large red arillus — a ; leaves cordate, acuminated,
usually entire.—W. and A. Prod. 1. page 313.
905—1 Flowering branch of male plant—A flower
and its bractea, petal removed. ,i
,. ■' 506—1 Bi am li of a female plant with flowers and fruit
à—flower, petals removed—3 ovary cut lengthwise—4
cut transversely—5 a seed—6-7 the same dissected.
Ois. These and some of the other figures were prepared
By Rungiah not under my superintendence, hence
the dissections are less perfect than desirable.
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