f 



367 



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(ti5tposili9, f1. iBasciiliB plnribnB, femineH in racraii biifli so^ 

 lilariis, caljris fem. dentibns }ineari- Janc^olarfs frt^o bre- 

 TJoribus, frncto oblongo- cyliDdrico laevinscDlo calyce coro- 

 Dato qn.tdi-ilocBlari, sfmiBibas CQinpressis* 



AUe scandit ad arborea ctQriDameQftfs, rainis fiorifms 

 aphjllia ftU^aater ex arborom coma pendentibaa. ^,Flot fla- 

 Tua; ca(jT ruber, frnctus yirides"; m. April, fl, et fr. apui 

 ptaiil. La Rencontre. 



^b A.trilobata Linn. (Phrra, Amer. ed, Burra, Tab. 22!) 

 differl folionim forma^ pracscrlira ima eorum basi in mpdio 

 mnn acuia ibique nervle 2 Iftterallbne nurginata, lobis bre- 

 vioribna, fructii fere laeri riK — Folium 2b ecu*, longam, 

 23 latnm , lobo medio 11 — 12 cent,, iateralibua 7 longis, 

 omoibos brevi - Acujninatissimis , illo elliptico laferalibus la- 

 tiore. Folia itaque vijc usqae ad y^ long, iobala, Margiafa 

 sursam inlegerrimi^ Tel repaudij deorsam miuate dcoticolati. 

 ff^orescentia tota racemoso^panicDlata 25 — 50 cent. Ion- 

 ga, axi ramisqne aogolfttis snlcatis glabrinscoli*?. Ped'tcelH 

 supra ramog breves vel breyisaiinoa racemose vel fascicnla- 

 tim diapositl, ^2 — ^ *^^^*' long>> masc. plrnimque plurea 

 coaferti, feminet solUarii crasgiores subolavati, FL ftm^ 

 ovarium angnslc elliplicnm^ cal^cis tubus (par^ acil. itbtra) 

 cjliDdriens 1 cent, toagns^ denies 5 — O mm. pubeinli? 

 Fructus 4 — 4V3 C6»L longos ntrinque parumper AitenuatUB 

 hie illic parce moriculalus, 



MOMORDICA Li or. 



L Momordica Charantia Linn^l DC. Prodr. IW p. 

 3U. Folia in meia 3 — 7-l9ba. — Crirwi* (spoBtanea?) 

 in hortis prope Paramaribo. 



Ob$€rv. Inter species ruKasbnjPS ordinis prrtiaent: Cu- 

 ^mit Melo L. fi. Cantalupo Ser.\ C. satiiw I. fi. Jin- 



