74 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
1000 ft. ; infr. Nov.; п. 2091a. S. Umtali District, 2000-3000 ft.; in Я. Oct. ; 
n. 6605. А climber common in the Jihu and found also in the neighbour- 
hood of Chirinda. 
Distrib. Mozambique District. 
OPHIOCAULON CISSAMPELOIDES, Masters in Oliver, FL Trop. Afr. ii. 518. 
Jihu, Kurumadzi River, 2000 ft. ; in fl. Nov.: n. 2090. A climber. 
Distrib. Upper and Lower Guinea. 
CUCURBITACEJE. 
PEPONIA CHIRINDENSIS, J. G. Baker, sp. nov. 
Caulis scandens glaber vel subglaber, foliis membranaceis mediocriter 
petiolatis ambitu late cordato-suborbicularibus basi sinu lato apice subacumi- 
nato vix ad medium acute 3-lobatis lobis remotis divergentibus lobo medio 
majore margine undulatis remote et acute dentatis dentibus acutis utrinque 
præter nervos levibus vel sublevibus nervis palmatim dispositis subtus pro- 
minentibus eirrhis elongatis glabris inæqualiter bifidis ; pedunculo communi 
masculo robusto 3—5-floro siriato subglabro, pedicellis ad basin bracteatis, 
bracteis late ovatis apice rotundatis ; calycis tubo subeylindrico extus subglabro 
intus pubescente dentibus angustis patulis quam tubo 3—4-plo brevioribus ; 
petalis extus tomentosis (sec. cl. detectorem) citrinis; filamentis applanatis 
basi dilatatis quam antherarum capitulo brevioribus cum antheris in capitulum 
oblongum cohverentibus ; fl. 9 ignotis. 
Hab. Chirinda outskirts, 3700-4000 ft.; n. 2102; in fl. Nov. 8th, 1906. 
А large fleshy climber with cucumber-like fruit and yellow flowers. 
Folia +6-10 сш. longa.  Petioli L5—40 em. longi. Calycis tubus 
+ 20 cm. longus, dentes +6 mm. longi. Petala +3°5 em. longa. Staminum 
filamenta +6 mm. longa, capitulum antherarum +13 mm. longum. 
Allied to P. Боти, Cogn., but differing in the larger flowers, the always 
bifid cirrhi, and the broader bracts. 
Momorpica FETIDA, Schum. $ Thonn. Pl. Guin. 426. 
Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft.; in fl. Dec. ; n. 94. Kurumadzi R., Jihu, 
2000 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; n. 2087. 
Distrib. Widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 
Cucumis ZEYHERI, Sond. in Harv. $ Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 496. 
Chirinda outskirts, 3800 ft. ; in fl. May ; n. 446. 
Distrib. South Africa, Natal. 
MELOTHRIA LONGEPEDUNCULATA, Cogn. Mon. 613 (forma). 
Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft.; in fl. Jan. ; n. 232. A climber with small 
white flowers. 
Distrib. Abyssinia, German East. Africa, Arabia. 
