Berger: Erne neue Agave. — Cogniaux: Une nouvelle Melothria. 5Q3 



emittens, nervi ut reticulum ambis paginis leviter elevati; stipulae late 

 semicordatae, nervatae, glanduloso-dentatae; amenta $ breve petiolata 

 (petiolus foliis 3 — 4 obovato-lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, ad 2 cm longis in- 

 structs) 5—7 cm longa, ad 0,8 cm crassa; squamae ovatae acutae, 

 crispo-villosae ; stamina numerosa (ad 25), filamenta squamis duplo lon- 

 giora vel breviora, infera parte dense crispo-villosa; amenta $ breviora, 

 3 cm longa, 1,5 cm crassa; ovaria petiolata (petiolus nectariam internum 

 terties superans) ovata acuta, primo crispo-hirsuta mox glabres- 

 centia, demum glabrata; stylus obsoletus; stigmata crassa. 



Aegyptus superior: G. Ehrenberg, Ibrim (Ebrim) in Nilo prope 

 Iittus no. 211 ,5$, id. no. 196 ad Dongula $ £; item Schimper, Iter 

 abyssinicum (1854) no. 106 am Takare-Strand, 3000' 14. IX. 54. 



Icon, photogr. Toepffer, Salicetum exsiccatum no. 385. 



Monstr. julifurca Toepff.: juli <5 apice furcati vel 3— 6-partiti. 



G. Ehrenberg, Aegypt. super, Ebrim (Ibrim) in Nilo prope Iittus 

 (no. 211). 



Icon, photogr. in Toepffer, Salicet. exsicc. no. 386. 



XC1I. Eine neue Agave. Agave Vilmoriniana 

 Berger, nov. spec. 



(Originaldiagnose.) 



Rosula ca. 25 foliata, laxa, folia erecta sed mox recurvata et pa- 

 tentia, carnosa mollia viridia vel glauca vel caesia laevia anguste lineari- 

 lanceolata longe et sensim acuminata, supra usque primum tertium 

 planoconvex^ superne canaliculata marginibus integerrimis cartilagineis 

 incurvis subundulatis, subtus convexa; spina terminalis 3—4 cm longa 

 subulata gracilis lateraliter compressa ± usque medium anguste sulcata 

 et secus margines per ca. 3 — 4 cm decurrens. 



Ex Mexico, cl. Digue t in Hort. Bot. Parisiens. introduxit. 



Species singularis, habitu fere Beschorneriarum, ut videtur A. Ette- 

 mectianae afflnis, sed flores adhuc ignoti. 



Ich nenne die Art zu Ehren des Herrn Maurice L. de Vilmorin. 



XCUI. Une nouvelle Melothria de I'Erythree, 



par A. Cogniaux. 

 (Originaldiagnose.) 



Melothria Gilgiana Cogn., nov. spec. 



Dioica; foliis breviter petiolatis, rigidiusculis, ambitu ovato-oblongis, 

 supra brevissime subsparseque setuloso-scabris, subtus dense tomentosis, 

 profunde 5-lobatis, lobis obtusiusculis et breviter mucronatis, margine 

 integerrimis vel vix perspicue undulato-denticulatis, terminali elongato 



