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2. Frantzia pittieri (Cogn.) Pittier. Figures 37, — , 39. 



Cyclanthera pittieri Cogn. Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 30: 275. 1891. 

 Plant entirely glabrous. Stems slender, branched, densely foliose, 10-sulcate, smooth. 



Fig. 37.-Male flower of Frantzia pittieri with parts, a, Flower; b, transparent bud; c, transverse section, 

 showing nectaries; d, stamens, a-d, Scale ti. 



Petioles striate, 3 to 5 cm. long. Leaf blades about 10 cm. long, 9 to 12 cm. broad, 

 deep green above, paler beneath, densely and minutely white-dotted above, entire 



Fig 38.-Female flower of Frantzia pittieri with parts, a, Flower; 6, ovary, longitudinal section, showing 

 pendulous ovule; c, transverse section of the 4-lobed stigma, a-c, Scale 0. 



and more or less rhomboidal or subtrilobate, deeply emarginate at the base; margin 

 wide-toothed, the teeth broad and obtuse. Tendrils 3 to 5-branched, the common 

 peduncle rather slender, 2 to 4 cm. long, the branches filiform. 



