524 LXIV. CUCURBITACEE (HOOKER). [ Telfairia. 
Ampelosicyos scandens, Thouars, Hist. Veg. Ins. Afr. 68, t. a Jollifiia 
africana, Bojer ex Del. in Mem. Hist. Nat. Paris, iii. 314, t. 6. 
Mozamb. Distr. Bojer ex Hort. Maurit. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! 
Seeds oily, boiled and eaten by the negroes. 
2. 'T. occidentalis, Hook.f. Very similar indeed to 7. pedata, - 
the leaflets are all triple-nerved from near the base, the fore Arnot 
rently smaller and the calyx-lobes less deeply serrate. ve ‘ ~ 
seen. Fruit 2 ft. long, acutely 10-ribbed, apex obtusely produce = 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Barter! Common in littoral hedges of Eup 
ee) 
aphylla, Dr. Welwitsch! Fernando Po, Mann! Abbeokuta, Irving! 
of ae states that it is cultivated for the seeds, which the negroes boil and eat. 
2. TROCHOMERIA, Hook. f.; Benth. et Hook. f 
Gen. Plant. ii. 822. 
Monecious. Male fl.: Peduncles 1—3-flowered. Calyx-tube bre 
or funnel-shaped, teeth minute. Corolla rotate, lobes 5, eae te 
or subulate. Filaments 3, free, inserted in the calyx-tube ; ll me re 
cluded, linear, slightly cohering, one 1-celled, two 2-celled, a “ one 
plicate ; connective villous or papillose at the tip. Rudiment pr 
conical. Female fl.: Solitary. Staminodes 8. Ovary oblong 4 ete 3 
lumnar, stigma 3-lobed ; ovules many, on 3 placentas. Fruit ore daa 
or subglobose, fleshy. Seeds few, tumid; testa smooth, ante artite ; 
or prostrate herbs; root tuberous. Leaves simple, lobe i F smpl 
etiole with or without a stipular bract at the base. Tendrils 
lowers yellowish. aa 
Probably a common Tropical and South African genus, of which the pre species 
are described under Zehneria and Lagenaria in Harvey and Sonder. ign’ some oF 
have an orbicular pectinate stipular leaf like that of Ctenolepis, at the base ¢ n 
: oe griable, 
all of the leaves. “The species are most difficult to determine, are excessively ¥ 
and turn black in drying. 
Corolla-lobes about 4 in. long. 
rocarpt 
eaves more or less pubescent on both surfaces. . . . - + 1. rf itifoli. 
PERU OR a ee T. macroura: 
Corolla-lobes about 1} in. long a 
. oft 
137. macrocarpa, /Hooh. f. Pubescent-pilose with — ine 
hairs; stem sparingly pilose. Leaves very variable, bigs duncles 
papilla when dry, pubescent on both surfaces ; petioles short. I ia 
1—3 in. long, very slender, 1—3-flowered ; pedicels capillary. pulate, 
yellow. Calyx-tube sin. long, Lin. diameter. Corolla-lobes fleshy; 
as long as the calyx-tube. Anthers with papillose tips. Fra 
in. 
oblong, 1-2 in. long, beaked. Seeds ovoid, compressed, nearly § 
long, testa very thick. 
inear o 
Form 1. Leaves 1-14 in. long, digitately 5-7-lobed to near the base, bbe rp 
linear-oblong, sparingly obtusely lobed, peduncles 1-flowered. Zehneria 
Sond. in Fi. Cap. ii. 488.—The South African form. her wanting: 
? Form 2. Leaves reduced to 1 or few very narrow lobes, or altogethe 
peduncles 2-3-flowered ; corolla-lobes narrower. 
