528 LXIV. CUCURBITACEZ (HOOKER). [Adencyip. 
_ toothed, petiole 2-glandular or 2-horned at the apex, rarely eglandeglar. 
Tendrils simple or 2-fid. Flowers large, white, fragrant. ] 
Petiole glandular at the apex. 4 
Leaves glabrous. Calyx-lobes glandular-serrate . . . . . 1. A. longiflorus, 
Leaves scabrid. Calyx-lobeseglandular. . . . . . . . 2 A. breviflorus; 
Leaves ashy, densely tomentose blow . .. . . . . . 3. A. abyssinicus. 
Retioleveglandulan sso 6g . 4. A. eglandulosus. 
1. A. longiflorus, Benth. in Fl. Nigrit. 372. Quite glabrous. 
Stem slender. Leaves 2-3 in. long, broadly oblong-ovate in outline, 
longer than broad, 8-5-lobed above the middle, lobes subacute, ob- 
scurely toothed, middle longest, truncate at the base, quite glabrous 
on both surfaces, upper with minute white papillae when dry; petioles 
much shorter than the leaf with 2 short spurs at the apex. Tendrils 
slender. Male peduncle axillary, shorter than the leaf, 3—5-flowered ; 
bracts small, toothed; pedicels short. Calyx-tube 1}-in. long, con- 
tracted from below the middle to the globose base, above the contrac- 
tion cylindric, } in. diameter, glabrous, when young pubescent; lobes 
short, subulate-lanceolate, glandular-toothed. Anther-column 4 in. 
long, narrow. Female fl. and fruit not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Vogel! Don. 
2. A. breviflorus, Benth. 1.c. 373. Stem slender, glabrous or ob- 
scurely scabrid. Leaves scabrid on both surfaces, upper covered with 
minute white papille, 38-5 in. long and broad, palmately or pedately 
5-lobed to below or above the middle, lobes triangular-oblong, acute 
with hair points, coarsely distantly toothed; sinus obtuse or acute; 
base broadly cordate with a shallow sinus; petiole 1-1} in. long, with 
two rounded or spur-like processes at the apex, and often a stipuliform 
toothed bract at the base opposite the tendril. Male fl.: Racemed at 
the end of long stout peduncles, 2-3 in. diameter, white, fragrant; 
bracts 0 or sub-foliaceous; obovate, toothed; pedicels }—-4 in. long: 
Calyx-tube narrow, funnel-shaped, 1 in. long, slightly swollen at the 
base ; lobes short, subulate, apparently quite entire and eglandulat. 
Corolla-lobes ovate-oblong, clawed. Anther-column elongate. Female 
fl.: Pedicel stout, 1 in., calyx-lobes subulate. Ovary broadly ovoid, 
3 in. long. Fruit globose, smooth, green, with white spots a 
blotches, hard. Seeds numerous, small, whitish, compressed, ovol@, 
with thickened borders.—Zagenaria angolensis, Naud. in Ann. Se. Nat. 
sér. 5, v. 10. LZ. mascarena, Naud. 1.c. sér. 4, xviii. 187. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Vogel! Pi cettn at rter{ Prince's 
Island, Dr. Welwitsch ! : ogel! Borgu, Nigritania, Barter 
Lower Guinea. Angola and Loanda, j iti i d in Golungo Alto, 
alto 1000-2400 ft., Dr. Welwitsch / ee 
Mozamb. Distr. Elephant Marsh, Shire river, Dr, Kirk! : 
Dr. Welwitsch’s specimens have deeper lobed leaves than those from Upper Guines- 
Habit and foliage of Spheerosicyos Meyeri. 
3. A. abyssinicus, Hook. f. Stem stout, slightly pubescent 
Leaves 4—6 in. broad, nearly orbicular-cordate in outline, 5-angled © 
