Benineasa,] LXIV. CUCURBITACE& (HOOKER). 533 
deeply reniform at the base which is often decurrent on the petiole; 
stipulary bracts small. Flowers 24-4 in. diameter. Fruit 1} ft. long, 
obtuse at both ends, at first hairy, then naked and thickly clothed with 
a waxy bloom, flesh white.—Naud. in Ann. Se. Nat. sér. 4, xii. 87, 
with synonyms, 
Cultivated throughout Asia and the islands for its eatable fruit, also in Africa; but 
ave seen no African specimens. 
ll. EURYANDRA, Hook. f. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 825. 
Dicecious. Male 4. : Solitary or fascicled. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped ; 
lobes elongate. Corolla 5-partite ; lobes broad, obovate. Filaments 3, 
inserted at the mouth of the calyx, free, recurved; anthers free, one 
L-celled, two 2-celled ; cells flexuous, bordering the broad lobed con- 
nective. Rudiment of ovary 0 or glandular. Female fl. : Staminodes 
bearded at the base. Ovary cylindric; style columnar; stigmas 3, 
cordate, Stipitate ; ovules very numerous. Fruit a terete spindle- 
shaped warted berry. Seeds numerous, subglobose ; testa coriaceous, 
smooth.—A. lofty slender subtomentose climber. Leaves membranous, 
palmnately 3-5-partite ; petiole eglandular. Tendrils undivided. Flowers 
road, yellow, 
ee. formosa, Hook. f.1.c. Stems terete ; branches rather slender, 
slightly hairy. Leaves 4—6 in. broad, pubescent on both surfaces and 
ciliate with short scattered hairs, digitately nerved, broadly deeply cor- 
date at the base, lobes oblong, vege acuminate, quite entire nd 
sinuate-toothed. Male peduncles 2 in, Calyx villous, tube i in., sub- 
cylindric, expanding suddenly into 5 spreading membranous lanceolate 
obes # in. Corolla 3-6 in. diameter ; petals obovate. Female fl. : On 
peduncles 3 in., smaller than the male. Fruit 3 in. long, scarlet when 
npe and covered with white warts (Welw.). Seeds the size of a pea, 
testa thickly coriaceous, quite smooth. 
Lower Guinea. Angola, district of Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
The description of female flower and fruit is from Dr, Welwitsch’s mss. 
12. CUCUMEROPSIS, Naud. in Ann. Se. Nat. sér. 5, v. 30. 
Monecious, Male fl. : Capitate or panicled at the apex of a long pedun- 
cle. Calyx-tube cept is: limb b tected: Corolla 5-lobed. ree 
Sessile, peltately attached, glabrous, all 2-celled or one 1-celled < 
two 2-celled ; cells curved surrounding the broad connective. Ba 
ment of ovary of 3 short columnar filaments. Female fi. : Solitary in t raf 
Same axil with the male. Staminodes not seen. Ovary short] sete 5 
stigma subsessile, 3-lobed; ovules on 3 placentas. Fruit ovoi it : 
ard thin epicarp, smooth. Seeds fattened, ovate, white, like t z . 
* gourd, margin not thickened.—An annual stout climbing we) 2 ‘ 
erb, branches terete. Leaves palmately 5—7-lobed and_toot i , cor 
ate at the base; tendrils simple. Flowers small, yellow.—Zehnerva 
Section ? Cucumeropsis, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 830. 
