Momordica.} LXIV. CUCURBITACEE (HOOKER). 585 
simply curved, connective not produced at the apex, which is occa- 
sionally villous or papillose. Rudimentary ovary 0 or ean 
Female #1, : Solitary. Staminodes 0, or 3 glands at the base of the style. 
Ovary oblong or fusiform; style slender, stigmas 38; ovules very many 
on 3 placentas. Fruit of various shapes, sometimes 3-valved. Seeds 
ew or many, flat or tumid, smooth or sculptured.—A nnual or perennial- 
rooted, prostrate or climbing herbs. Leaves entire lobed or pedate. 
pails simple or 2-fid. Flowers large or small, yellow, rarely 
White. 
Leaves compound ~7-foliol 
Male fl solitary : a ae swe Pe eee eee 
ale fl. several on a common peduncle. 
Fi. subumbellate, concealed by the brats = ss 77 
El. subumbellate, not concealed, regular. Calyx-lobes 
Wngeicumingts 2. a pterocarpa. 
‘). ebracteate, oblique, calyx-tube gibbous. . . . . 4. UM. anigosantha, 
Fl. subebracteate, Calyx-lobes rounded ; 5. M. trifoliolata, 
eaves simple, entire, lobed or angled. 
tamens 3, 
Male A, solitary, bracteate, bract conspicuous. 
2. M. cissoides. 
tact at apex of peduncle. Calyx-lobes acuminate 6. UM. Balsamina, 
Bract below or neat middle of peduncle . . . . . 7. M. Charantia. 
Male fl. solitary, bract 0, orsmall. . . . . . . . 8. M. Welwitschu. 
fale fl. numerous. Bracts large, cucullate . 9. M. cucullata, 
Male fl. numerous. Bract small or 0. 
Sepals orbicular, setose or echinate . . . . . . 10. M. Morkorra. 
Sepals orbicular, pubescent. 2233 ae Ee M. Mannir. 
sepals ovate, mucronate, pilose. Leaves 3-lobed . . 12. M. corymbifera. 
epals ovate, acuminate, pilose. Leaves entire . . 13. M. multiflora. 
Stamens 2; one anther 2-cleft, the other 3-cleft . . . . 14, JL Cymbalaria. 
JM, cardiospermoides, Klotzsch in Peters’ Mossamb, Bot. 100. 
Glabrous, Stem slender. Leaves 2-ternately compound, secondary 
petioles slender, tertiary short; leaflets 13-2} in. long, oblong or 
ovate, simple or lobed, repand-toothed, teeth often ending in hair 
Points, sometimes slightly hairy on the veins above; stipules small, 
mbriate ; tendrils simple or 2-fid. Male fl. : Solitary ; peduncles 3-4 in. 
ong; bract towards the apex, orbicular, concave, leafy, quite entire, 
tiliolate, 2-1 in. in diameter. Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse. Corolla 
~ 2. in diameter, yellow, with a purple eye. Anther-cells flexuous, 
i uhective oblong. Female peduncle 1-2 in., ebracteate. Stigma 
urge, 3-lobed. Ovary fusiform. Fruit ovoid-oblong, acute, 3 in. 
ong, fleshy, subterete, orange-red. Seeds many, ovate, flattened ; 
testa dark-brown, crustaceous, with a few large tubercles. 
Mozamb. Distr. Dr. Peters. Senna, Shupanga and above Pita Island, Dr. Kirk! 
(with good drawings of male fl. and fruit). 
°. M. Cissoides (M. guttata and M. maculata), Planch, in Niger 
Flora, 370_}, Dicecious, almost glabrous, except the young shoots 
and leaves and inflorescence which are pubescent. Stem slender, 
extensively climbing. Leaves 8-foliolate, with the lateral lobes 2- 
Partite or again 2-foliolate, leaflets on short petioles, middle one 
