540 LXIV. CUCURBITACEEZ (HOOKER). [ Momordica. 
rolla 2 in, in diameter, yellow ; petals unequal, 2 much larger and very 
concave. Anther-cells sinuous; connective 2-fid in the 2-celled an- 
thers, narrow, glandular at the apex. 
Mozamb. Distr. Near Lupata, Dr. Kirk! with good analysis. 
Differs from M. Mannii in pilose stems, which are not mottled, 3-lobed leaves, acu- 
minate or apiculate hairy sepals, and in the anther-cells. 
13. M. multiflora, Hook. f. Moncecious: very pubescent. Stem 
slender. Leaves membranous, broadly ovate-cordate, 25—6 in. long, 
acuminate, entire, faintly sinuate-toothed, the teeth apiculate, basal sinus 
rather deep. ‘Tendrils simple or 2-fid. Male fl. : Peduncles solitary or 
veminate, slender, branched, subcymosely many-flowered ; inflorescence 
densely pubescent and hairy; bracts 0 or small at the forks; buds Ne 
small with recurved calyx-lobes, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-tube small, 
lobes short, ovate, acute. Corolla $ in. in diameter, yellow. eee 
cells curved, opening inwards, connective rather narrow, 2-fid at t : 
apex. Immature fruit shortly thickly peduncled, subcylindric, smoot, 
thick, crowned with the persistent floral envelopes. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Vogel! Gaboon river, Mann! : 
Lower Guinea. Angola, in damp woods, Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
A very peculiar species, from the smallness of the buds, and nearly straight, app® 
rently introrse anther-cells, 
14. M. Cymbalaria, Fenzl, Pl. Kotschy. No. 147. Moncecious. 
Root woody, tuberous with stout fibres. Stem slender, scandent, spi 
ingly branched. Leaves glabrous or pilose, orbicular-reniform, i oe 
broad, rather fleshy, obtusely 5—7-lobed, when dry with raised points 
on both surfaces, but not scabrid; lobes very short, acute or obtuse 5 
petioles variable. Tendrils undivided. Male fl.: Peduncles j-l wi 
slender, hairy, ebracteate, racemose at the apex ; pedicels short, Pa : 
ing. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Corolla 4 in. in diameter, yellow. Bi 
ments 2, short, stout, flattened, one 2-partite, the other 3-partite, a 
ther-cells fexuous surrounding the divisions of the broad connectiV?- 
Ovary fusiform, beaked; style rather stout, stigmas 3, spreading, SU nf 
conical. Fruit 1 in. long, pyriform or broadly fusiform, narrowed 1 ; 
the short stout curved peduncle, fleshy, 8-ribbed, greenish. seat 
very few, almost globose, strophiolate, | in. long, testa polished, crus 
taceous, dark brown.—Luffa tuberosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 717. 
Wile Land. Kordofan and Sennaar, Kotschy. 
? Mozamb. Distr. Dr. Kirk! burgh 
A Peninsular Indian plant, of which Wight states the fruit to be eatable. omg like 
describes the flower as white, and the internal structure of the fruit as mere 
that of echinata, but the flowers appear to be yellow, and the fruit, both m re 00 
and African specimens is wholly destitute of internal fibres.” These errors . 
doubt due to the editing of the 3rd (posthumous) volume of Koxburgh’s work. 
15, RAPHANOCARPUS, Hook. f. in Ic. Pl., Tab. 1084. 
Flowers moneecious. Male fl. : 2-3 at the apex of the petiole, - - 
base of the leat-blade. Calyx-tube small, with 3 incurved s¢ 
