FLORA NIGRITIANA. 369 
There are three supposed species of Bryonia described from 
West Tropical Africa, viz. : B. Perrottetiana, Ser., from Senegal, 
and B. fetidissima, and B. capillaris, Schum. et Thonn., from 
Guinea. None of them agree with either of the above. 
1. Alchmandre ? v. Bhynchocarpe ? sp.—A very imperfect 
Specimen in fruit, gathered south of the Line by Curror, and 
not in a state to be described. 
The Rhynchocarpa fetida, Schrad., is a Guinea plant, not in 
the collections before us. 
l. Momordica Vogelii, Planch. in Herb. Hook.; folis ample 
cordato-ovatis integris sinuato-dentatis, floribus monoicis 
ex diversis axillis, masculis umbellatis in involuero longius- 
cule pedicellatis, corolla calyce triplo longiore, tubo echinato, 
feemineis solitariis geminisve, fructibus ovato-acuminatis echi- 
natis.— Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Caulis glaber et Levis. Folia pleraque 4 poll. longa et lata, 
remote denticulata et subsinuata, basi late cordata et in 
petiolum angustissime decurrentia, letevirentia, membranacea, 
pedatinervia, ad venas marginesque minute puberula, ceterum 
glabra, Cirrhi simplices v. bifidi. Pedunculi petiolum sub- ` 
*quantes. Involucrum orbiculatum, apice sepius dentatum, 
3-4 lin. longum, coloratum. Pedicelli masculi sepius 3-5, 
semipollicares. Calyx profunde 5-fidus, tubo brevi costato 
parce echinato, lobis 2 lin. longis ovatis obtusis medio crassis 
et parce puberulis margine membranaceis. Corolla lutea, 
petalis obovatis, 8-9 lin. longis. Anthere (exsiccatione valde 
COmpresss) vel distinctæ vel facile separabiles. Flores fæ- 
minei brevius pedicellati; ovarium oblongum, 3 lin. longum, 
*chinuletum, in collum attenuatum, intus uniloculare, pla- 
centis parietalibus membranaceis ovula involventibus. babys 
et corolla quam in mare minores. Fructus in -ceun 
maturus pollicaris, utrinque acutus, squamis longis muricatus, 
ex Vog. maturus ruber et trilocularis: 
The description of Momordica fætida; Schum. et Thonn., 
from Guinea, agrees so’ well: in most respects with the above 
Plant that I should have considered it the same, but that 
onning expressly says that the calycine segments are acute. 
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