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vidi foemineum, breviter pedicellatum, ovario ovoideo, laciniis 
ealycinis longius acuminatis quam in affinibus. 
5. Momordica guttata, Planch. in Herb. Hook.; folis trisectis, 
segmentis petiolulatis ovatis acutis v. acuminatis sinuato- 
dentatis lateralibus bipartitis, floribus masculis umbellatis, 
pedicellis involucro brevioribus, calycis laciniis lanceolatis 
subulato-acutis.— Fernando Po, Vogel; Sierra Leone, Don. 
M. maculate valde affinis, sed diversa videtur foliis acutioribus, 
involucris majoribus reniformibus. Flores masculi in um- 
bella 5.6, pedicellis calyce brevioribus. Calycis laciniz 24 
lin. longe. Petala multo majora, basi maculata, in speci- 
mine tamen nostro nondum aperta. Stamina coherere vi- 
dentur in phalanges duo. 
Dr. Planchon considers Don's plant to belong to a different 
species; but I can find no essential difference in the very unsa- 
tisfactory specimens in the collections. I have indeed conside- 
table doubts whether M. maculata may not be merely the 
male individual of M. guttata. Both these species, as well 
the M. cissoides, differ in some respects from the more usual 
forms of Momordica. They are to all appearance dicecious, the 
leaves decompound, the flowers very shortly pedicelled in the 
Involuere, the petals -yellowish-white with purple spots at the 
base, and the anthers, if not quite free, yet more distinct than 
im most species. I have not seen the fruit of either, nor yet 
been able to examine any female flower. The scutelliform : 
glands on the upper surface of the involucres are very irregular 
m number and in arrangement, and are often wholly wanting. 
The only other known West African species, the M. anthel- 
mintica, Schum. et Thonn., from Guinea, is described as having 
still more divided leaves than either of the foregoing. 
L. Luffa scabra, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. p. 405.—Abòh, Vogel; 
Accra, Don ; Fernando Po, very abundantly in hedges, Vogel. 
Dr. Planchon considers the Fernando Po plant to be speci- 
fically distinct, but it agrees as well as the other with Thonning’s 
description ; and although at first sight there appear to be some 
differences, it is probably owing to the Fernando Po specimens 
ing all females, and the Continental ones in — collections 
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