496 - CUCURBITACEZ (Sond.) [ Cucumis. 
Has, On Tablemountain, near Genadenthal ; at Buffelfontein, and in the dis- 
tricts of Uitenhage and Albany. (Herb. Th. Hk. D. Sd.) 
Leaves 14-2 inches long and wide, upper ones much smaller, usually on very long 
petioles, on the margins denticulate, with cordate base, subglabrous above, the 
middle lobe roundish, cuneate, more or less 3-lobed. Peduncles fascicled, much 
shorter than the hispid petiole. Flowers very small. Fruit usually very numerous, 
round or nearly so, 7-1 inch in diameter, densely or sparingly beset with bristle- 
like, 1 line long spines. According to Naudin the true C. prophetarum, Linn. is a 
different species. 
4. C. Zeyheri (Sond.) ; annual, pale green ; stem and branches angu- 
late, scabrous ; leaves palmately 3-5-lobed, lobes denticulate, lateral 
ones shortly obtuse, the middle elongated, lanceolate, more or less 
3-lobed, acute, very scabrous on both sides; pepo pyriform-globose, 
beset with very short, weak prickles. 
Has, Gamkariver, May, Zey./ 582 ; Magalisberg, Nov., Zey. / 583. (Herb. Sd.) 
Stem 1-2 feet, branched, on the 5 angles scabrous by minute, whitish hooks. 
Tendrils very short. Petiole 4-6 lines long, scabrous. Leaves 14-15 lines long, 
8-10 lines broad, middle lobe cuneate at the base, 10-12 lines long, 3-4 lines wide. 
Fruit 12-14 lines long, 10-12 lines in diameter, with 1 line long prickles. Seeds 
not margined. A similar plant is collected by Gueinzius (398) at Port Natal, the 
leaves are twice larger, very green, scarcely scabrous above, the tendrils long, the 
ey oval, very prickly. If the fruit is not different, it may be a variety of 
5. C, dissectifolius (Naudin. 1. c. 23); perennial, monecious, pale 
green, stem and branches very long, angulate, scabrous; tendrils elon- 
gate ; leaves deeply palmately 5—7-lobed ; lobes lanceolate, tobulate and 
dentate, acute, the middle longer, subglabrous above, very scabrous 
beneath ; pepo ovoid, with very short, weak prickles. 
Has. Sandy places near Moojeriver, Burke, 276, Zey., 585. Jan. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) 
Root perennial (Zeyher msc.). Stem often 4-6 feet long, creeping, hooked sca- 
brous on the 5 angles, especially on the branches. Tendrils 2-3 inches, petioles 
about 1 inch long, hispid-scabrous. Leaves 14-2 inches long and broad, all the 
lobes lobulate and inciso-dentate, the middle acutely 5-lobed. Male flowers fascicled, 
arly 4 inch ; female ones solitary. Fruit 10 lines long, 8 lites in diameter ; 
| 1-1} line long. Seeds oblong, not margined. It comes very near the pre- 
ceding, but the leaves are more compound and the lateral lobes longer and acute. 
__ 6. C, Naudinianus (Sond.) ; perennial, dicecions ; stem and branches 
very long, angw te, smooth or a little scabrous-hairy on the young 
branches ; tendrils short, spinous ; leaves deeply palmately 5-lobed, 
scabrous on both sides, lobes narrow-lanceolate, pinnatifid, and dentate, 
lower ones very short, the middle the longest ; male flowers campanu- 
late; pepo ovoid, armed with large, conical spines. C. dissectifolius, Naw- 
din. 1. c. partim. 
Has. Sandy, grassy places near the Mooieri galis ; 
Zeyher, 586. Dec. Geka)... ee eee * 
‘Stem much branched, as thick as a Ppigeon’s quill, quite smooth and glabrous or 
is — near the nodes. Tendrils 4 inch long, or shorter ie the young 
ranches, straight. Petioles 6-8 lines long, scabrous, and urplish as the promi- 
nent nerves of the leaves, Middle lobe about 1} inch long, 5 lines broad, with 
46 horizontal lobes, the lower of which are 3-4 lines long or shorter in the upper 
eaves, the intermediate lobes divaricate, somewhat shorter, dentate, or lobes like 
the middle lobes ; the lower ones generally very short, angulate-toothed. Peduncle 
4 inch. Calyx of the male flower broad-campanulate, with lanceolate, recurved 
lobes. Petals pubescent outwards. Stamens and anthers as in the genus, Fruit 
