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Luffa graveolens. 
Roxb. Flor. Indic. iii. 716 ; J. Reem, Synops. Monograph. ii. 64; Naudin, in 
Annal. des Science. Nat. 4 ser. tom. xii. 124. 
Foliis eordatis v. subrenatis aeuminigeris obseure lobatis v. 
angulatis, calycis laciniis basi sacculato-ampliatis, tubo tubercu- 
lato, corolla satis parva, staminibus per paria complete connatis, 
fructibus parvis ovatis acuminatis tuberculoso-asperis ecostatis, 
operculo secedente, seminibus levibus margine acuto destitutis.-« 
In virgultis presertim ripariis terre Arnhemies.  F. M. 
- Herba monoica, amara, alte scandens. — Caulis et rami quinque- 
angulati, ut cirri lz»ves et mox glabrati. Petioli appresso-puberuli, 
angulati, antice suleo leni exarati, folio fere duplo breviores. 
Folia repanda, remote et minutim denticulata, utrinque paulo 
scabriuscula, 13—4" longa, non raro latiora, sinu baseos profundo. 
Cirri elongati, 2—5-fidi, perraro simplices. Racemi axillares, nunc 
fasciculiformes nune elongati, multiflori, sepe pedem longi, floribus 
omnibus preter basalem masculis; nonnunquam flores geminati 
altero masculo, altero femino. Pedicelli florum masculorum calyce 
bis terve longiores, teretiusculi, remotiuseuli, infra apicem arti- 
culati, appresso-pilosuli, bracteola cucullato-ovata vel subrotunda 
2-3 longa prope basin fulti. Pedicellus floris feminei ad basin 
peduneuli masculi situs, calyce suo conspicue brevior. Flores 
masculi: Calycis tubus semiglobosus, duplo brevior quam laciniz, 
quz semilanceolatz, acuminate, 4—5" longs, carina flexuosa per- 
curse, extus glabrz, intus margineque puberule. Corolla quinque 
partita, paree puberula, lutea, extus basique pallidior, fundo bar- 
bata, lobis subovatis 7-nerviis 8-12" longis. Stamina 5, quarum 
4 geminatim connata, quintum liberum ideoque quasi dimidiatum. 
Connectiva flava, filamentis albidis 14" metientibus longiora, 
anfractu duplice bilobata, lobo altero altiore reverso, utroque 
aurieulari, anthera extrorsa marginato; connectivum staminum 
connatorum scilicet quadrilobum. — Flores feminei : Calycis limbus 
ei floris masculi conformis, sed sepe paulo minor; tubus ovatus, 
apice attenuatus, subsericeus. Corolla quinquepartita, ei floris 
maseuli subzqualis. Staminodia 5, quatuor per paria connata, 
quintum seorsum, omnia ad fundum corolle barbatum inserta, 
dentiformia. : Stylus viridis, cylindrieus, eireiter 2" longus, apice 
irifidus, cruribus bifidis. Stigmata tria, reniformi-hippocrepica, 
flavida, deorsum versa, papillosa, 13" lata. Fructus 2-23" longi, 
extus nigro-fuscescentes submuricati et parce puberuli. Semina 
eireiter 3" longa, ovalia, modice compressa, squalide cinerea, 
punctis maculisque nigris indistincte variegata, aptera, etiamsi 
prope basin angustissime marginata. 
Clar. Naudin convenientiam pl. Ind. et Austr. demonstravit. 
