CUCURBITACEÆ. 287 
ZEHNERIA. Endlich., Fl. Norfolk., 69. 
ZEHNERIA SCROBICULATA. Hochst., in pl. Schimp. Abyss., sect. ri, 
n° 4625, in Annot. 
BRYONIA SCROBICULATA. Hochst., in pl. Schimp. Abyss., sect. 1, 164. 
Z. caule volubili, cirrhifero, angulato, hirto; foliis petiolatis, cor- 
datis acutis, argute dentatis, superne scrobiculatis, subtus pilis bre- 
vibus presertim in nervis subhispidis ; floribus pedicellatis in axilla 
foliorum aggregatis, pedicellis albido-tomentosis; baccis ovoideis 
albicantibus, subrugosis pedicellatis, seminibus 6-10 oblongis com- 
pressis , laevibus glabris. 
Crescit frequens in sepibus, prope Memessah, inter Adoua et Oc- 
basa ( Quartin Dillon) et in dumetis ad rivum Maye-Ferfera, mense 
Junio fructifera (Schimper). 
Nomen abyssinicum : Hasfafala. 
Observation. — Voy. les observalions placées à la suite de la Zehneria lon- 
gepedunculata. 
ZEHNERIA VELUTINA. Endlich., in Walp. rep., Il, 496. 
Z. caule hirto, angulato, volubili, cirrhifero; foliis petiolatis cor- 
datis acutis obsolete trilobis, margine argute dentatis, superne scro- 
biculato-scaberrimis, subtus piloso-tomentosis ; floribus dense to- 
mentosis in axilla foliorum nunc aggregatis pedicellatis, nunc in 
apice pedunculi communis elongato, racemulum subcapituliformem 
efformantibus. 
Crescit inter Maye-Gouagoua et Debra-Sina, mense Septembre 
florifera (Quartin Dillon). 
ZEHNERIA LONGEPEDUNCULATA. Hochst., in pl. Schimp. Abyss., sect. 111, 
n° 1625. 
An MELOTHRIA PENDULA. L., Sp., 49? 
Z. caule gracili subangulato, volubili glabriusculo ; foliis petiolatis 
cordatis, in ambitu 3-5-lobis , lobis obsoletis distanter denticulatis , 
membranaceis , superne vix scrobiculatis, subtus in nervis pilis raris 
