396 Lxiii. cucuRBiTACE^. [Cv^tmiis 



GoLUNc.o Alto. — A prostrate, flaccid herb, running a longdistance ; 

 flowers monoecious, yellow ; fruit oblong-ellipsoidal, when ripe pale 

 yellow, Ih to 1| in. long, smooth, without prickles. In secondary 

 thickets at Quibixe in Sobato de Bumba, uncommon ; fl. and young fr. 

 beginning of June 1856. No. 846. 



The presence of prickles on the fruit in No. 848 throws doubt on the 

 distinctness of this from the next species. 



5. C. chrysocomus Schum. in Dansk. Vid. Selsk. iv. p. 201 (1829); 

 Wehv. Apont. p. 556 sub n. 129, and p. 589, n. 63 (chrysocarpa). 



C.ficifolius A. Eich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 294 (1847), t. 53 his; 

 Cogn., I.e., p. 493. G. Figarei Delile in Cat. Hort. Monsp. ex Naud. 

 in Ann. So. Nat., ser. 4, xi. p. 16 (1859) ; Hook, f., I.e., p. 543. 



Var. echinophorus (ISTaud.). 



Loan DA. — An annual herb, running out a long distance ; flowers 

 yellow ; fruit as large as a pigeon's egg or usually larger, echinate with 

 herbaceous prickles, sulphur-golden-yellow when ripe, handsome, 

 tasting like cucumber. On the sandy sea shore near Penedo and Praia 

 de Zamba Grande, abundant ; fl. and fr. beginning of May 1858 (also 

 more frequently in the years 1853 and 1854, but the specimens 

 destroyed). No. 847. Annual ; stems spreading along the ground ; 

 leaves pinnatifid-lobed ; fr. 1^ to 1| in. long, obtusely ellipsoidal, of a 

 deep sulphur-golden colour, echinate with long prickles ; Cacuaco, fr. 

 August 1858. Coll. Carp. 149. 



The three following Nos. are perhaps varieties of this species, 

 but the first must be compared with the next following species : — 



MossAMEDES. — In the sandy desert along the sea coast, between Cabo 

 Negro and Mossamedes, at Cazimba, sparingly ; female fl., 3 Sept. 

 1859. No. 821. Flowers yellow. A young prostrate specimen in a 

 moist sandy place, not far from the bank of the river Bero, sporadic, 

 perhaps more abundant in summer ; not yet in good fl., in winter, 

 July 1859. No. 835. 



GoLUNCo Alto. — An annual prostrate herb; leaves pedatifid- 

 laciniate, rough ; fruit as large as a small hen's egg, ellipsoidal, yellow ; 

 flowers not seen. In neglected plots of cultivation near Sange ; seeds, 

 summer of 1857. Coll. Carp. 129. 



Ambriz. — Capital de Ambriz *' Maxich^." Coll. Carp. 150. 



Welwitsch in Apont. p. 556 under n. 129 states that Cucumis afr/eanus 

 Ij. f. is seldom cultivated in Angola, and is called " Machiche " : with 

 reference to this statement Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 190, remarks that 

 this South African species has no qualities to recommend it for 

 cultivation, but that the name Machiche is given to the Brazilian 

 C. Anguria L., and that this is more probably the species intended by 

 Welwitsch. It is possible that C. longipes Hook f. was intended. 



6. C. prophetanim L. Cent. i. Plant, p. 33. n. 97 (1755); Hook, 

 f., I.e., 545; Cogn., I.e., p. 495. 



Benguella. — A prostrate annual herb, stretching out a long way 

 in the blown sand ; fruit ellipsoidal H in. long, smooth, sordid-yellow 

 (spotted all over with yellow), marked with sordid-red (or white and 

 green) bands. In maritime sandy places near the city of Benguella ; 

 only mutilated specimens found : male fl. and fi*. latter part of June 

 1859. No. 829. An annual herb running on the ground, almost entirely 

 destroyed and only the fruits met with ; fruit as large as a good-sized 

 walnut or as a small hen's egg, ellipsoidal-globose, turning yellow, 



