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villosa, 4,5 — 8 cm longa, 4,5 — 9 cm lata, fere usque ad basin 5-lobata, lobis ovato- 

 oblongis, basi angustatis, acutis vel acutiuscuÜ6, indivisis vel plus minusve lobulatis, 

 margine denticulatis, mediano majore usque 3,5 cm lato. Cirrhi elongati, graciles, 

 sparse villosi, bifidi. Flores masculi solitarii ; pedunculus 3 — 4 cm longus. Recepta- 

 culum infundibuliforme, basi leviter inflatum, sparse longe villosum, 1 8 mm longum, 

 basi 2 — 2,5 mm apice 5 mm latum. Sepala filiformia, acuta, breviter ciliata, circiter 

 5 mm longa. Petala lutea, subacuta, distincte nervata, pubescentia, circiter 22 mm 

 longa. Fructus circiter 4 cm longus et 2,5 cm crassus. 

 Inneres Kongoland: ßulebu (Em. et M. Laurent). 



3. P. grandiflorum Cogn. — Peponia grandiflora Cogn. in Bull. Jard. bot. Brux. 

 IV. (1914) 223. — Rami satis graciles, profunde sulcati, petioli pedunculique pilis 

 patulis elongatis rigidiusculis leviter flexuosis subsparse villosi. Foliorum petiolus satis 

 gracilis, 4 — 7 cm longus; lamina tenuiter membranacea, ambitu late orbiculari-cordata, 

 basi latissime profunde emarginata, intense viridis, utrinque sparsissime longe pilosa, 

 praecipue subtus ad nervös, 15 — 20 cm longa et circiter totidem lata, leviter 3 — 5- 

 lobata, lobis late triangularibus, acutis apiculatisque , margine undulato-subcrenulatis, 

 terminali paulo majore; nervi graciles, subtus satis prominentes, laterales basilares bi- 

 furcati imum sinum non marginantes; sinus inter lobos late obtusi. Cirrhi robustius- 

 culi, elongati, subsparse longe pilosi inaequaliter bifidi. Flores masculi solitarii; pe- 

 dunculus gracilis, 7 — 9 cm longus. Receptaculum subcylindricum, inferne leviter an- 

 gustatum, basi non dilatatum, longe denseque villosum, 3 cm longum, apice 8 — 9 mm 

 latum. Sepala erecta, subulata, 15 — 16 mm longa. Petala flavescentia, obtusa, puberula, 

 4 cm longa. Pedunculus femineus robustiusculus, 1,5 — 7 cm longus. Fructus oblongus 

 vel oblongo-cylindraceus, basi apiceque rotundatus, subsparse longe pilosus, primum viridis 

 et albo-marmoratus demum ruber, 7 — 9 cm longus, 4 — 5 cm crassus. 



Inneres Kongoland: am Fluß Ikelemba (P. Bonnivair n. 12); Eala (M. Laurent 

 n. 835); Ganda-Sundi (de Briey). 



Einh. Namen: Bonkilata, Ditodo. 



4. P. lagenarioides (Hook, f.) Cogn. — Peponia lagenarioides Hook. f. in Oliv. 

 Fl. trop. Afr. II. (1871) 527; Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. III. (1881) 408; Hiern, Cat. 

 Afr. pl. Welw. I. 2. (1898) 389. — Caulis scandens prostratus vel decumbens, cras- 

 siusculus, angulatus, breviter molliter villosus, ramis elongatis, diffusis. Foliorum pe- 

 tiolus robustissimus, breviter dense villoso-tomentosus, 2 — 4 cm longus; lamina molliter 

 membranacea, late reniformis, apice rotundata, basi sinu latissimo et parum profundo 

 emarginata, indivisa vel obscure angulato-5-lobata, margine irregulariter dentata dentibus 

 latis mucronulatis, intense viridis, utrinque sparse longe villoso-hirsuta, 9 — 11 cm longa, 

 12 — 14 cm lata; nervi graciles, subtus leviter prominentes et dense villoso-hirsuti, 

 laterales basilares 3 — 4-furcati imum sinum non marginantes. Cirrhi robusti, bre- 

 viusculi, breviter villosi, inaequaliter bifidi vel simplices. Flores masculi solitarii; pe- 

 dunculus breviter villosus, 8 — 12 cm longus. Receptaculum ab apice ad basin attenuatum, 

 leviter villosum, 16 mm longum, apice 7 — 8 mm latum. Sepala recurvata, lanceolato- 

 subulata, 5 — 6 mm longa, 1 mm lata. Petala alba albo-lutea vel flava, apice rotun- 

 data, 3r — 3,5 cm longa. Fructus breviter pedunculatus, ellipsoideo-cylindricus, basi apice- 

 que obtusus, laevis, rubro-aurantiacus, 7 — 10 cm longus, 3 — 4 cm crassus. Semina 

 nigra, angusla, basi leviter attenuata. 



Angola: Distr. Huilla, Morro de Monino bei Lopollo, 1800 m ü. M., buschige Ab- 

 hänge (Welwitsch n. 8 1 5 — Herb. Brit. Mus.). 



5. P. Mackenii (Naud.) Engl, in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. Nachtr. (1897) 318. — 

 Peponia Mackenii Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. 5. ser. V. (1867) 29, t. 3, 4. — Caulis 

 humifusus vel vix scandens, satis gracilis, sulcatus, dense villosus, 0,5 — 2 m longus. 

 Foliorum petiolus robustiusculus, breviter dense villoso-tomentosus, 3 — 8 cm longus; 

 lamina membranacea, ambitu late suborbiculari-cordata basi profunde emarginata, supra 

 sparse villoso-hirsuta, subtus densiuscule villosa vel subhirsuta, 10 — 13 cm longa, 

 12 — 16 cm lata, fere usque ad medium 5-lobata, lobis triangularibus, acutis, breviter 



