226 A. Cogniaux und H. Harms. — Cucurbitaceae-Cucurbiteae-Cucumerinae. 



2. A. multiflorus Cogn. in Bull. Jard. bot. Bruxelles V. 2. (1916) 112; De Wild. 

 1. c. VII. (1921) 297. — Caulis alte scandens, ramis gracilibus, sulcatis, glabris. Fo- 

 liorum petiolus gracilis, primum subtiliter puberulus den mm glaber, apice biglandulosus, 

 2 — 5 cm longus, glandulis conicis, rigidis, 1 — 1,5 mm longis vel interdum paulo dis- 

 tinctis; lamina membranacea, ambitu triangulari-ovata basi truncata vel subtruncata, 

 utrinque tenuiter punctato-scabra praecipue supra, supra intense subtus pallide viridis, 8 — 

 12 cm longa, 7 — 10 cm lata, leviter vel usque ad medium trilobata, lobis triangulari- 

 bus vel ovato-oblongis, acutis, margine undulato-dentatis ; nervi graciles, subtus satis 

 prominentes, laterales basilares bifurcati ab imo sinu satis distantes. Cirrhi graciles, 

 elongati, glabri, simplices. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, obtuse angulatus, 

 primum subtiliter puberulus demum glaber, leviter geniculato-flexuosus, fere usque ad 

 basin densiuscule multiflorus, usque 24 cm longus; pedicelli erecto-patuli, vix puberuli, 

 7 — 15 mm longi, basi bracteati; bracteae patenti-reflexae, rigidiusculae, obovatae, api- 

 culatae, leviter furfuraceae, 6 — 1 mm longae. Receptaculum superne cylindricum, in- 

 ferne valde attenuatum lineare, basi abrupte dilatatum globulosum, glabrum vel sub- 

 tiliter furfuraceum, 4 — 5,5 cm longum, superne 6 — 7 mm latum. Sepala patula, sub- 

 ulata, integerrima, eglandulosa, 6 — 8 mm longa. Petala obovata, leviter puberula, 2 — 

 2,5 cm longa. Staminum filamenta filiformia, glabra, 4 — 5 mm longa; capitulum an- 

 therarum lineari-cylindricum, 18 mm longum. Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 



Inneres Kongoland: Dundusana (Morteban n. 104, De Giorgi n. 1009 — 

 Herb. Brüssel). 



3. A. Pynaertii De Wild. Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo III. (1909) 146. — Caulis 

 scandens, ramis gracilibus, sulcatis, glabris. Foliorum petiolus apice biglandulosus, 7 — 

 12 mm longus, glandulis anguste conicis, 1,5 mm longis; lamina membranacea, ambitu 

 late ovata, basi truncata vel vix emarginata, utrinque glabra, 5 — 7 cm longa, 4 — 

 5,5 cm lata, leviter 3 — 5-lobata, lobis acutis et setaceo-apiculatis, margine irregulariter 

 denticulatis, mediano longiore, exterioribus saepius paulo distinctis; nervi laterales basi- 

 lares bifurcati. Pedunculus communis masculus glaber, circiter 1 0-florus, 7 cm longus ; 

 pedicelli apice pilis brevibus fuscescentibus vestiti, usque 17 mm longi. Receptaculum 

 anguste tubulosum, basi leviter inflatum, extus glabrum, intus sparse villosulum, 22 mm 

 longum, circiter 2 mm latum, apice dilatatum 5 mm latum. Sepala acuta, glabra, 4 — 

 5 mm longa, interdum integra interdum plurifida segmentis apice glandulosis. Petala 

 extus velutina. Capitulum antherarum subcylindricum. Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 



Inneres Kongoland: Eala (L. Pynaert n. 1199. — Blühend im Mai 1907 — 

 Herb. Brüssel). 



4. A. noctiflorus Gilg in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIV. (1904) 347. — Rami tenuis- 

 simi elongati, sulcali, glabri, internodiis 9 — 1 5 cm longis. Foliorum petiolus apice glan- 

 dulis corniculatis instructus, 2,5 — 3,5 cm longus; lamina ambitu latissime ovata, basi 

 subtruncata vel sinu brevi latissimo emarginata, usque infra medium 3- vel saepius .'}- 

 lobata, lobis lanceolatis acutissimis apiceque longe setaceo-apiculatis, integris vel infimis 

 margine exteriore parce inaequaliter obsolete denticulatis, lobo intermedio ceteris multo 

 longiore, nervis tenuibus, lateralibus basilaribus bifurcatis, omnibus sicut venis utrinque 

 subaequaliter parce prominulis, membranacea, utrinque glabra, sed supra ad basin pilis 

 flavescentibus minoribus adspersa, 7 — 10 cm longa, 5 — 7,5 mm lata. Cirrhi filiformes, 

 simplices. Flores masculi albidi, noctiflori, in racemos 3 — 2-floros longe pedunculatos 

 collecti (rhachi cum pedunculo 4 — 7 cm longo circ. 6 — 9 cm longa), rarius solitarii : 

 pedicelli ut pedunculus glabri, 5 — 20 cm longi; bracteolae parvae, ovato-lanceolatae. 

 Receptaculum loDge tubuliforme, basi manifeste globoso-inflatum, superne angustatum, 

 sed apicem versus subito iterum longe ampliatum, glaberrimum, 6 — 6,5 cm longum, 

 basi globosa 5 mm diam., parte intermedia 2 — 2,5 mm apice 7 — 8 mm latum. Sepala 

 linearia vel lineari-setacea, acutissima, integra, glabra, 5 mm longa, basi fere 1 mm 

 lata. Petala ovato-lanceolata, acuta vel acutissima, margine integra, trinervia, 3,5 — 

 3,7 cm longa, 2 cm vel ultra lata. Columna antherarum subcylindrica elongata apicem 

 versus diminuta. 



