628 lxiv. cucurbitaceje (hooker). [Aderwpus. 



toothed, petiole 2-glandular or 2-horned at the apex, rarely eglandular. 

 Tendrils simple or 2-fid. Flowers large, white, fragrant. 



Petiole glandular at the apex. 



Leaves glabrous. Calyx-lobes glandular-serrate 1. A. longlfiorus. 



Leaves scabrid. Calyx-lobes eglandular 2. A. breviflorus. 



Leaves ashy, densely tomentose below 3. A. abyssinicus. 



Petiole eglandular 4. A. eglandulosus. 



1. A. longiflorus, Benth, in Fl. Nigrit. 372. Quite glabrous. 

 Stem slender. Leaves 2-3 in. long, broadly oblong-ovate in outline, 

 lon°er than broad, 3-5-lobed above the middle, lobes subacute, ob- 

 scurely toothed, middle longest, truncate at the base, quite glabrous 

 on both surfaces, upper with minute white papillae when dry ; petioles 

 much shorter than the leaf with 2 short spurs at the apex. Tendrils 

 slender. Male peduncle axillary, shorter than the leaf, 3-5-flowered; 

 bracts small, toothed ; pedicels short. Calyx-tube If in. long, con- 

 tracted from below the middle to the globose base, above the contrac- 

 tion cylindric, \ in. diameter, glabrous, when young pubescent ; lobes 

 short, subulate-lanceolate, glandular-toothed. Anther-column \ in. 

 long, narrow. Female fl. and fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Vogel I Bon. 



2. A. breviflorus, Benth. l.c. 373. Stem slender, glabrous or ob- 

 scurely scabrid. Leaves scabrid on both surfaces, upper covered with 

 minute white papillae, 3-5 in. long and broad, palmately or pedately 

 5-lobed to below or above the middle, lobes triangular-oblong, acute 

 with hair points, coarsely distantly toothed ; sinus obtuse or acute ; 

 base broadly cordate with a shallow sinus; petiole 1-1 J in. long, with 

 two rounded or spur-like processes at the apex, and often a stipuliform 

 toothed bract at the base opposite the tendril. Male fl. : Racemed at 

 the end of long stout peduncles, 2-3 in. diameter, white, fragrant;, 

 bracts or sub-foliaceous ; obovate, toothed; pedicels -J— 4 in. long. 

 Calyx-tube narrow, funD el- shaped, 1 in. long, slightly swollen at the 

 base ; lobes short, subulate, apparently quite entire and eglandular. 

 Corolla-lobes ovate-oblong, clawed. Anther- column elongate. Female 

 fl. : Pedicel stout, 1 in., calyx-lobes subulate. Ovary broadly ovoid, 

 | in. long. Fruit globose, smooth, green, with white spots and 

 blotches, hard. Seeds numerous, small, whitish, compressed, ovoid, 

 with thickened borders. — Lagenaria angolensis, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 ser. 6, v. 10. L. mascarena, Naud. l.c. ser. 4, xviii. 187. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Vogel! Borgu, Nigritania, Barter! Prince's 

 Island, Br. Welwitsch I 



Lower Guinea. Angola and Loanda, in maritime thickets, and in Golungo Alto, 

 alto 1000-2400 ft., Br. Welwitsch! 



Mozamb. Distr. Elephant Marsh, Shire river, Br. Kirk ! 



Dr. Welwitsch's specimens have deeper lobed leaves than those from Upper Guinea. 

 Habit and foliage of Sphcerosicyos Meyeri. 



3. A. abyssinicus, Hook. f. Stem stout, slightly pubescent. 

 Leaves 4—6 in. broad, nearly orbicular-cordate in outline, 5-angled or 



