Benincasa.] lxiv. cucuRBiTACEji (hooker). 533 



deeply reniform at the base which is often decurrent on the petiole ; 

 stipulary bracts small. Flowers 2|— 4 in. diameter. Fruit 1J ft. long", 

 obtuse at both ends, at first hairy, then naked and thickly clothed with 

 a waxy bloom, flesh white. — Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, xii. 87, 

 with synonyms. 



Cultivated throughout Asia and the islands for its eatable fruit, also in Africa; but 

 I have seen no African specimens. 



11. EURYANDRA, Hook. f. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 825. 



Dioecious. Male fl. : Solitary or fascicled. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped ; 

 lobes elong-ate. Corolla 5 -partite ; lobes broad, obovate. Filaments 3, 

 inserted at the mouth of the calyx, free, recurved ; anthers free, one 

 1-celled, two 2-celled ; cells flexuous, bordering; the broad lobed con- 

 nective. Rudiment of ovary or glandular. Female fl, : Staminodes 

 bearded at the base. Ovary cylindric ; style columnar ; stigmas 3, 

 cordate, stipitate ; ovules very numerous. Fruit a terete spindle- 

 shaped warted berry. Seeds numerous, subglobose ; testa coriaceous, 

 smooth. — A lofty slender subtomentose climber. Leaves membranous, 

 palmately 3-5-partite ; petiole eg-landular. Tendrils undivided. Flowers 

 broad, yellow. 



1. E. formosa, Hook.f. I.e. Stems terete ; branches rather slender, 

 slightly hairy. Leaves 4-6 in. broad, pubescent on both surfaces and 

 ciliate with short scattered hairs, digitately nerved, broadly deeply cor- 

 date at the base, lobes oblong, obtusely acuminate, quite entire or 

 sinuate-toothed. Male peduncles 2 in. Calyx villous, tube J in., sub- 

 cylindric, expanding- suddenly into 5 spreading- membranous lanceolate 

 lobes | in. Corolla 3-6 in. diameter ; petals obovate. Female fl. : On 

 peduncles ^ in., smaller than the male. Fruit 3 in. long", scarlet when 

 ripe and covered with white warts ( Welw.). Seeds the size of a pea, 

 testa thickly coriaceous, quite smooth. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, district of Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



The description of female flower and fruit is from Dr. Welwitsch's mss. 



12. CUCUMEROPSIS, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5, v. 30. 



Monoecious. Male fl. : Capitate Or panicled at the apex of a long- pedun- 

 cle. Calyx-tube campanulate; limb 5-toothed. Corolla 5-lobed. Anthers 

 sessile, peltately attached, glabrous, all 2-celled or one 1-celled and 

 two 2-celled; cells curved surrounding; the broad connective. Rudi- 

 ment of ovary of 3 short columnar filaments. Female fl. : Solitary in the 

 same axil with the male. Staminodes not seen. Ovary shortly ovoid ; 

 stig-ma subsessile, 3-lobed ; ovules on 3 placentas. Fruit ovoid, with a 

 hard thin, epicarp, smooth. Seeds flattened, ovate, white, like those of 

 a g-ourd, margin not thickened. — An annual stout climbing- scabrous 

 herb, branches terete. Leaves palmately 5-7-lobed and toothed, cor- 

 date at the base ; tendrils simple. Flowers small, yellow. — Zehnena 

 section ? CucumeropsiSj Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 830. 



