Momordica.] lxiv. cucufbitace2E (hooker). 53(T 



simply curved, connective not produced at the apex, which is occa- 

 sionally villous or papillose. Rudimentary ovary or gland-like. 

 Female fl. : Solitary. Staminodes 0, or 3 glands at the base of the style. 

 Ovary oblong or fusiform ; style slender, stigmas 3 ; ovules very many 

 on 3 placentas. Fruit of various shapes, sometimes 3-valved. Seeds 

 few or many, flat or tumid, smooth or sculptured. — Annual or perennial- 

 rooted, prostrate or climbing herbs. Leaves entire lobed or pedate. 

 Tendrils simple or 2-fid. Flowers large or small, yellow, rarely 

 white. 



Leaves compound, 3-7-foliolate. 



Male fl. solitary;.-. 1. M. cardiospermoides. 



Male fl. several on a common peduncle. 



Fl. subumbellate, concealed by the bract 2. M. cissoides. 



Fl. subumbellate, not concealed, regular. Calyx-lobes 



long-acuminate 3. M . pterocarpa. 



Fl. ebracteate,, oblique, calyx-tube gibbous 4. M. anigosantha. 



Fl. subebracteate. Calyx-lobes rounded 5. M. trifoliolata. 



Leaves simple, entire, lobed or angled. 

 Stamens 3. 



Male fl. solitary, bracteate, bract conspicuous. 



Bract at apex of peduncle. Calyx-lobes acuminate . 6. M. Balsamina. 



Bract below or near middle of peduncle 7 . M '. Charantia.^ 



Male fl. solitary, bract 0, or small 8. M. Welwitschii. 



Male fl. numerous. Bracts large, cucullate . . . . 9. M. cucullata. 

 Male fl. numerous. Bract small or 0. 



Sepals orbicular, setose or echinate 10. M. Morkorra. 



Sepals orbicular, pubescent . .11. M. Mannii. 



Sepals ovate, mucronate, pilose. Leaves 3-lobed . . 12. M. corymbifera. 



Sepals ovate, acuminate, pilose. Leaves entire . . 13. M. multijiora. 



Stamens 2; one anther 2-cleft, the other 3-cleft . . . . 14. M. Cymbalaria. 



1. M. cardiospermoides, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossairib. Dot. 150. 

 Glabrous. Stem slender. Leaves 2-ternately compound, secondary 

 petioles slender, tertiary short ; leaflets 1 J-2J in. long, oblong or 

 ovate, simple or lobed,' repand-toothed, teeth often ending in hair 

 points, sometimes slightly bairy on the veins above ; stipules small, 

 fimbriate ; tendrils simple or 2-fid. Male fl. : Solitary ; peduncles"3-4 in. 

 long; bract towards the apex, orbicular, concave, leafy, quite entire, 

 ciliolate, J-l in. in diameter. Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse. Corolla 

 2 in. in diameter, yellow, with a purple eye. Anther-cells flexuous, 

 connective oblong. Female peduncle 1-2 in., ebracteate. Stigma 

 large, 3-lobed. Ovary fusiform. Fruit ovoid-oblong, acute, 3J in. 

 long, fleshy, subterete, orange-red. Seeds many, ovate, flattened; 

 testa dark-brown, crustaceous, with a few large tubercles. 



Mozamb. Distr. Dr. Peters. Senna, Shupanga and above Pita Island, Dr. Kirk I 

 (with good drawings of male fl. and fruit). 



2. M. cissoides (M. guttata and M. maculata), Planch, in Niger 

 Flora, 370-1. Dioecious, almost glabrous, except the young shoots 

 and leaves and inflorescence ' which are pubescent. Stem slender, 

 extensively climbing. Leaves 3-foliolate, with the lateral lobes 2- 

 partite or again 2-foliolate, leaflets on short petioles, middle one 



