568 lxiv. cucurbitaceje (hooker). [Corallocarpus. 



I have seen no specimens : the accompanying description is taken from the work 

 quoted above. 



Cyrtonema ? elegans, Fenzl in Herb. Kotschy, No. 388, from Kordofan, is probably 

 another species of Corallocarpus, allied to C. Penzlii, but more slender, with more 

 acute sinuate lobes to th,e leaf; without ripe fruit it is indeterminable. 



33. TRIANOSPERMA, Mart, ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 835. 



Monoecious or dioecious. Flowers solitary racemose or panicled. 

 Male : Calyx campanulate, 5-fid. Corolla rotate or campanulate, 

 5-partite, disk often fleshy. Filaments 3, free ; anthers connate, one 

 1-celled, two 2-celled, cells flexuous. Rudiment of ovary 3-lobed. 

 Female fl. : Staminodes 3. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled ; style 3-fid, stigmas 

 dilated ; ovules 1 or 2 ascending- from the base of each cell. Fruit 

 corky or fleshy, indehiscent, 3-seeded. Seeds erect, testa hard. — Gla- 

 brous, scandent tropical American and one African perennial-rooted 

 herbs or shrubs. Leaves 3-5-lobed or -foliolate, the upper often entire, 

 often glandular below at the base. Tendrils undivided or 2-or-more- 

 partite. Panicles often bearing- tendrils. Flowers rather large. 



1. T. africana, Hook. f. Stem climbing-, 15-20 ft. ; branches 

 grooved and angled, very slightly scabrid. Leaves 1J— 3 in. long*, 

 deltoid-ovate or broader and palmately 3-lobed, cordate at the base, 

 acutely toothed, scabrid on both surfaces. Flowers not seen. Fruit 

 axillary, solitary or in pairs, oblong-, nearly 1 in. long-, obtuse at both 

 ends, smooth, green, 2-seeded; peduncle short, curved. Seeds erect, 

 oblong, much compressed. 



Upper Guinea. Camaroons mountain, alt. 1000 ft., Mann! 



A remarkable discovery, being the only Old World species of the genus, which in the 

 New World extends from the S. U. States to the Argentine provinces. 



34. SICYOS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 837. 



Flowers monoecious. Male : Eacemose or corymbose. Calyx-tube 

 shallow- teeth 5, small or 0. Corolla rotate, lobes 5, triangular- 

 ovate. Stamens 2-5, filaments confluent ; anthers free or connate, 

 cells curved, sigmoid or conduplicate. Rudiment of ovary 0. Female 

 fl. : In the same or different axils, crowded at the end of a long or 

 short peduncle, rarely solitary. Staminodes 0. Ovary long or short, 

 sometimes beaked, 1-celled, hispid or aculeate; styles short, stigmas o; 

 ovule 1, pendulous from the top of the cell. Fruit woody or coriaceous, 

 angled or compressed, aculeate or rarely unarmed. Seed filling the 

 cavity of the fruit, testa membranous. — Glabrous or scabrid, climbing 

 or prostrate herbs, chiefly tropical American, often littoral. Leaves 

 membranous, angled or lobed, but rarely deeply. Tendrils 3-fid. 

 Flowers small or minute. Fruit small. 



1. S. angulatus, Linn. Sp. PL 1439. Stems stout, climbing and 

 trailing, pilose with spreading hairs, especially at the nodes. Leaves 

 2-6 in. broad, membranous, palmately 5-?-lobed, cordate at the base, 



