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suborbicularls, usque ad medium Irilobala, apice oblusa et longiuscule mucronata, mar- 

 gine minutissime remoteque denticulata, utrinque laete vü-idis subtililer puberula prae- 

 cipiie sublus, 7 — H cm longa, 8 — 12 cm lata, lobis ovalis, basi plus minusve con- 

 strictis; sinus inter lobos saepius angusti obtusi, basilaris subrolundalus \ — 2 cm 

 profundus. Cirrbi graciles, elongati, leviter puberuli. Peduncuhis communis masculus 

 subfliiformis, puberulus, apice 5 — 8-floru8, 3 — 6 cm longus; pedicelli capillares, patuli, 

 \ — 3 mm longi, ebracteolati. Receptaculum campanulalo-ovoideum, basi subtruncatum, 

 superne satis constrictum, densiuscule breviterque villoso-hirtellum , 1,5 mm longum, 

 1 mm latum. Sepala oblonga, erecta, \ — 1,5 mm longa. Flores feminei solitarii vel 

 rarius geminati. Fructus sessilis, ovoideus, densiuscule breviterque puberulus, oligosper- 

 raus, 5 — 8 mm longus, 4 — 5 mm crassus; rostrum aogustissimum, rectum, 4 mm 

 longum. 



Ostafrikanische und südafrikanische Steppenprovinz. Zentralafrika- 

 nische Seen-Zone: Kakoma (Boehm n. 5a. — Blühend und fruchtend im Jan. 1881. 

 — Herb. Berlin). 



ü. K. moilis (Kunze) Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. III. (1881) 637. — Cyrtonema 

 niolle Kunze in Linnaea XX. (1847) 49. — Coniandra inolle Sond. in Harv. et Sond. 

 Fl. capens. II. (1862) 485. — Radix tuberosa, dimidio superiore epigaea, obcuneato- 

 oviformis, apice couvexa, e basi sulcato-bipartita, basi spjirsim verrucosa. Caulis scan- 

 dens, gracilis, subsiinplex, angulato-sulcatus, sparse villosus demum subglaber, I — 1,5 m 

 longus. Foliorum petiolus robustiusculus, dense villoso-tomentosus praecipue ad apicem, 

 a — 3,5 cm longus; lamina carnosula, reniformi-suborbicularis, obtuse 5-angulata, mar- 

 gine crenato-dentata , supra viridi-cinerea longe molliterque villosa, subtus canescenti- 

 cinerea dense tomentosa, 3 — 5,5 cm longa, 4 — 7 cm lata; sinus basilaris late triangu- 

 laris, 0,5 — 1,5 cm profundus. Cirrbi graciles, elongati, sparse pilosi vel subglabri. 

 Pedunculus communis masculus fiiiformis, flexuosus, breviter villosus, apice 5 — 10-florus, 

 6 — 10 cm longus; pedicelli capillares, erecto-patuli, leviter villosi, 10 — 16 mm longi, 

 basi bracteolati; bracleolae subulatae, 0,5 — I mm longae. Receptaculum campanulatum, 

 leviter villosum, 1 mm longum latumque. Sepala triangularia , erecta, 0,7 — 0,8 mm 

 longa. Fructus flavescens vel rubescens, breviter peduuculatus, ovoideus, rostratus, 

 4 — 6-spermus, 1,5 — 2 cm longus. 



Südafrikanische Küstenzone: bei Uitenhage, Zwartkopsriver (Zeyher n. 2480). 



6. K. velutina Cogn. in Viertelj. nat. Ges. Zürich, Jahrg. LIII. (1908) 492. — 

 Rami gracillimi, paulo ramulosi, cinerascentes, angulato-sulcati, juniores densiuscule bre- 

 viterque villosi, vetustiores glabri. Foliorum petiolus gracilis, cinereus, breviter den- 

 seque villosus, 8 — 14 mm longus; lamina patula vel i'eflexa, rigidiuscula, plana, late 

 suborbiculari-cordata, apice rotundatei, indivisa vel obtuse angulato-sublobata, margine 

 subintegerrima, utrinque viridi-cinerea breviter denseque velutina, 2 — 3,5 cm longa et 

 paulo latiora; sinus basilaris triangularis vel subrotundatus, 3 — 6 mm profundus. Cirrbi 

 filiformes, breviusculi, inferne pilosuli superne glabri. Flores feminei solitarii; pedun- 

 culus fiiiformis, subsparse breviterque pilosus, 5 — 7 mm longus. Receptaculum anguste 

 campanulatum, leviter puberulum, 2,5 mm longum. Sepala late triangularia, vix 1 mm 

 longa. Petala extus brevissime et densiuscule pilosa. Ovarium fusiforme, vix pilosu- 

 lum. Fructus ut videtur rubescens, ovoideus, glaber, laevis, poljspermus, 1 5 mm lon- 

 gus, 8 — 9 mm crassus, breviter angusteque rostratus. 



Südafrikanische Küstenzone: Tzomds und Uitenhage (Schlechter n. 2596. — 

 Herb. Zürich). 



7. K. obtasiloba (Sond.) Cogn. — Zehneria ohttisiloba Sond. in Harv. et Sond. 

 Fl. capens. II. (1862) 487. — Melothria ohtusiloha Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. III. (1881) 

 616. — Monoica, scandens. Rami graciles, ramulosi, sulcati, subsparse longeque villosi. 

 Foliorum petiolus gracilis, breviuscule denseque villosus, 1 — 2,5 cm longus; lamina 

 membranacea, subtriangulari-cordata, indivisa vel leviter 3 — 5-lobata lobis brevibus 

 obtusis, apice obtusa vel obtusiuscula, margine remotiuscule undulato-denticulata, utrinque 

 sparse breviterque pilosa praecipue ad marginem, supra intense viridis, sublus paulo 



