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Sect. 3. Oilgina Cogn. 



Flores masculi fasciculati. Connectivucn latum, apice non productum. Fruclus 

 inagnus, ovoideus, poiyspermus, tubcrculis spiniformibus dense armatus rarius crasse 

 alatus. Semina magna, compressa. (Ürrhi saepius bini, spiDiformes. 



25. K. spinosa Gilg in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXXIV. (<904) 360 Fig. 2. — »Frutex 

 ad 3 m et ultra volubilis. < Rami elongati, robusti, sulcati, lignosi, juniores brevissime 

 denseque puberuli rufo-grisei, vetustiores glabri pallide cinerei, prope basin cirrhosi, 

 cirrhis inferne incrassatis, 1 2 cm et ultra longis, versus apicem ramorum in spinas 

 crassas patulas 12 — 16 mm longas transeuntibus, cirrhis spinisque binis (loco stipula- 

 rum) ramum axillarem includentibus. Foliorum petiolus gracillimus, supra profunde 

 canaliculatus, brevissime denseque puberulüs, 3 — 7 mm longus; lamina subcarnosa rigi- 

 daque, orbiculari-ovata, apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi subtruncata vel latissime levi- 

 terque cordato-eraarginata, margine integerrima vel undulato-subcrenulata, utrinque bre- 

 vissime densissimeque griseo-pilosa, 12—18 mm longa et fere totidem lata. Flores 

 mascuH et feminei axillares, inter spinas densissime fasciculati, masculi longiuscule 

 feminei breviter pedicellati. Receptaculum late cupuliforme, brevissime denseque villo- 

 sum, 2 mm latum. Sepala anguste triangularia, acuta, dense velutina, 1,5 mm longa. 

 Petala triangularia, breviter acuminata, erecta, satis concava, margine leviter involuta, 

 circiter i mm longa. Pedunculus fructiferus glaber, 7 — 8 mm longus et totidem cras- 

 sus. Fructus ovoideus, carnoso-coriaceus , brevissime denseque pilosus, apice breviter 

 rostratus, 5 — 6 cm longus, 4 — 5 cm crassus, undique tuberculatus, tubercuhs inaequa- 

 libus, crassis, conicis, apice acutis vel breviter apiculatis, { — 1,5 cm longis. Semina 

 in fructu triseriata, obovato-oblonga, viüde compressa, margine profundiuscule canalicu- 

 lata, 2 cm longa, 1,5 cm lata, 3 — 4 mm crassa. — Fig. 37. 



Kilimandscharo-Zone: am Fuß des Paregebirges, in der gemischten Dornbusch- 

 und Obstgartensteppe zwischen Gonja und Kisuani, 700 m ü. M. (Engler, Reise nach 

 Ostafrika n. 1567. — Blühend und fruchtend im Okt. 1902. — Herb. Berlin). 



26. K. brevispinosa Cogn. n. sp. — Rami satis graciles, angulato-striati, lignosi, 

 glabri, laeves, apicem versus spinosi, spinis binis (loco stipularum) patulis, crassis, co- 

 nicis, acutis, leviter arcuatis, 2 — 3 mm longis. Folia . . . Flores . . . Pedunculus 

 fructiferus cylindraceus, sparse verruculosus, 6 — 7 mm longus, 5 mm crassus. Fructus 

 anguste ovoideus, carnoso-coriaceus, subtiliter velutinus, apice breviter conico-rostratus, 

 7 cm longus, 3 — 3,5 cm crassus, undique tuberculatus, tuberculis inaequalibus, crassis, 

 conicis, apice obtusis, lateraliter compressis, 5 — 1 1 mm longis. Semina in fructu tri- 

 seriata, obovata, valde compressa, utraque facie subtiliter granulata, margine acutius- 

 «ule tricostata, 15 — 19 mm longa, 10—12 mm lata, 4 — 5 mm crassa. 



Nordafrikanische Hochland- und St'eppenprovinz. Somali-Land: Ogaden 

 und Danna (Ruspoli-Riva n. 893. — Fruchtend im Febr. 1893. — Herb. Berlin). 



27. K. macrosperma Cogn. n. sp. — Rami elongati, graciles, teretes, lignosi, 

 laeves, glaberrimi, satis ramulosi, inferne cirrhosi, cirrhis breviusculis gracilibus glaber- 

 rimis fragilibus infeme incrassatis, versus apicem ramorum in spinas crassiusculas 

 patulas 0,5 — 1,5 cm longas transeuntibus, cirrhis spinisque solitariis vel interdum binis. 

 Foliorum petiolus gracilis, puberulüs, 1 — 2 mm longus; lamina rigidiuscula, suborbicu- 

 lari-reniformis, indivisa, apice rotundata vel retusa, basi truncata vel vix emarginata 

 et ad petiolum breviter decurrens, margine integerrima vel leviter undulata, utrinque 

 brevissime et densiuscule pubescens, 2,5 — 3 cm longa, 3 — 3,5 cm lata. Flores ignoli. 

 Fructus ut videlur ovoideus, coriaceus, glaber, crasse plurialatus vel sparse tuberculatus, 

 circiter 4 — 5 cm longus et 3 — 3,5 cm crassus. Semina canescenti-cinerea , subrotun- 

 •data, subtiliter granulata, satis compressa, margine obtusa et leviter canaliculata, 25 — 

 27 mm longa et fere totidem lata. 13 — 15 mm crassa. 



Nordafrikanische Hochland- und Steppenprovinz. Somali-Land: Merehan 

 •(Robecchi-ßricchetti n. 229. — Fruchtend im Juli — Aug. 1891. — Herb. Berlin). 

 — Einheimischer Name: Madabug. 



