158 -^- Cogniaux. — Cucurbitaceae-Fevilleae et Melolhrieae. 



2. Flores feminei longiuscule pedicellali 22. C. pedunculosus. 



ß. Flores masculi racemosi, racemis longe pedunculatis. 

 I. Foliorum lamina vix ultra medium trilobata, lobis 



ovato-oblongis, apice rolundatis 23. C. hngiracemosus. 



II, Foliorum lamina fere usque ad basin 3 — 5-lobata, 



lobis lanceolato-linearibus, acutissimis 24. C elegans. 



y, Flores masculi racemosi, racemis sessilibus. 



I. Foliorum lamina papulosa, fere usque ad basin trilo- 

 bata, lobis lobulatis ib.C.brevipedunciUatus. 



II. Foliorum lamina glaberrima, indivisa vel obscure 



lobata 26. C7, Mülspaughii. 



6. Flores masculi fasciculati, dislincle pedicellati. 



I. Flores feminei sessiles, fasciculati. Fruclus erostris. 

 4 . Foliorum peliolus gracilis, lamina rigida, cinerea, 



acuta 27. C. gijef. 



t. Foliorum petiolus illiformis, lamina membrana- 



cea, viridis, apice rotundata 28. C. parvifolius. 



II. Flores feminei sessiles, solitarii. Fructus erostris. 29. G. triangularis. 



III. Flores feminei pedicellati, solitai'ii. Fructus erostris 30. C. subhastatus. 



IV. Flores feminei pedicellati, fasciculati. Fructus ro- 



stratus 31. C psendogijef. 



e. Flores masculi capitati, sessiles ^t. C. emetoccUharticus. 



b. Girrhi bifldi 3 3. C. leiocarpus. 



B. Suffrutex erectus, ecirrhosus Sect. II. Fhialocarpus. 



34. C. glomei-uliflorus. 



Sect. I. Eucorallocarpus Cogn. 



h. C. corallinns (Fenzl) Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. IIl. (188«) 647. — Coniandra 

 corallina Fenzl in Kotschy, It. Nubic. (1841) n. 162. — lihynchocarpa corallina Naud. 

 in Ann. sc. nat. 4. ser. XVI. (1862) 180. — Corallocarpus i'cnx/w Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. 

 trop. Afr. II. (1871) 565. — Rami robusti, succulenti, glaberrimi, subteretes, glauci, 

 ad nodos geniculati. Foliorum petiolus robustissimus, carnosus, glaber, laevis, tenuiter 

 striatus, 3 — 6 cm longus; lamina ambitu suborbicularis, utrinque pallide viridis et 

 scabra praecipue subtus, 8 — 12 cm longa lataque, profunde palmato-3 — 5-lobata, lobis 

 late oblongis, obtusis apiculatisque, lobulatis; sinus inter lobos rotundati, basilaris sub- 

 rectangularis, 2— 3 cm profundus, 1 — 2 cm latus. Cirrhi gracillimi, elongati, glabri. 

 Pedunculus communis masculus robustus, rectus, glaber, teres, apice subcapitato-5 — 

 12-florus, 3 — 4 cm longus; pedicelli filiformes, recurvati, vix 1 mm longi. Flores fe- 

 minei subsessiles, fasciculati vel interdum spicati. Fructus ovoideus, basi rotundatus, 

 glaber, laevis, 15 — 17 mm longus, 8 — 9 mm crassus; rostrum subfiliforme, rectum, 

 5 — 7 mm longum. Semina fuscescentia, turgida, basi subalata biloba, apice margi- 

 neque rotundata, rugulosa, 4 mm longa, 3 mm lata, 2 mm crassa. 



Nordafrikanische Hochland- und Steppenprovinz. Darfur: Gebel Chusus 

 und Ostgrenze (Pfund n. 173). — Kordofan: Arasch-Cool (Kotschy n. 4, 162, Fi- 

 gari-Bey). — Deutsch-Ost-Afrika, ohne genaueren Standort (Fischer ser. I n. 31 \ 



2. C. tenaissimas Buscalioni et Muschler in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XLIX. (1913) 497. — 

 Planta gracilis, ramosa. Gaules gracillimi, teretes, succulenti, glauci, glaberrimi, distincte 

 striatuli, ad nodos geniculati. Foliorum petiolus tenuissimus, erectus vel interdum re- 

 curvatus, teres, tenuiter striatulus, glaberrimus; lamina membranacea, parva, ambitu 

 ovato-suborbicularis vel suborbicularis, juventutc pilis crassiusculis subsetiformibus den- 

 siuscule obtecta, dein mox glaberrima, profunde palroato-3 — 5-lobata, lobis lanceolatis 

 lineari-lanceolatis vel plerumque linearibus, acutis vel acutiiisculis, terminali 1 — 1,5 cm 

 longo et 3 — 4,5 mm lato, lateralibus multo brevioribus sed paulo latioribus; sinus inter 



