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Flores monoici. Flores masculi racemosi vel ad apicem pedunculi communis ag- 

 gregato-capitati paniculati vel subunibellati. Receptaculum campanulalum. Sepala 5, 

 subulala. CoroUa caiupanulala, profunde 5-parlila, segmenlis inlegris, obtusis, Sla- 

 iiiina 3, libera, ad medium receptaculi tubum inserta, sessilia, dorso afßxa; antherae 

 obovalae, una unilocularis ceterae biloculares, loculis linearibus, apice incurvatis, non 

 sigmoideo-flexuosis, conneclivum latum apice non produclum marginanlibus. Pislillodiuni 

 unicum glanduliforme, vel 3 subulala. Flores feminei innorescentiae masculae coaxil- 

 lares, solitarii. Perianlhium ul in mare. Staminodia minuta vel nuUa. Ovarium ovoi- 

 deum vel clavalum, triplacenliferum; Stigmata 3, sessilia vel subsessilia, obcordata; ovula 

 numerosa, horizontalia. Fructus ovoideus vel subclavato-cylindricus, carnosus, indc- 

 hiscens. Semina ovata, conipressa, immarginala, laevia. — Herbae annuae, alte scan- 

 dentes. Folia ampla, palmali-5 — 7-lobata vel rarius integra, basi profunde cordata. Cirrbi 

 simplices. Flores parvi, flavi. Fructus parvus vel mediocris. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Foliorum lamina rigidiuscula, ulrinque scabra; flores masculi 



paniculati i. C. Mannü. 



B. Foliorum lamina membranacea, subtus laevis; flores masculi 

 subumbellali 2. C. edulis. 



{. C. Mannü Naud. 1. c; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. II. (1870 534; Cogn. in 

 DC. Mon. Pban. 111. (188<) 517, — Caulis robuslus, elongatus, ramosus, teres, leviter 

 pubescens. Foliorum petiolus robustus, breviter pubescenti-subhirsutus demum subglaber, 

 6 — 4 cm longus; lamina rigida, utrinque scabra, supra laete viridis, subtus paulo palli- 

 dior, apice obtusa vel subacuta, mai-gine undulato-denticulata, iO — ii cm longa lata- 

 que, in juventute plantae fere cordiformis, mox breviter et obtuse 5-lobata, demum 

 statu plantae adultiore profunde 5 — 7-lobata, lobis ovatis, intermedio paulo longiore 

 basi saepius constricto ; sinus inter lobos obtusi vel rotundati, basilaris anguste subrotun- 

 datus, 2 — 4 cm profundus. Cirrhi graciles, breves, puberuli, Flores masculi aggregato- 

 capitati vel subpaniculati; pedunculus communis robustus, puberulus, apice simplex vel 

 ramosus, 10 — < 5-florus, 3 — 4 cm longus; pedicelli patuli, ebracteati, saepius brevissimi. 

 Receptaculum sparse pilosum, basi rotundatum, apice leviter constrictum, 7 — 8 mm lon- 

 gum latunique. Sepala patula, 3 mm longa, \ mm lata. Corolla utrinque puberula, 

 segmentis late ovatis, 6 — 7 mm longis. Antherae subrectangulares, 2,5 — 3 mm longae, 

 2 — 2,5 mm latae. Pistillodia 3, liguliformia, 1,5 — 2 mm longa. Flores feminei lon- 

 giuscule pedunculati. Ovarium ovoideum. Fructus ovoideus, corticosus, laevis, ovum 

 anserinum crassitudine paulo superans. Semina candidissima, 16 — 18 mm longa, 9 mm 

 lala, 2 — 3 mm crassa. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Old Calabar (G. Mann); Gabun (Aubry le 

 Comte). 



2. C. edulis (Hook, f.) Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. HI. (1881) 518; Hiern, Cat. Afr. 

 pl. Welw. I. 2. (1898) 399. — Cladosicyos edulis Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. II. (1871) 

 53 i. — Caulis robustissimus, elongatus, ramosus, angulato-sulcatus, sparse pilosus. Folio- 

 rum petiolus satis gracilis, puberulus, 7 — 10 cm longus; lamina membranacea, supra 

 scabriuscula demum tenuissime albo-punctata intense viridis, subtus pallidior sublaevis 

 glabrala vel sparse puberula, 10 — 20 cm longa lataque, integra 3 — 5-angulala vel plus 

 minusve lobata, lobis saepius late triangularibus, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, minute 

 remoteque subulato-denticulalis, intermedio paulo longiore; sinus inter lobos lati, rotun- 

 dati, basilaris late rotundatus, 3 — 5 cm profundus. Cirrhi robusli, longissimi, pubeinili. 

 Flores masculi subumbellali; pedunculus communis robustus, rectus, apice 4 — 8-florus, 

 3 — 6 cm longus; pedicelü patuli vel reflexi, breviter puberuli, ebracteati vel basi mi- 

 nute bracteolali, G — 15 mm longi. Receptaculum sulcalum, sparse pilosum. Sepala 

 patula vel reflexa, 3 — 4 mm longa, 1 mm lata. Corolla 1 cm lata, Pistillodium uni- 

 cum, glandulosum. Pedunculus femineus crassiusculus, recurvus, breviter villoso-birsu- 



