390 Lxiii. cucuRBiTACE/E. \Adenopvs 



shining ; in exposed uncultivated hilly places at Alto das Cruzes ; 

 flowers dioecious, the female ones solitary, on angular pedicels ^ to 

 1 in. long ; calyx ovoid-elliptical, limb 5-partite ; lobes fleshy, thick, 

 subulate, bi- glandular at the base and with another thick fleshy large 

 ovoid-conical acute gland at the middle or towards the apex, all these 

 glands resembling laciniate leaflets ; petals 5, a little smaller than in 

 the male flower, inserted around the throat of the calyx-limb, obovate- 

 spathulate, white, rather fleshy, entire, crisp and more or less inflexed 

 on the margin, pervaded by thick green nerves, apiculate, the middle 

 nerve produced and with several glands at the apex ; ovary ellipsoidal- 

 ovoid, inferior, 3-celIed ; placentas parietal, many-ovuled, thinly hoary- 

 tomentose all over ; style cylindrical, trifid ; stigmas 3, thickened, 

 deeply bilobed, obtuse, connivent. sordid-yellow; lobes erect, somewhat 

 inflexed at the apex ; rudiments of the stamens 3, acutely conical, 

 opposite the petals, whitish, smooth, subulate ; female fl. 14 July 1858. 

 Berry at first ellipsoidal, densely beset with rigid hyaline hairs, as it 

 ripens becoming more or less globose, glossy-green, variegated with 

 elongated horizontal white spots, hard, 3 to 4 in. in diameter, with a 

 white very bitter flesh. In rugged places at the j^alace ; female fl., 

 28 Aug. 1858. A dioecious apparently perennial herb, extensively 

 climbing or procumbent to a great distance, rough ; stem softly 

 pubescent, obtusely angular-furrowed, flexuous, 5 to IG ft. long ; 

 tendrils bifid, the two branches very unequal ; leaves palmately lobed, 

 rather rough on both faces, deep-green above, pale-green beneath ; 

 furnished at the insertion of the petiole with two opposite conical fleshy 

 black-gi-een shining subulate glands, which are ^V in- long ; petiole 

 an inch long. Female flowers axillary, on a peduncle as long as 

 or a little longer than the petiole ; calyx-tube elongate-ovoid, velvety- 

 hoary, almost tomentose, adnate to "the ovary ; limb superior, very 

 deeply 5-cleft, lobes from a broad base abruptly subulate, trifid, all 

 the segments biglandular at the base with glands of the same shape 

 as those at the apex of the petiole : petals crisp on the entire 

 inflexed margin, whitish ; style short, white ; stigma coroniform, with 

 three deeply bifid very thick yellow obtuse erect-spreading or almost 

 connivent lobes ; rudiments of the stamens 3, subulate from a broad 

 base, gland-like, scarcely longer than xV in. ; ovary 6-celled. Berry 

 perfectly spherical, umbilicate with the remains of the calyx-limb, 

 when immature about 3 in. in diameter, bright-green, variegated with 

 densely crowded white spots, filled with a white firm very bitter 

 flesh, 6-celled, many-seeded, usually even when quite ripe keeping a 

 whole year in an unaltered state without decaying ; seeds ovate- 

 lanceolate, truncate at the base, surrounded by an obtuse thickened 

 border. In hilly bushy places near Loanda, rather rare : fl. and young 

 fr. Aug. 1858. Negro name " Ditanga-Sese," Coloquintida bastarda. 

 No. 852. Ripe seeds of the Coloquintida bastarda (Pseudo-Colo- 

 cynthis). Coll. Carp. 606. 



GoLUNGO Alto.— A dark-green dioecious herb, very widely climbing; 

 flowers white, very fragrant by night. Very abundant and nearly 

 everywhere in thickets at the skirts of forests, especially about Sange, 

 flowering in the rainy season, fruiting in winter ; fl. and fr. Sept. 

 1855 and March 1856 ; also in half -shady rich soils between Sange and 

 Undelle, female fl. March 1856. No. 853. Climbing in masses ; fruit 

 31 to 4 in. in diameter. Sange ; fr. 1855. " Pseudo-coloquinta." 

 Coll. Carp. 607. Flowers large, white, rather fleshy ; fruit globose, 

 as large as a very big orange, greenish-white, variegated with spots. 

 Everywhere climbing in dense thickets, near Sange, etc. ; fl. from 



