TRICHOSANTHES. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 385 
37, T. Celebica ; foliis trifoliolatis ; foliolis coriaceis, ovato-oblon- 
gis, breviter acuminatis, margine integerrimis, utrinque glabris, supra 
tenuissime punctatis, subtus tenuiter reticulatis, lateralibus extrin- 
secus auriculatis, auriculis rotundatis; cirrhis bifidis vel subsimpli- 
cibus. i 
Caulis gracilis, sulcatus, glaber vel puberulus præcipue ad nodos, 
lævis. Petiolus robustus, angulato-sulcatus, rugulosus, 2-3 cent. lon- 
gus ; petioluli divaricati, 4-8 mill. longi. Foliola supra intense viridia, 
subtus paulo pallidiora, intermedium 10-13 cent. longum, 6-7 cent. 
latum, basi subacutum, lateralia paulo minora, valde asymmetrica. 
Cirrhi satis graciles, elongati, sulcati, subglabri. Pedunculus commu- 
nis masculus robustus, sulcatus, brevissime denseque puberulus præ- 
cipue ad apicem, fere usque ad basim floriferus, 10-15-florus, 5-8 cent. 
longus; pedicelli crassi, vix 1-2 mill. longi; bracteæ oblongo-lanceo- 
latæ, membranaceæ, basi attenuatæ, superne profunde dentatæ, 
3-5-nerviæ, breviter puberulæ, sparse lateque glandulosæ, 1 /,-2'/, 
cent. longæ. Calycis tubus inferne sublinearis, superne dilatatus, bre- 
vissime puberulus, 2-2 !/, cent. longus; dentes erecto-patuli, lanceo- 
lato-triangulares, 6-7 mill. longi, ad basim 3-4 mill. lati. « Fructus 
globoso-ovatus, acutus, muricatus, coccineus, circa 90 cent. longus, 
60'cent. crassus, carnosus. » Semina fusca vel subnigra, lævia, obli- 
que ovato-oblonga, immarginata, basi subattenuata, 12-13 mill. longa, 
6-7 mill. lata, 2-2 */, mill. crassa. 
In Celebes, ad Lepo epo, prope Kandari (Beccari in herb. suo). 
Sect. II. — PSEUDOTRICHOSANTHES. 
. SEZ Iw. ds. Son. Beng. 1877, part. 2, p. 98. 
Flores dioici, masculi et feminei solitarii, isti gracile peduncu- 
lati, feminei subsessiles. Petala fimbriata vel interdum lacerata. — 
Folia intes egra. 
38. T. dioica (Roxb.! in Wall. List, n. 6692 A, B, D, et Fl. Ind. 
3, p.701); foliis cordatis, ovato-oblongis, apice acutis, margine remote 
denticulatis, utrinque scilbtis vel seaberrimis ; eirrhis 2-4-fidis ; fructu 
oblongo; seminibus subglobosis. — Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, 
D. 675; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 609. — T. officinalis 
Wall.! List, n. 6694; Rœm. Syn. fase. 2, p. 95. 
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