390 DICOTYLEDONEÆ,. GYMNOPETALUM , 
excl. plq. synon.). — Cucurbita umbellata Wall.! List, n. 6724 (non 
Klein). 
Caulis gracilis, sulcatus, breviter villoso-hirsutus. Petiolus satis 
gracilis, striatus, satis dense villoso-hirsutus, 2-4 cent. longus. Folia 
supra læte viridia, subtus viridi-cinerea, 7-11 cent. longa, 5-8 cent. 
lata, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, brevissimis vel nullis, intermedio 
multo longiore, anguste triangulari, longe acuminato ; sinus basilaris 
rotundatus, 1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi subfiliformes, elongati, striati, 
leviter hirsuti. Pedunculus communis masculus subfiliformis, sulcatus, 
breviter villosus vel subglaber, 5-8 cent, longus, apice 5-15-florus ; 
pedicelli filiformes, erecti, brevissime villosi, 5-22 mill. longi; brac- 
teolæ eapillares, patulæ, 3-4 mill. longæ. Calycis tubus subcylindricus, 
apice leviter ventricosus, ad basim acutus, 12-15 mill. longus, 2'/, mill. 
crassus ; dentes capillares, sparse pilosi, enervii, patuli, 3 mill. longi, 
'/,-*/, mill. lati. Petala patula, trinervia, brevissime papillosa, 6 mill. 
longa, 2 */,-3 mill. lata. Staminum filamenta !/, mill. longa; capitu- 
lum antherarum 3 Y, mill. longum, 1*/, mill. crassum. Pistillodium 
3-4 mill. longum. Pedunculus fructiferus gracilis, 2-3 cent. longus. 
Fructus ruber, oblongus, utrinque attenuatus præcipue ad apicem, 
pilis parvis rigidis conspersus, 5 cent. longus, 2 cent. crassus. Semina 
oblonga, fusca, leviter scrobiculata, ad basim subito compressa, 6 '/,7 
mill. longa, apice 2*/, mill. et ad basim 3'/, mill. lata, 2'/ mill. 
crassa. 
In India orientali loco haud indicato (Wallich n. 6724 in herb. Linn. 
Soc.); in Himalaya (Strachey et Winterbottom n. 4 in herb. Kew.); 
in ins. Ceylon (Wight n. 1146 in herb. Kew.; Gardner n. 315 in herb. 
Kew.; Thwaites n. 1625 in herb. Brux., DC., Francav., Lenorm., 
Berol., hort. Petrop., Kew., Brit. Mus., n. 2806 in herb. Boiss.). 
Sect. II. — TRIPODANTHERA. 
Sect. Scotanthus Kurz, Contr. Burm. Fl. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 46, 
part. 2, p. 99. — Genus Tripodanthera Rœm. l. e. (1846). — 
Scotanthus Naud. 1. c. (1862). 
Flores monoici, majusculi, albi, masculi solitarii vel racemosi ; pedi- 
celli brevissimi, ad basim bracteati; bracteæ foliaceæ, dentatæ vel 
laceratæ. Petala crenulata. Fructus 10-costatus. Semina obovoidea, 
ad medium non constricta. 
