GYMNOPETALUM. CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 391 
3. G. Cochinchinense (Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 40, 
part. 2, p. 57); foliis membranaceis, ovatis, utrinque brevissime spar- 
seque villoso-hirsutis demum scabris, angulatis vel leviter lobatis, 
lobis late tríangularibus, plerumque acutis; floribus masculis solita- 
ris vel racemosis; calyce breviter villoso-hirsuto, tubo elongato, 
inferne longe attenuato, dentibus elongatis, lineari-subulatis, tubo 
4-5-plo brevioribus. — Flora, 1871, p. 295; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 
Drit. Ind. 2, p. 611. — Bryonia Cochinchinensis Lour.! Fl. Coch. 
p. 595 et edit. Willd. 2, p. 732; Willd. Spec. 4, p. 617; Ser. in DC. 
Prodr. 3, p. 305. — Momordica spicata Linn.! mss. ex Sm. in Rees 
Cyclop., v. 23; Ser. in DC. 1. e. p. 312; Ræm. Syn., fasc. 2, p. 54. — 
Trichosanthes costata Bl.! Bijdr. p. 933; Ser. in DC. 1. c. p. 314; 
Rom. 1. e. p. 96; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 676. — T. cucu- 
merina Wall.! List, n. 6690, E (non Linn.). — T.? Fatoa Ham.! in 
Wall. List, n. 6695. — Bryonia grandis Wall! List, n. 6700, K, L 
(non Linn.). — Momordica tubiflora Wall.! List, n. 6749; Roxb. Fl. 
Ind. 3, p. 711; Rœm. l. e. p. 53. — Cucumis tubiflorus Roxb. in E. 
Ind. Comp. Mus., tab. 1695 ined. — Tripodanthera Cochinchinensis 
Rom. 1. c. p. 48. — Scotanthus tubiflorus Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat., 
Ser. 4, v. 16, p. 173, tab. 3. 
Herba radice fibrosa sublignosa fortassis perennans, moschum 
redolens. Caulis ramosissimus, gracilis, angulato-suleatus, breviter 
hirsuto-scaber, repens et scandens, 1?/,-2 met. longus. Petiolus gra- 
cilis, striatus, sparse villoso-hirsutus, 3-4 cent. longus. Folia supra 
leete viridia, subtus pallidiora, 4-6 cent. longa, 3-5 cent. lata, lobis 
margine leviter undulatis et minute remoteque denticulatis, interme- 
dio multo longiore; sinus basilaris sæpius anguste rotundatus, 1-2 
cent. profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, striati, subglabri, simpli- 
ces. Pedunculus masculus uniflorus 3-7 cent. longus; pedunculus 
multiflorus 10-15 cent. longus, superne 3-S-florus; pedicelli erecti, 
1-3 mill. longi; bracteæ ovato-oblongz, basi attenuatæ, apice plus 
minusve laciniatæ, 1*/,-2*/, cent. longæ. Calycis tubus superne levi- ` 
ter ventricosus, 2*/, cent. longus, 3-4 mill. crassus; dentes erecto- 
patuli, 5-6 mill. longi, ad basim ?/, mill. lati. Petala patula, oblongo- 
Ovata, trinervia, apice plerumque acuta, extus brevissime sparseque 
pilosa, 2 1/, cent. longa, 10-12 mill. lata. Staminum filamenta crassa, 
vix */, mill. longa; capitulum antherarum utrinque acutum, 7 mill. 
longum, 2 mill. crassum. Pedunculus femineus 1-4 cent. longus. Fruc- 
tus ruberrimus, ovoideus vel ovoideo-oblongus, basi subacutus, apice 
In acumen longiusculum marcescens productus, breviter villosus, 
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