PEPONIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 405 
subglabra, supra læte viridia, subtus pallida, acuminata, margine 
leviter crenulato-dentata, 12-16 cent. longa, 9-12 cent. lata; nervi 
tenues, basilares laterales trifurcati, imum sinum non marginantes : 
sinus basilaris anguste rotundatus, 2-3 cent. profundus. Cirrhi ro- 
busti, elongati, sulcati, subglabri. Pedunculi masculi sæpius geminati, 
alter uniflorus, 10-16 cent. longus, alter 5-10-florus, satis robustus, 
striatus, sparse pilosus, 12-40 cent. longus ; pedicelli erecti, graciles, 
longe sparseque villosi, 2-6 cent. longi, ebracteati. Calycis tubus bre- 
viter pubescens, 2 '/, cent. longus, apice 8-9 mill. ad medium et ad 
basim 2 mill. latus; dentes erecti, subfiliformes, 9-10 mill. longi. 
Petala acuta, 5-nervia, intus glabra, extus tenuissime punetato-glan- 
dulosa, 20-22 mill. longa, 12-14 mill. lata. Staminum filamenta fili- 
formia, glabra, 2-3 mill. longa ; capitulum antherarum 5-6 mill. lon- 
Sum, 3 mill. crassum. Pistillodium 4-5 mill. longum. Pedunculus 
fructiferus robustissimus, 1-2 cent. longus. Fructus sparse longeque 
villoso-hirsutus, 7-8 cent. longus, 3-4 cent. crassus. Semina pallide 
fusca, vix rugulosa, basi truncata et apiculata, apice obscure trilo- 
bata, 12 mill. longa, 4 */,-5 mill. lata, 3 mill. crassa. . 
In India boreali (Royle in herb. Kew. et hort. Petrop.); in Himalaya 
orientali (Griffith n. 9553 in herb. Kew. et Mus. Par.); in Sikkim, 
altit. 1700-3000 metr. (Hook. f. et Thoms. n. 5 in herb. Kew., Berol., 
Vindob., hort. Petrop., Lugd.-Bat.); in Darjeeling (Clarke in herb. 
Kew.); im Simlah (Hugel n. 754 in herb. Vindob.; Lady Dalhousie in 
herb, Deless.); in Kumaon ad Kalemundi, altit. 2800 metr. (Strachey 
et Winterbottom n. 2 in herb. Kew., n. 3 in herb. Brux. et Kew.); in 
Nepalia (Wallich sine n. in herb. Kew., n. 6761 in herb. Lin. Soc.). 
VIII. PEPONIA, Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 5, p. 29; Benth. 
et Hook. Gen. Pl., 1, p. 823; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr., 2, 
p. 526. 
Flores monoici. Masculi solitarii vel racemosi. Calycis tubus subcy- 
lindricus, basi globosus vel attenuatus; lobi 5, subulati rarissime 
Sublanceolati. Petala 5, libera, patentia, obovata, integra. Stamina 3, 
ubo calycis inserta, filamentis liberis; antheræ inclusæ, in capitulum 
oblongum vel cylindricum cohærentes, una unilocularis, ceteræ bilo- 
es, loculis longitudinaliter triplicatis, connectivo angusto apice 
non producto. Pollen globosum, læve, poris 3 apertum. Pistillodium 
glanduliforme, — Flores feminei solitarii. Calyx et corolla maris. 
inodia nulla. Ovarium oblongum, triplacentiferum ; stylus colum- 
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