PÉPONIA . | CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 407 
suti, laterales basilares bifurcati, imum sinum distantes; sinus inter 
lobos latiusculi, obtusi. Cirrhi satis graciles, breves, suleati, longe 
villosi præcipue ad basim, bifidi. Pedunculus masculus 4-7 cent. lon- 
gus. Calycis tubus 2 */,-3 cent. longus. Petala alba (Vogel) vel pallide 
sulphurea (Barter), subacuta, trinervia, pubescentia. Pedunculus 
femineus satis robustus, longe villosus, 2 cent. longus. Ovarium 
oblongum, densissime longeque tomentoso-lanatum. Fructus ignotus. 
In Guinea ad Fernando-Po (Vogel n. 8 in herb. Kew.) et ad Lagos 
(Barter n. 20169 in herb. Kew.). 
B, cucullata. Folia leviter lobata, lobis ovato-triangularibus, sub- 
obtusis, margine undulato-denticulatis. — Cucurbita cucullata Bojer! 
ex Hook. f. in Oliv. 1. c., p. 527. 
. In Zanzibar (Bojer in herb. Kew. ; Boivin in herb. Mus. Par.). 
2. P. Mac Kennii (Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat., ser. 5, v. 5, p. 29, 
tab. 3 et 4); foliis membranaceis, ambitu late suborbiculari-cordatis, 
basi profunde emarginatis, fere usque ad medium 5-lobatis, supra 
sparse villoso-hirsutis, subtus satis dense villosis vel subhirsutis ; ca- 
lycis tubo elongato, subeylindrico, ab apice ad basim subattenuato, 
subglabro, dentibus subulatis, erectis, tubo triplo brevioribus. 
Caulis humifusus vel vix scandens, satis gracilis, suleatus, dense 
villosus, !/,-2 metr. longus. Petiolus satis robustus, striatus, breviter 
denseque villoso-subtomentosus, 3-8 cent. longus. Folia supra intense 
viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 10-13 cent. longa, 12-16 cent. lata, 
lobis triangularibus, acutis breviter acuminatisque, margine acute 
leviterque crenulato-dentatis, terminali paulo majore; nervi robus- 
, Uusculi, subtus leviter prominentes, laterales basilares bifurcati, 
mum sinum marginantes; sinus inter lobos acuti, lati, basilaris sub- 
rectangularis, 2-4 cent. latus et profundus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, 
suleati, ad basim longe villosi, bifidi. Pedunculus masculus satis gra- 
cilis, Striatus, breviter villosus, 8-18 cent. longus. Calycis tubus 
16-18 mill, longus, apice 8-9 mill. latus; dentes 5-6 mill. longi, ad 
basim l mill. lati. Petala lutea, late obovata, apice rotundata, 
?--nervia, brevissime pubescentia, 3-3 !/, cent. longa, 2 */, cent. lata. 
Staminum filamenta filiformia, glabra, 4-5 mill. longa; capitulum an- 
therarum oblongum, 9 mill. longum, 3-4 mill. crassum. Flores feminei 
longe Pedunculati; ovarium oblongum, sparse pilosum. Fructus 
°blongo-ovoideus, apice conicus, glaberrimus, crassitudine ovum gal- 
?ceum imo et anserinum æmulans, primo viridis et albo marmo- 
"atus, demum omnino rüber; pulpa aurantiaca, insipida. Semina fusca. 
