ADENOPUS. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 413 
syn. Lagenaria mascarena). — Lagenaria Angolensis Naud.! in Ann. 
sc. nat., ser. 5, v. 5, p. 10. 
Caulis gracillimus, elongatus, ramosus, sulcatus, levis, glaber vel 
brevissime puberulus. Petiolus gracilis, tenuiter striatus, brevissime 
villosus, 3-6 cent. longus; glandulæ conice, 2 mill. longæ. Folia 
supra intense viridia et lucida, subtus pallidiora, 8-13 cent. longa 
lataque; lobis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, irregulariter leviter- 
que undulato-denticulatis, sæpius ad basim leviter constrictis, inter- 
medio longiore, acuto et longe mucronato, lateralibus acutis vel sub- 
obtusis; nervi graciles, utrinque leviter prominentes præcipue subtus, 
laterales basilares 2-8-fureati, imum sinum non marginantes ; sinus 
inter lobos rotundati, basilaris subrectangularis, 1-2 */, cent. profun- 
dus. Cirrhi satis graciles, elongati, angulati vel sulcati, subglabri. 
Peduneulus communis masculus satis robustus, angulato-sulcatus, 
brevissime villosus, 19-90 cent. longus, apice 3-7-florus; pedicelli 
erecto-patuli, 2-8 cent. longi, ad basim bracteolati vel ebracteati ; 
bracteolæ subfoliaceæ, obovatæ, dentatæ. Calycis tubus longitudina- 
liter Striatus, ad basim leviter attenuatus et subtruncatus, apice levi- 
ter constrictus, 3-3 '/, cent. longus, apice 9-12 mill. et basi 4 mill. 
Crassus; dentes subulati, 5-7 mill. longi. Petala obovata vel ovato- 
oblonga, grosse trinervia, basi unguiculata, apice rotundata vel suba- 
cuta, margine undulata, brevissime villosa precipue ad basim, 
5-6 cent. longa, 2 :/,-5 cent. lata. Staminum filamenta crassa, leviter 
villosa, 2-3 mill. longa; capitulum antherarum 2 cent. longum, 
3-7 mill. crassum. Pedunculus femineus 3-4 cent. longus. Ovarium 
late ovoideum, breviter denseque tomentosum. Fructus sphæricus, 
levis, crassitudine et forma aurantii, intense viridis sed maculis albis 
aut albentibus marmoratus, pulpa amaricante. Semina albentia aut 
fuscescentia, apice bidentata. E 
In sylvis Senegambiæ ad Kounoum (Leprieur in herb. Deless. et Le- 
norm. ; Perrottet in herb, Deless.); in Nigritia ad Borgu (Barter n. 710 
in herb. Kew. et Mus. Par.) et ad Sierra Leone (Vogel in herb. Kew.); 
in Angola (Monteiro in herb. Kew.); ad S. Paul de Loanda (Monteiro 
m herb. DC. et Mus. Par.); in arenosis maritimis breve dumetosis agri 
Loandensis inter Penedo et Conceicas (Welwitsch n. 852 in herb. Brit. 
Mus.): in distr, Golungo Alto (Welwitsch n. 853 in herb. Brit. Mus.); in 
dumetis arenosis ad ripas flum. Bero agri Mossamedensis (Welwitsch 
^: SU in herb. Brit. Mus.); prope Bahia de S. Antonio, insul. Prin- 
“DIS (Welwitsch n. 851 in herb. Brit. Mus.); in region. Niam-Niara 
Schweinfurth n. 3179 in herb. Kew.); in region. Mozambique, ad 
Elephant Marsh, Shireriver (Kirk in herb. Kew.) 
