MOMORDICA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 427 
5-7 cent. lata, obtuse angulata vel leviter 3-5-lobata, lobis triangu- 
laribus, acutis, margine integerrimis vel obscure denticulatis, inter- 
medio longiore; sinus basilaris angustissimus vel rarius latus, 
l */,-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, breves, pilosi. Pedunculus 
masculus gracilis, */,-1 cent. longus; pedicelli gracillimi, brevissimi, 
ad basim bracteolati; bracteolæ oblongæ, villosæ, 1-1 */, cent. longae. 
Calycis lobi erecti, acuti, longe villosi, 8-10 cent. longi, 3-4 mill. lati ; 
squame basilares brevissimee. Petala oblonga, obtusa, 2-2 '/, mill. 
longa. Pedunculus femineus gracilis, 3-4 cent. longus, interdum biflo- 
rus. Ovarium gracillimum, pilosum. Fructus longe rostratus, 3 cent. 
longus, 4-5 mill. erassus. Semina 6-8 mill. longa. 
In Mozambique inter Senna et Lupata et prope Shigogo (Kirk in 
herb. Kew.). 
2. R. Welwitschii (Hook. f.! in Oliv. 1. c. p. 541); caule glabro; 
foliis coriaceis, late ovato-cordatis, acuminatis; pedunculo masculo 
longiuseulo, glabro, 3-5-floro ; calycis segmentis anguste lanceolatis; 
pedunculo femineo brevissimo. 
Caulis gracillimus, elongatus, striatus, prostratus. Petiolus gracilis, 
glaber, 4-6 cent. longus. Folia utrinque læte viridia, puberula et sub- 
levia, 6-8 cent. longa, 3-6 cent. lata, obscure trilobata, margine 
minute obtuseque denticulata ; sinus basilaris angustissimus, 
14-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi gracillimi, breves. Pedunculus mas- 
culus gracilis, subglaber, 2-3 cent. longus; pedicelli satis graciles, 
pilosi, 4-6 mill. longi, ad basim bracteolati; bracteolæ lanceolato- 
Subulatæ, glabrie, 10-13 mill. longæ, 1 !/,-2 mill. latæ. Calycis lobi 
erecti, longe acuminati, sparsissime pilosi, 12-14 mill. longi, 
2/,-3 mill. lati. Corolla 2 /,-3 cent. lata. Antherz 4, una bilocularis, 
"onnectivo lato bipartito, ceteræ uniloculares; filamenta crassa, com- 
pressa, 1-1!/, mill. longa; antheræ 2 mill. longæ. Ovarium gracilli- 
mum, 3 cent. longum. Fructus ignotus. 
« In arenosis apricis ad ripas fluminis Bero, distr. Mossamèdes, ubi 
unicum individuum sed ramosissimum inventum » (Welwitsch n. 790 
m herb, Brit. Mus.). 
XVI. MOMORDICA, Tourn. Instit. p. 103, tab. 29, 30; Linn. Gen. 
ed. 1, p. 296, edit. 6, p. 506; Juss. Gen. p. 395; Willd. Spec. 4, 
P. 601; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 311; Spach, Vég. phan. 6, 
P. 219; Meisn. Gen. p. 127 (91); Endl. Gen. n. 5133; Rem. Syn. 
