MOMORDICA , CUCURBITACEÆ (aucT. COGNIAUX). 445 
ad basim 3- rarius 5-lobatis, basi leviter emarginatis, utrinque glabris 
et sublævibus, margine prope basim petiolisque glandulis pluribus 
magnis umbilicatis instructis; pedunculo masculo foliis sæpius bre- 
viore; bracteis orbieulari-reniformibus, basi interdum glandulosis, 
extus brevissime villosis vel subglabris, intus scabris; floribus amplis; 
calyce brevissime villoso-hirsuto vel scabro, segmentis magnis, 
oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis. — Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1877, 
part. 2, p. 102; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 618. — 
Muricia Cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2, p. 596, edit. Willd. 2, 
p. 733; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 318; Spach, Vég. phan. 6, p. 222; 
Rœm. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 60. — Momordiea mixta Roxb. Hort. Beng. 
p. 70; Fl. Ind. 3, p. 709; Wight et Arn. Prodr. 1, p. 349; Ræm. Syn. 
fasc. 2, p. 59; Hook. in Bot. Mag. tab. 5145; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat., 1, 
part. 1, p. 664; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat., ser. 4, v. 12, p. 132; Rev. 
hort. 1860, p. 223; Fl. des Serres, 14, tab. 1478; Galeotti, Journ. 
Hort. v. 3, p. 369, v. 4, p. 49, tab. 4. — Zucea Commersoniana 
Ser.! in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 319; Rom. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 110. — M. dioica 
Wall.! List, n. 6750 A-F. 
Planta altissima, in arboribus scandens. Radix tuberosa, peren- 
nis. Caulis robustus, angulatus, ramosus, glaber, levis. Petiolus 
robustus, sulcatus, glaber vel subglaber, ad medium vel prope apicem 
2-5-glandulosus, 5-10 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viridia, sub- 
tus pallida, 12-20 cent. longa lataque, lobis ovatis vel oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis, divergentibus, acutis vel acuminatis, margine integerrimis 
vel rarius undulato-dentieulatis ; sinus inter lobos lati, subacuti, basi- 
laris late subrectangularis, 1-3 cent. profundus. Cirrhi robustissimi, 
elongati, angulati, glaberrimi, simplices. Pedunculus masculus robus- 
tus, angulato-sulcatus, glaber vel puberulus præcipue ad apicem, 6-15 
“ent. longus; bractea cucullata, sessilis, margine integerrima et 
‘iliato-subtomentosa, basi leviter emarginata, apice retusa, 3-3 '/, 
“ent. longa, 4-5 cent. lata. Calycis segmenta atro-viridia, coriacea, 
14-16 mill. longa, 6-7 mill. lata. Corolla albo-flavescens, intus sub- 
slabra, extus ad nervos breviter denseque villosa; segmentis ovato- 
oblongis, subacutis, 5-6 cent. longis, duobus exterioribus paulo majo- 
"bus, ad basim flavo-glandulosis, tribus interioribus minoribus, basi 
àtro-fusco maculatis. Pedunculus femineus 3-5 cent. longus, ad me- 
dium minute bracteatus. Fructus ovatus, apice acutus, ruber, carno- 
Sus, teres, dense aculeatus, 12-15 cent. longus ; aculei conici, 3-4 mill. 
ongi. Semina numerosa, atro-fusca, ovata, valde compressa, utrinque 
‘xsculpta, margine undulato-sublobulata, 26-28 mill. longa, 19-21 mill. 
lata, 5-6 mill. crassa. 
