MOMORDICA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 449 
maseulus subfiliformis, flexuosus, subglaber, 2-10 cent. longus, usque 
ad basim floriferus, 8-40-florus ; pedicelli capillares, erecti, glabri, ad 
apicem leviter dilatati et brevissime denseque villosi, ad basim brac- 
teolati, ad medium artieulati vel subbracteolati, 4-18 mill. longi; 
bracteolæ basilares subulatæ, 1-3 mill. longæ. Calyx fuscus, ad basim 
attenuatus, segmentis 3-4 mill. longis, ad basim 1'/, mill. latis. 
Petala ovato-oblonga, acuta, 3-5-nervia, intus glabra, extus villosa, 
7 mill. longa, 3 mill. lata. Staminum filamenta brevissima ; antheræ 
in capitulum subglobosum, 2 mill. crassum cohærentes. Pedunculus 
femineus 3-6 cent. longus, ad medium minute bracteolatus. Fructus 
subglobosus, 2 cent. crassus, abrupte rostratus, Semina fulva, ovato- 
oblonga, compressa, utrinque exsculpta, margine leviter undulato- 
crenulata, basi leviter attenuata, 10 mill. longa, 5!/, mill. lata, 
2-2*/, mill. crassa. : 
In Ceylon (Thwaites n. 1615 in herb. Brux., DC., Boiss., Francav., 
Lenorm., hort. Petrop., Kew.; Walker in herb. Kew.; Wight n. 1141 
in herb. Kew. ; Gardner n. 317 in herb. Kew.). 
b. Flores monoici. 
19. M. corymbifera (Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr., 2, 
p. 539); foliis late ovato-cordatis, leviter trilobatis, margine minute 
denticulatis, utrinque dense pubescentibus ; pedunculis masculis foliis 
brevioribus, apice subumbellato- vel corymboso-6-8-floris ; bracteis 
nullis vel minutis; floribus parvis; calyce villoso, segmentis ovatis, 
mucronatis. 
Caulis gracilis, sparse longeque villosus. Petiolus pubescens. Folia 
longe acuminata, 5-6 cent. longa, lobis acutis, margine minute denti- 
culatis; sinus basilaris paulo profundus, late rotundatus. Cirrhi gra- 
ciles, simplices vel bifidi. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis ; 
pedicelli breves, filiformes, pilosi. Calycis tubus brevissimus, segmen- 
tis 5-7 mill. longis, margine vix membranaceis. Corolla flava, 2 cent. 
lata, segmentis inæqualibus, duobus exterioribus majoribus et valde 
Concavis. Antheræ biloculares bifidæ, loculis sinuosis , connectivo 
angusto, apice glanduloso. Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Mozambique prope Lupata (Kirk in herb. Kew.). 
20. M. multiflora (Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr., 2, p. nup; 
foliis late ovato-cordatis, integris, ad basim satis profunde emargina- 
tis, margine minutissime remoteque denticulatis, utrinque sparse bre- 
Sorres au Prodromus 111. T 
