450 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MOMORDICA . 
viterque villoso-hirsutis ; pedunculis masculis foliis longioribus, ramo- 
sis, subeymoso-multifloris ; bracteis minutis vel nullis; pedicellis 
brevissimis, divaricatis, breviter denseque villoso-tomentosis; floribus 
parvis; calyce brevissime denseque villoso-hirsuto, segmentis brevi- 
bus, ovatis, acuminatis, in alabastrum recurvatis. 
Caulis gracillimus, angulato-suleatus, pubescens, alte scandens. 
Petiolus gracilis, 4-7 cent. longus. Folia supra læte viridia, subtus 
paulo pallidiora, utrinque scabriuscula, membranacéa, apice acumi- 
nata, 10-16 cent. longa, 8-13 cent. lata. Cirrhi robustiusculi, elongati, 
suleati, puberuli, simplices vel bifidi. Pedunculi communes masculi 
solitarii vel geminati, graciles, brevissime villosi. Alabastrum dense 
breviterque villosum, ovoideum, 1!/,-2 mill. longum. Calycis tubus 
brevis. Corolla flava, 2-2 '/, cent. lata. Staminum filamenta crassa, 
brevia; antheræ late ovatæ, loculis intus leviter incurvatis, connec- 
tivo subangusto, apice emarginato vel bifido. Pedunculus fructiferus 
brevis, erassus. Fructus (immaturus) subeylindricus, crassus, leevis. 
In Angola, in sylvis humidis ad Rio Muio, prope Sobati-Quilombo, 
distr. Golungo Alto, altit. 300-800 metr. (Welwitsch n. 843 in herb. 
Brit. Mus.); ad Gabon River, lat. 1° N (Mann n. 1019 in herb. Kew.); 
ad Fernando Po (Vogel n. 173 in herb. Kew.). 
21. M. Gabonii; foliis ovato-cordatis, integris, basi leviter emar- 
ginatis, margine minutissime remoteque denticulatis, utrinque sub- 
glabris et tenuiter punctato-scabriusculis; pedunculis masculis foliis 
sublongioribus, ebracteatis, apice ramosis, racemoso-multifloris ; pedi- 
cellis longiusculis, erectis vel erecto-patulis, subglabris; floribus 
parvis; calyce tenuissime punctato-papilloso, segmentis brevissimis, 
late triangularibus, acutis, in alabastrum adpressis. 
Caulis gracillimus, angulatus, glaber, ramosus, scandens. Petiolus 
gracillimus, striatus, puberulus, 2-3 cent. longus. Folia supra 1ete 
viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, tenuiter membranacea, apice acum- 
nata, 8-10 cent. longa, 5-7 cent. lata; sinus basilaris late rotundatus, 
3-4 cent. profundus. Cirrhi satis graciles, elongati, sulcati, glabri, 
bifidi vel rarius simplices. Pedunculi communes masculi solitarii vel 
geminati, graciles, glabri vel ad apicem puberuli, 3-11 cent. longi, 
apice 15-30-flori; pedicelli filiformes, 4-10 mill. longi. Alabastrum 
brevissime puberulum, subglobosum, 3 mill. longum. Calycis tubus 
latissime campanulatus, fuscus, 4 mill. latus; segmenta pallidiora, 
1-1 */, mill. longa, 2 mill. lata. Corolla flava, extus puberula, Ses” 
mentis ovato-oblongis, obtusis, 10-12 mill. longis. Staminum fila: 
