MOMORDICA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 451 
menta crassa, ad basim valde dilatata, 2-2'/, mill. longa; antheræ 
biloculares 1 '/, mill. longæ, 2 mill. late, apice plus minusve bifidæ, 
loculis flexuosis. Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Gabon (Duparquet in herb. Mus. Par.). 
22. M. Mannii (Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr., 2, p. 539); foliis 
anguste ovato-cordatis, integris, acuminatis, basi late profundeque 
emarginatis, margine acute denticulatis, utrinque pubescentibus ; 
pedunculis masculis foliis brevioribus, 3-6-floris ; bracteis minutis vel 
nullis: floribus mediocribus; calyce pubescente, lævi, segmentis orbi- 
cularibus. 
Caulis gracilis, glaber, viridi et flavo marmoratus. Folia 5-8 cent. 
longa. Cirrhi gracillimi, elongati, simpliees vel bifidi. Pedunculus 
communis masculus gracillimus, apice floriferus; bractez minute, 
ovate ad basim pedicellorum inferiorum; pedicelli pubescentes, bre- 
ves vel elongati. Alabastrum globosum. Calycis tubus brevissimus ; 
segmenta atro-viridia, puberula, apice rotundata, margine late mem- 
branacea. Corolla flava, 3 cent. lata. Antherz late ovatæ, loculis 
flexuosis, connectivo lato. Pedunculus femineus robustus, 6-8 cent. 
longus, ebracteatus. Fructus (immaturus) anguste ovoideus, rostratus, 
3 cent. longus, dense longe molliterque echinatus. 
In Guinea ad Fernando Po (Mann in herb. Kew.). 
23. M. foetida (Schum. et Thonn.! Pl. Guin. p. 426 et in Dansk. 
Vid. Sel. Afh. 4, p. 200); foliis late ovato-cordatis, integris, acutis, 
basi satis profunde emarginatis et ad petiolum decurrentibus, mar- 
Sine minutissime denticulatis vel erenulato-denticulatis, utrinque 
glabris vel subglabris; pedunculis masculis foliis sæpius brevioribus; 
minute bracteatis, racemoso-multifloris; floribus magnis; calyce bre- 
Vissime villoso et plus minusve setoso vel echinato, segmentis orbicu- 
SC. nat., ser, 4, v. 12, p. 134; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr., 2, 
P. 538; Oliv. Speke et Grant exped. p. 76. — M. Vogelii Planch.! 
mss, ex Benth, Niger Fl. p. 369; Walp. 1. e. — M. cordifolia Sond.! 
in Harv, et Sond. Fl. Cap., 2, p. 492; Naud. in Ann. se. nat., ser. 5, 
V. 5, p. 22. — Cucumis? cordifolius E. Meyer! in herb. Drége ex Sond. 
dix crassa, perennans. Caulis satis robustus, ramosus, sulcatus, 
glaber, */ -5 metr. longus, undique punetis lineolisque atroviridibus 
conspersus, Petiolus satis robustus, striatus, glaber, 4-7 cent. longus. 
