452 DICOTYLEDONEZÆ. MOMORDICA . 
Folia membranacea, supra læte viridia et levia, subtus paulo palli- 
diora et interdum scabriuscula, ad venas marginesque minute pube- 
rula, 8-15 cent. longa, 6-12 cent. lata; sinus basilaris subrectangu- 
laris, 1-2 cent. profundus, 1*/,-3 cent. latus. Cirrhi robustiusculi, 
elongati, angulato-sulcati, glabri, simplices vel rarius bifidi. Pedun- . 
culus communis masculus satis gracilis, angulatus, glaber, 3-15 cent. 
longus ; bracteæ lanceolatz vel subulatæ, 1-10 mill. longe ; pedicelli 
erecti, striati, glabri vel puberuli, 1-7 cent. longi. Alabastrum sub- 
globosum. Calyx atro-viridis, tubo brevissimo, subrotato, segmentis 
margine membranaceis ciliatisque, 5-6 mill. longis latisque. Corolla 
lutea, segmentis ovatis vel oblongis, apice rotundatis, 2'/, cent. 
longis, duobus exterioribus paulo latioribus, concoloribus, tribus 
interioribus paulo minoribus, basi atro-fusco maculatis. Staminum 
filamenta brevissima, crassa ; antheræ biloculares late suborbiculares, 
loculis flexuosis, connectivo lato. Peduneulus femineus satis gracilis, 
2-8 cent. longus, ebracteatus vel ad medium minute bracteatus. Caly- 
cis segmenta ovato-oblonga, apice rotundata. Ovarium ovoideo-oblon- 
gum, dense molliterque setosum. Fructus ovoideus, pallide auran- 
tiacus, carnosus, dense longe molliterque aculeatus, 7-8 cent. longus, 
5-6 cent. latus, irregulariter lacerus. Semina pallida vel nigricantia, 
ovato-oblonga, compressa, inconspicue scrobiculata, margine tenui 
vix prominulo circumdata, 11 mill. longa, 6 mill. lata, 3 3 mill. 
crassa. 
In Abyssinia (Schimper n. 840 in herb. Kew., n. 1135 in herb. DC., 
Boiss., Franeav., Berol., Vindob., Mus. Par., n. 1498 part. in herb. 
DC., n. 2840 in ecd Brit. Mus.; Kotschy n. 539 in herb. Kew.): 
ad Quedi et, Etchelicot (Dillon et Petit in herb. Mus. Par., FrancaY., 
Brux., Vindob.); in Gallabat (Schweinfurth n. 93 in herb. Francav. 
et Berol. , n. 94 in herb. Francav., Boiss. et Berol., n. 95 in herb. 
Vindob. i: in Cordofan ad Elo (Martin St-Ange in herb. Mus. 
Par.; Figari in herb. Flor.); in Soudan, lat. 5° N (Peney in herb. 
Mus. Par.); in Djur (Schweinfurth n. 1954, 1988 et ser. 2, n. 146 in 
herb. Kew.); in sylvis Ukidi (Speke et Grant n. 633 in herb. Kew.): 
ad Zungomero, lat. 7?27' S (Grant in herb. Kew.); in Natal a 
n. 46 in herb. Deless., n. 47 in herb. Webb., Kew., Brit. 
Cooper n. 1078 in hark, Kew. ; Guinzius in herb. Boiss. et Kapit ; 
Gerrard n. 659 in herb. Kew. $ inter Omtata et Omsamwubo (Drège 
in herb. Deless., Vindob., Kew., Lugd.-Bat.); in Guinea (Thonning in 
herb. DC., n. 85 in Ded pies Petrop.); ad Fernando Po (Vogel 
n. 33 in herb Kew., n. 170 in herb. Kew. et Mus. Par.); ad Ambas 
