ECBALLIUM CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 467 
basilaris latus, paulo profundus. In singulis axillis bracteola adest 
linearis, sulcata, fusca, refracta et ramo sæpius oblique applicata, 
15-20 mill. circiter longa, vermem fere simulans. Racemi masculi 
2-7-flori. Pedunculus communis striatus, glaber, 8-10 cent. longus: 
pedicelli. 7-15 mill. longi, plerumque bracteolati; bracteolæ minime, 
petiolulatæ, triangulares. Calyx pubescens, tubo 3-4 mill. longo, 
9-10 mill. lato, dentibus deflexis, 2-3 mill. longis, 1 mill. latis. Corolla 
patula, leviter tomentosa, segmentis late oblongis, obtusis, fere om- 
nino liberis, intus spurco-albis aut pallide lutescentibus, extus nervo- 
sis, nervis utrinque virentibus. Stamina crassa, subsessilia, lutea. 
Pedunculus florum femineorum pubescens, striatus, 3-5 cent. longus, 
interdum bracteolatus. Dentes calycis lineares, glanduloso-denticu- 
lati, 5-6 mill. longi. Staminodia linearia, 3-4 mill. longa. Ovarium 
tomentosum. Fructus ovoideus vel subglobosus, lævissimus, subcorti- 
cosus, intense viridis, albo marmoratus, aurantio paulo major, pulpa 
alba amariuscula refertus. 
Prope Port Natal (Plant n. 103 in herb. DC., Boiss., Mus. Par., 
Kew.; Gueinzius n. 246 in herb. Vindob.; Krauss n. 89 in herb. De- 
less., Webb., Kew., Brit. Mus.; Coopern. 2408 in herb. Kew.; Ger- 
rard n. 20 in herb. Kew. ; Grant in herb. Kew.); inter Omsamenlo et 
Omeomas (Drège in herb. Boiss., Deless., Mus. Par., Vindob., hort. 
Petrop., Kew.); in reg. Mozambique ad Rovuma river (J. Kirk in 
herb. Kew.); in insul. Mayotte et Nossi-Bé (herb. Mus. Par. et DC.); 
in insul. Mauritius (Néraud in herb. Deless. ; Telfair in herb. Kew. — 
àn culta?): ad Praia Grande prope Rio de Janeiro introducta (Glaziou 
n. 6888 in herb. Eichler). 
5, tomentosa. Folia subintegra vel vix usque ad medium lobata, 
subtus breviter tomentoso-cinerea. 
In insulis Comores ad Johanna (Hildebrand n. 1603 in herb. Vin- 
dob. et Kew.), Moëly (Boivin in herb. Mus. Par.), Mayotte (Boivin 
n. 3307 in herb. Mus. Par.) et Nossi-Bé (Boivin n. 2128 in herb. Mus. 
Par.); in insul. Madagascar (Goudot in herb. Deless.). 
XIX, ECBALLIUM, A. Rich. in Dict. class. Hist. Nat. 6, p. 19; 
Hchb. Fl. Germ. excurs. p. 294; Spach, Vég. phan. 6, p. 215; 
Endl. Gen, p. 937; Meisn. Gen. Comm. p. 356; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 
2, p. 140; Ræm. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 13, 52; Gren. et Godr. Fl. Fr. 1, 
P 604; Koch, Syn. ed. 3, p. 217; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 1, p. 826; 
Boiss, Fl. Orient. 2, p. 759. — Elaterium Riv. in Rupp. Fl. Len. 
P- 47 (non Linn.); Adans. Fam. 2, p. 139; Mamch. Meth. p. 503. 
— Momordicæ Spec. Act. 
