CUCUMIS. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 487 
Maysor et Carnatic (Thomson in herb. Berol. et Vindob.); in Ca- 
chemyr (Jacquemont n. 1092 in herb. Mus. Par.); in Afghanistan 
(Griffith n. 2556 in herb. Kew.) ; prope Bagdad (Noé n. 6 in herb. Mus. 
Par.); in Asia occidentali (Aucher-Eloy n. 2860 in herb. Mus. Par.). 
3. €. cognatus (Fenzl! in Kotschy, Iter Nubic. n. 107; nomen 
tantum); foliis satis parvis, pallide viridibus, utrinque scabris, basi 
cordatis, triangulari-oblongis vel ovato-oblongis, satis profunde 3-5- 
lobatis, lobis apice rotundatis, margine minute denticulatis, sinubus 
rotundatis; floribus masculis fasciculatis, pedunculis brevissimis ; 
fructu parvo, obovoideo, lævi, puberulo. 
Caulis gracilis, parum ramosus, angulato suleatus, sparse longeque 
hirsutus. Petiolus satis gracilis, striatus, densiuscule longeque albo- 
hirsutus. 2-5 cent. longus. Folia 6-9 cent. longa, 4-6 cent. lata, sæ- 
pius ad medium vel ultra lobata, lobis lateralibus parvis, ovatis vel 
rotundatis, intermedio multo longiore, oblongo, undulato vel interdum 
sublobulato. Cirrhi filiformes, breves. Pedunculus masculus filiformis, 
leviter villosus, !/,-1 cent. longus. Calyx anguste campanulatus, den- 
siuscule breviterque villosus, tubo 2 '/,-3 mill. longo, dentibus erecto- 
patulis, 1*/,-2 mill. longis. Corolla 4-5 mill. longa, segmentis-oblongis, 
obtusis. Staminum filamenta brevissima ; antheræ ciliatæ, 1*/, mill. 
longe; appendix connectivi 1/, mill. longa. Pistillodium minimum. 
Pedunculus femineus 9-4 mill. longus. Ovarium dense villoso-seri- 
ceum; stylus gracilis, 1 mill. longus; stigmata conniventia, 1 ‘/,-2 
mill. longa. Fructus pallide flavescens (immaturus ?) 2 '/, cent. lon- 
8us, 18 mill. crassus. : 
In Cordofan (Figari in herb. Flor.); ad montem Cordofanum Arasch- 
Cool in planitie serpens (Kotschy n. 107 in herb. Brux., DC., Boiss., 
Deless., Francav., Berol., Monac., hort. Petrop., Kew., Lugd.-Bat.). 
4. C. Angolensis (Hook. f.! mss. in herb. Brit. Mus.); foliis 
parvis, intense viridibus, hispido-scabris, longe petiolatis, triangulari- 
hastatis, apice acutis, margine undulato-sublobulatis ; floribus masculis 
breviter racemosis; fructu parvo, ovoideo-oblongo, dense villoso. — 
Cucumis sp. Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr., 2, p. 547. 
Caulis gracilis, breviter hirsutus, sulcatus, angulis canescentibus. 
Petiolus robustiusculus, striatus, sparse hirsutus, 7-8 cent. longus. 
olia supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, carnosula, 
1-5 cent. longa et ad basim fere totidem lata, lobis basilaribus diver- 
sentibus, angulatis; sinus basilaris late triangularis, 1 cent. profon- 
