488 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. CUCUMIS. 
dus. Cirrhi filiformes, breves, striati, puberuli. Pedunculus communis 
masculus gracillimus, */,-1 cent. longus, apice 3-4-florus; pedicelli 
filiformes, sericei, erecti, */,-2 cent. longi. Calyx campanulato- subey- 
lindricus, basi subtruncatus, dense sericeo-hispidus; tubus 4 mill. 
longus et fere totidem latus; dentes erecti, subulati, 1 ‘/, mill. longi. 
Corolla villosa, 6 mill. longa, segmentis oblongis, acutis. Staminum 
filamenta gracilia, glabra, */,-*/, mill. longa ; antheræ suborbiculares, 
ciliatæ, '/,-2 mill. longæ; appendix connectivi glabra, complanata, 
apice dilatata et lobulata, 2 mill. longa. Pistillodium crassum, ru- 
brum, 1 '/, mill. longum. Pedunculus femineus gracilis, villosus, 
1'/, cent. longus. Ovarium ovoideum, dense villoso- sericeum. Frut- 
tus (immaturus) canescens, 2-2 */, cent. longus, 12-14 mill. crassus. 
In dumetis arenosis Angolz ad ripas flum. Bero, distr. Mossamèdes 
(Welwitsch n. 831 in herb. Brit. Mus.). 
5. €. sagittatus (Wawr. et Peyr.! Sert. Beng. p. 27); peren- 
nans; foliis parvulis, eanescentibus, utrinque scaberrimis, breviter 
petiolatis, anguste sagittatis, apice acutis, margine sinuato-dentatis ; 
floribus masculis solitariis, subsessilibus; fructu parvo, subgloboso, 
demum glabro. — Sitz. der Mat.-Nat. Cl. der Ak. der Wissensch. 38. 
p. 567; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 546. 
Caulis prostratus, gracillimus, angulato-sulcatus, undique imprimis 
ad angulos setulis tuberculisque setiferis scaberrimus, */,-2 metr. lon- 
gus. Petiolus gracilis, obscure striatus, breviter hirsutus, 1-3 Cent. 
longus. Folia 3-4 cent. longa, ad basim 1 Y,-2 cent. lata, rigida, fra- 
gilia, lobis basilaribus non vel leviter divergentibus, oblongis vel lan- 
ceolatis, acutis; sinus basilaris anguste triangularis, 1-1 ‘/, cent pro 
fundus. Cirrhi filiformes, brevissimi, striati, puberuli. Pedunculus 
masculus filiformis, 2-3 mill. longus. Calyx pilis subadpressis scaber. 
tubo 4-5 mill. longo, dentibus linearibus, acutis, 3-4 mill. longis, bas! 
1 mill. latis. Corolla sparsim puberula, segmentis oblongis, 4-5 mill. 
longis, valide 5- nerviis, nervo medio excurrente, lateralibus gr adatim 
brevioribus. Staminum filamenta subnulla; antheræ brevissime : 
appendix connectivi */, mill. longa. Ovarium ovoideo-oblongum. 
dense breviterque canescenti-villosum, Fructus 5-6 cent. longus. 
4 cent. crassus, primum setosus, maturescens longitudinaliter 10-tæ- 
niatus, tæniis flavis, demum totus flavescens. : 
In arenosis ad littora maris prope Benguelam (Wawra n. 263 e 
herb. Vindob. et hort. Petrop.); in arenosis maritimis Angolæ, 2 
flum. Bero, distr. Mossamèdes (Welwitsch n. 830 in herb. Brit. Mus.) 
