CUCUMIS. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 489 
B. Ovarium hispidum vel aculeatum. Spec. 6-10 
6. C. Sonderii; dioicus, perennans; foliis atroviridibus, utrin- 
que sparse hispidis, ovatis, integris, apice rotundatis, basi truncatis : 
vel rotundatis, margine denticulatis ; petiolo brevi, gracillimo, sparse 
hirsuto; floribus masculis fascieulatis, longule gracileque peduncu- 
latis; antherarum connectivo breviter appendieulato, appendice gla- 
bro. — Cucumis sp. Sond. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. 2, p. 497. 
Caulis gracillimus, parum ramosus, angulato- sulcatus, sparse lon- 
geque hirsutus. Petiolus striatus, 1-2 */, cent. longus. Folia pedato- 
5-nervia, 5-8 cent. longa, 4-5 cent. lata. Cirrhi filiformes, breves, 
Striati, sparse villoso- hirsuti. Peduneulus masculus filiformis, stria- 
tus, longule sparseque hirsutus, 3-5 cent. longus. Calyx anguste cam- 
panulatus, longe denseque villoso-hirsutus, tubo 4 mill. longo, apice 
3 mill. lato, dentibus filiformibus, erecto-patulis, 5 mill. longis. Co- 
rolla longe villosa, 6 mill. longa, segmentis anguste oblongis, sub- 
acutis. Staminum filamenta gracilia, basi longe villosa, */, mill. longa: 
anthere ovato-oblongæ, dense breviterque papillosæ, 2 mill. longæ : 
appendix connectivi gracilis, '/, mill. longa, apice subpapillosa. Pis- 
tillodium minutum, 3/,-1/, mill. longum. Flores feminei et fructus 
ignoti. 
Prope Natal (Gueinzius n. 397 in herb. Boiss. et Vindob. ; Gerrard 
n. 658 in herb. Kew. ; Grant in herb. Kew.). 
7. C. hirsutus (Sond.! in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. 2, p. 497): 
dioicus, perennans; foliis atroviridibus, utrinque dense hispidis, 
ovato-oblongis vel oblongo- lanceolatis, integris vel plus minusve 
3-5- lobatis, apice saepius acutis, basi truncatis vel leviter emarginatis, 
margine undulatis vel denticulatis; petiolo brevissimo, robustiusculo, 
dense hirsuto ; floribus masculis sæpius fasciculatis, breviter pedun- 
culatis; antherarum connectivo breviter appendiculato, appendice 
glabro, 
Caulis prostratus, gracilis, parum ramosus, suleatus, satis dense 
villoso-hirsutus. Petiolus striatus, */,-1 cent. longus. Folia pedato- 
vT- nervia, rigida, 5-7 cent. longa, 2-4 cent. lata, supra demum 
dense albo-punctata et scaberrima. Cirrhi filiformes, brevissimi, bre- 
viter villosi, interdum subnulli. Pedunculus masculus gracilis, stria- 
tus, dense canescenti-villosus, !/,-2 cent, longus. Calyx anguste 
ĉampanulatus, dense villoso-hirsutus, tubo 5 mill. longo, apice 
