490 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. |. CUCUMIS. 
3-3 1, mill. lato, dentibus linearibus, erecto - patulis, 3 mill. 
longis. Corolla leviter villosa, 1 cent. longa, segmentis oblongis, acu- 
tis, 5-nerviis. Staminum filamenta glabra, '/, mill. longa; antheræ 
ovato-oblongæ, dense breviterque papillosæ, 2 mill. longæ; appendix 
connectivi gracilis, lzevis, '/,-!/, mill. longa. Pistillodium minimum. 
Ovarium dense hirsutum. Pedunculus fructiferus crassiusculus, 
3-4 cent. longus. Fructus subglobosus, pubescenti-hirsutus vel lanu- 
ginosus, 2 !/,-3 cent. crassus. Semina leviter compressa, immarginata, 
9 mill. longa, 6 mill. lata. 
Prope Natal (Kraus n. 91 in herb. Deless., Kew., Brit. Mus.); ad 
Mooje River (Burke n. 297 in herb. DC. et Kew. ; Wilhensen in herb. 
Edin.); prope Wonderfontyn et Mooje River (Zeyher n. 581 in herb. 
DC., Mus. Par., Webb., Van H., Kew.); in Niamniam (Schweinfurth 
n. 3304 in herb. Kew.). 
8, major. Folia integra vel subintegra, 10-11 cent. longa. 
4-5 cent. lata; flores masculi solitarii vel racemosi; racemi 3--flori, 
8-10 cent. longi. 
In Mozambique ad Moramballa, 14?-19? lat. S. (Kirk. in herb. 
ew.). 
8. €. Welwitschiis; dioicus, perennans; foliis atroviridibus, 
utrinque dense hispidis, oblongis, integris, apice obtusis, basi leviter 
emarginatis, margine integerrimis vel leviter undulatis; petiolo bre 
vissimo, robustiuseulo, dense hirsuto; floribus masculis brevissime 
racemosis; antherarum connectivo longule appendieulato, appendice 
dense villoso. — C. hirsutus Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p- 546 
(pro part.). 
Radix tuberosa. Caulis decumbens vel scandens, gracilis, angula- 
tus, hispidus. Petiolus teres, */,-1 cent. longus. Folia pedato-5-nervia, 
rigida, 5-6 cent. longa, 2-2 '/, cent. lata, supra demum dense albo 
punctata et scaberrima, nervis subtus prominentibus et reticulatis. 
Cirrhi graciles, breves, tenuiter striati, breviter villosi. Pedunculus 
communis masculus gracilis, /,-2 cent. longus, 3-5-florus; pedice 
erecti, graciles, dense longeque villosi, */,-1 cent. longi. Calycis tubus 
anguste campanulatus, dense longeque villoso-hirsutus, 4 mill. lon- 
gus; dentes filiformes, erecti, 3 mill. longi. Corolla longe villosa, 
7 mill. longa, segmentis oblongis, obtusis, 5-nerviis. Stamin fila- 
menta subglabra, '/, mill. longa; antheræ ovato-oblongæ, dense Lud 
pillosze, 1 */, mill. longze; appendix connectivi */, mill. longa. Ovarium 
oblongum, dense villoso-hirsutum. Fructus ovoideus, sparse pilosus, 
