— CUCURBITACEJE (AUOT. COGNIAUX). 493 
In Africa australi ad Mooje River (Burke n. 276 in herb. Kew. 
n. 488 part. in herb. Kew. et Brit. Mus. ; Zeyer n. 585 sec. Sonder); 
in Africa australi loco haud indicato (Ward in herb. Kew.); prope 
Natal (Drége in herb. Mus. Par.). 
12. C. ficifolius (A. Rich.! Fl. Abyss. 1, p. 294, tab. 53 bis); 
monoicus; foliis pallide vel intense viridibus, scaberrimis, breviter 
petiolatis, 3-5-lobatis, rarius 7-lobatis, lobis variis, sæpissime latis et 
obtusis; ovario dense rigideque setoso; fructu late ovoideo, dense 
molliterque spinoso rarius subinermi, flavescente. — Juss. in Ann. 
sc. nat. ser. 3, v. 15, p. 368; Walp. Ann. 2, p. 646. — C. Abyssinicus 
- A, Rich.! 1. c.; Walp. 1. e. ; Ysabeau, Journ. hort. prat. 9, p. 55. — 
Bryonia obtusa A. Rich.! 1. e. p. 289; Walp. 1. c. p. 644. — Cucumis 
Figarei Del. Cat. hort. Monsp. ex. Naud.! in Anm. sc. nat. ser. 4, 
V. 11, p. 16; Rev. hort. 1860, p. 265, eum icon.; Hook. f. in Oliv. 
Fl. trop. Afr., 2, p. 543. — ? C. trilobatus Forsk. Fl. Æg.-Arab. 
p. 168 (nomen tantum). — ? C. chrysocomus Schum. et Thonn. PI. 
Guin. p. 427; Walp. Rep. 2, p. 202; Rem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 73. 
Radix fusiformis. Caulis gracilis, elongatus, ramosus, sulcatus, bre- 
viter aculeolatus. Petiolus satis gracilis, sulcatus, hirsutus, 1-6 cent. 
longus. Folia valde variabilia, ssepius 3-6 cent. longa et fere totidem 
lata. Cirrhi graciles, breves, rigidiusculi, leviter hirsuti. Flores mas- 
culi ssepius solitarii; pedunculus filiformis, breviter hirsutus, '/,-1 cent. 
longus. Calycis tubus anguste campanulatus, hirsutus, 5 mill. longus ; 
dentes filiformes, erecti, 1 '/, mill. longi. Corolla breviter villosa præ- 
cipue ad nervos, 7-8 mill. longa, segmentis oblongis, obtusis. Stami- 
hum filamenta leviter villosa, */, mill. longa ; antheræ oblongæ, vil- 
lose, 2 mill. longæ ; appendix connectivi gracilis, leviter ciliata, 
^] mill. longa, apice dilatata et leviter glandulosa. Fructus polymor- 
phus. Semina oblonga, immarginata, cinereo-fulva, 4-5 mill. longa, 
2-3 mill. lata. 
a, ficifolius Naud.! 1. e. p. 17. — Omnium maximus; flagellis 
3-4-metralibus; foliis 3-5-lobatis, 10-12 cent. longis et latis, lobis ob- 
tusissimis, Ficus Caricæ foliorum magnitudine forma et vestitu fere 
æmulis; floribus femineis pedunculo longo, robusto, haud raro deci- 
metrali suffultis; fructu ovum gallinaceum crassitie subæquante, 
sparsim tuberculato aut rarius echinato, nonnunquam tuberculis ob- 
soletis fere omnino inermi. 
In Abyssinia (Dillon in herb. Francav.; Roth in herb. Kew.; 
Schweinfurth n. 104 part. in herb. Boiss. et Berol.; Schimper n. 837, 
