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13. €. pustulatus (Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr., 2, p. 544) : 
monoicus ; foliis canescenti-cinereis, scabris, satis breviter petiolatis, 
subintegris vel plus minusve profunde 3-5-lobatis, lobis obtusis inte- 
gerrimis vel denticulatis; ovario robuste breviterque aculeato; fructu 
late ovoideo, concolore, sparse crasseque conico-tuberculato. 
Caulis satis robustus, elongatus, ramosus, rigidus, sulcatus, aculeis 
crassis, albis, brevibus armatus. Petiolus robustiusculus, striatus, 
asperrimus, 3-5 cent. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, 6-11 cent. longa, 
5-9 cent. lata, basi pedato-3-5-nervia, sæpius integra vel trilobata, 
lobis lateralibus multo brevioribus, rotundatis vel ovatis, intermedio 
sæpius oblongo; sinus inter lobos lati vel angusti, obtusi, basilaris 
latissime rotundatus, */,-1 cent. profundus, interdum subnullus. Cirrhi 
satis graciles, brevissimi, striati, breviter hirsuti. Flores masculi soli- 
tarii vel 2-3-ni; pedunculus filiformis, breviter hirsutus, 1 cent. lon- 
gus. Calycis tubus anguste campanulatus, sparse hirsutus, 5 mill. 
longus, apice 4 mill. latus; dentes erecti, filiformes, 2 mill. longi. 
Corolla puberula, 6-7 mill. longa, segmentis ovato-oblongis, obtusis. 
Staminum filamenta subglabra, ?/,-1 mill. longa; antheræ oblongæ, 
leviter villosæ, 2-9 '/, mill. longæ; appendix connectivi crassa, gla- 
bra, */, mill. longa, apice leviter dilatata et verruculosa. Pedunculus 
fructiferus robustissimus, 5-10 cent. longus. Fructus 6-8 cent. longus, | 
4-5 cent. erassus, apice rotundatus, basi subacutus, glaber. Semina 
oblonga, immarginata, pallide fulva, 6 mill. longa, 2 '/,-3 mill. lata, 
1 */ mill. crassa. 
In Abyssinia (Schimper n. 835 in herb. Kew. ; Schweinfurth n. 1026 
in herb. Kew.); ad Iemen (Schimper n. 412 in herb. Mus. Par., DC.. 
Boiss., Francav., Berol., hort. Petrop., Kew.) ; in Soudan (Figari in 
herb. Mus. Par. et DC.); in Africa centrali ad Kouka (Vogel n. 40 in 
herb. Kew.); in Bongo, Suakin et Berber (Schweinfurth n. 392, 2650 
in herb. Kew.). 
14, C. Prophetarum (Linn.! Spec. ed. 2, p. 1436); monoicus; 
foliis canescenti-cinereis, scabris, longule petiolatis, palmato-3-5-lo- 
batis rarius subintegris, lobis acutis vel subobtusis, dentatis vel lobu- 
latis: ovario subtiliter murieato; fructu subgloboso, sparse aculeo- 
lato, longitudinaliter fasciis decem alternatim viridibus et albis 
longitudinaliter variegato. — Linn. Am:en. Acad. 4, p. 295; Naud. 
in Aun. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 11, p. 14; Rev. hort. 1861, p. 393; Hook. 
f. in Oliv. EL. trop. Afr. 2, p. 545; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 2, p. 758; C. B. 
Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 619 (non Jacq. nec posterio- 
