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500 DICOTYLEDONEJE. CUCUMIS. 
1 */,-2 mill. lato, dentibus erecto-patulis, subulatis, 2 mill. longis. 
- Corolla villosa, 5-6 mill. longa, segmentis ovato-oblongis, acutis. Sta- 
minum filamenta gracilia, leviter villosa, '/, mill. longa; antheræ 
oblongæ, ciliatæ, 2 '/, mill. longze; appendix connectivi satis gracilis, 
glabra, plus minusve bifida, apice dilatata et leviter glandulosa, 
?/, mill. longa. Pistillodium subglobosum, */, mill. longum. Flores 
feminei solitarii; pedunculus robustus, longe hirsutus, 2-4 cent. lon- 
gus. Fructus obscure trigonus, carnosus, intense ruber, 12-15 cent. 
longus, 6-7 cent. crassus ; spinæ 1-1 '/, cent. longæ ; pulpa semi-fluida, 
pallide virente, subacidula. Semina obsolete marginata, spurco-alba, 
5-6 mill. longa. 
In Nigritia ad Borgu (Barter n. 1527 in herb. Kew., Mus. Par., 
Berol.); in Angola (Monteiro in herb. Kew.); in distr. Pungo An- 
dango, Ambriz et Golungo Alto (Welwitsch n. 825, 839 et 850 in herb. 
Brit. Mus.); in Africa australi ad Omsamwubo (Drège in herb. Schrad. 
nune hort. Petrop.); prope Natal (Gerrard n. 1195 in herb. Kew.); in 
Mozambique ad Shumpanga (Kirk in herb. Kew.); in Abyssinia 
(Quartin-Dillon et Petitin herb. Mus. Par.; Schimper n. 838 in herb. 
Kew., n. 2838 in herb. Brit. Mus. 
18. €. dipsaceus (Ehrenb.! in Spach, Vég. phan. 6, p. 211): 
foliis leete viridibus, utrinque breviter hispidis vel scabris, suborbicu- 
laribus vel reniformi-cordatis, integris obtuse sinuatis vel 3-5-angt- 
lato-sublobatis, margine minute denticulatis; ovario pilis rigidulis 
densissimis hirsuto; fructu ovoideo- cylindrico, breviter pedunculato. 
aculeis elongatis mollibusque dense armato. — Rem. Syn. fasc. 2, 
p. 75; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat., ser. 4, v. 11, p. 25; Rev. hort. 1860. 
p. 209 cum. icon.; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 5 pu 
C. Bardana Fenzl! in Kotschy, Iter. Nub. n. 99. — C. ambigu” 
. Fenzl! in Kotschy, 1. c. n. 352 (part.). — Momordica dasycarp* 
Hochst. in Schimp. Iter Abyss. sec. 2, n. 1419; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 
1, p. 291; Walp. Ann. 2, p. 645. EU 
Caulis ramosissimus, satis gracilis, angulato-suleatus, longe hisp 
dus, 1-2 metr. longus. Petiolus robustiusculus, striatus, bispidus vel 
echinulatus, 5-12 cent. longus. Folia membranacea, 5-10 cent. longè 
lataque, basi pedato-5-nervia, apice rotundata; sinus basilaris sub- 
rectangularis, 1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi robustiusculi, satis breves, 
rigidi, sulcati, hispidi. Flores masculi solitarii vel fasciculati; pedu- 
culus filiformis, sparse hirsutus, */,-1 */, cent. longus. Calyx subcylin- 
drieus, basi leviter attenuatus, longe hirsutus, tubo 5-6 mill. longo: 
