CUCUMIS. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 505 
ginata interdum subtruncata, margine denticulata. Citrhi graciles, 
breves, rigidi, suleati, leviter hirsuti. Flores masculi fasciculati : 
pedunculus filiformis, flexuosus, brevissime hirsutus, '/.-2 cent. longus. 
Calycis tubus anguste campanulatus, sparse hirsutus, 3 mill. longus, 
apice 1 '/, mill. latus; dentes erecti, subulati, 1-1 '/, mill. longi. Co- 
rolla leviter villosa, 4-5 mill. longa, segmentis ovato-oblongis, obtusis. 
Staminum filamenta gracilia, subglabra, '/, mill. longa; antheræ 
oblongæ, dense ciliatæ, 1 mill. longze; appendix connectivi gracilis, 
biloba, apice leviter papillosa, ?/, mill. longa. Flores feminei solitarii. 
Peduneulus fructiferus satis robustus, striatus, 5-7 cent. longus. 
Fructus luteus, 4-5 cent. longus, 2-2 !/, cent. crassus, basi et apice 
rotundatus; aculei acuti, non vel vix compressi, 4-5 mill. longi vel in- 
terdum brevissimi. Semina pallida, oblonga, immarginata, 5 mill. 
longa, 2 1}, mill. lata, 1 !/, mill. crassa. 
In Africa australi (Meuron in herb. Willd. fol. n. 18041): prope 
Gariep (herb. Schrad. nune. hort. Petrop.) ; ad Caledon River (Zeyher 
n. 584 in herb. Flor., Edin.); ad Somerset (Bowher in herb. Kew.); 
prope Capetown et Uitenhage (Ecklon et Zeyher n. 1794 in herb. Be- 
rol., Vindob., hort. Petrop.); prope Natal (Drège in herb. Mus. Par., 
Boiss., Deless., Lenorm., Flor., Vindob., hort. Petrop.); in Mozam- 
bique ad Senna (Peters n. 8 in herb. Berol); in Benguela, in locis 
apricis arenosis littoris oceani (Wawra n. 270 in herb. Vindob.); in 
insul. Borboniea (Boivin n. 1311 in herb. Mus. Par.). 
23. €. Zeyheri (Sond.! in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap., 2, p. 496): 
foliis pallide viridibus, utrinque scaberrimis, profunde palmato-5-lo- 
batis, lobis denticulatis, lateralibus brevibus obtusis, intermedio multo 
longiore, lanceolato, acuto, plus minusve trilobato, sinubus subacutis; 
pedunculo femineo gracili, breviusculo; ovario muricato; fructu pyri- 
formi globulato, aculeis brevissimis mollibusque vestito. 
Caulis gracilis, ramosus, brevis, angulatus, breviter aculeatus præ- 
cipue ad angulos. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, breviter aculeolatus, 
^,-2 cent. longus. Folia rigida, 2 '/,-6 cent. longa, 2-4 cent. lata, 
margine undulato-denticulata, basi truneata vel leviter emarginata, 
Subtus ad nervos brevissime hirsuta. Cirrhi filiformes, brevissimi, 
sparse asperi. Flores masculi solitarii vel fasciculati; pedunculus fili- 
formis, breviter hirsutus, */,-1 cent. longus. Calycis tubus anguste 
campanulatus, sparse hirsutus, 3-4 mill. longus, apice 2 mill. latus; 
entes subulati, erecti, 3-4 mill. longi. Staminum filamenta gracilia, 
leviter villosa, brevissima; antheræ oblongæ, dense ciliatæ, 2 mill. 
