CUCUMEROPSIS . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 517 
tatus; stigmata viridia, 10-12 mill. lata. Fructus flavescens, glaber, 
loculis 9-spermis. » 
In Jamaica (herb. Edin.; Wullschlægel n. 839 in herb. Monac.; 
Distin in herb. Kew.; Wilson in herb. Kew.; Alexander Prior in 
herb. Kew.). 
XXVII. CUCUMEROPSIS, Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 5, p. 30; 
Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 533. — Cladosieyos Hook. 
J. in Oliv. l. c. p. 534. — Zehneriæ spec. sec. Hook. f. in Benth. et 
Hook. Gen. 1, p. 830. 
Flores monoici. Masculi ad apicem peduneuli communis aggregato- 
capitati paniculati vel subumbellati. Calycis tubus campanulatus, 
5-dentatus, dentibus subulatis. Corolla campanulata, profunde 5-par- 
tita, segmentis ovatis vel oblongis, integris, obtusis. Stamina 3, li- 
bera, in medio tubi calycini sessilia, dorso affixa; antheræ obovatæ, 
una unilocularis ceteræ biloculares, loculis linearibus, apice incurva- 
tis, non sigmoideo-flexuosis, connectivum latum apice non productum 
marginantibus. Pollen leve, siccum ovoideum, trisuleum, humefac- 
tum globosum. Pistillodium unieum glanduliforme vel 3, subulata. — 
Flores feminei inflorescentiæ masculæ coaxillares, solitarii. Calyx et 
corolla maris. Staminodia minuta vel nulla. Ovarium ovoideum vel 
clavatum, triplacentiferum ; stigmata 3, sessilia vel subsessilia, ob- 
cordata: ovula numerosa, horizontalia. Fructus ovoideus vel subcla- 
vato-cylindricus, carnosus, indehiscens. Semina ovata, compressa, 
immarginata, levia. 
Herbæ annus, alte seandentes, Afrieze tropicæ incolæ. Folia ampla, 
palmati-5-7-lobata vel rarius integra, basi profunde cordata. Cirrhi 
simplices, Flores parvi, flavi. Fructus magnus vel mediocris. 
l. €. Mannii (Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. 1. c.); foliis longule petio- 
latis, rigidis, utrinque scabris, ssepius profunde 5-7-lobatis; floribus 
masculis ageregato-capitatis vel subpaniculatis ; calyce laevi ; pistillo- 
diis 3, liguliformibus; ovario ovoideo; fructu mediocri, ovoideo, cor- 
ticoso. — Hook. f. in Oliv. El. trop. Afr., 2, p. 534. 
Caulis robustus, elongatus, ramosus, teres, leviter pubescens. Pe- 
tolus robustus, striatus, breviter pubescenti-subhirsutus, demum 
Subglaber, 5-10 cent. longus. Folia supra lete viridia, subtus paulo 
Pallidiora, apice obtusa vel subacuta, margine undulato-denticulata, 
10-12 cent. longa lataque, in juventute plantæ fere cordiformia, mox 
