PHYSEDRA , CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 525 
Sobati de Bumba, juxta ripas rivuli Casaballa (Welwitsch n. 791 in 
herb. Brit. Mus.); prope Ponte de Feliz Simoés (Welwitsch n. 792 in 
herb. Brit. Mus.). 
2. P. longipes (Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 553); foliis 
ambitu suborbicularibus, fere usque ad basim palmato-5- lobatis, 
supra glabris et lævibus, subtus tenuiter punctato-scabriuseulis, mar- 
gine integerrimis; cirrhis simplicibus; floribus masculis paniculatis, 
longissime pedicellatis; calyeis dentibus elongatis; fructu ovoideo. 
Caulis robustus, teres, glaber, alte scandens. Petiolus satis robus- 
tus, suleatus, glaber, lævis, 3-9 cent. longus. Folia supra atroviridia, 
subtus intense viridia, rigida, 12-15 cent. longa lataque, basi satis 
profunde et angustissime emarginata, lobis lanceolatis vel oblongo- 
lanceulatis, apice longe acuminatis, basi leviter constrictis, intermedio 
paulo longiore, lateralibus subfalcatis, exterioribus multo breviori- 
bus. Cirrhi satis graciles, elongati, suleati, glabri vel puberuli. Pe- 
dunculus communis masculus gracilis, flexuosus, sulcatus, glaber, 
6-12 cent. longus ; pedicelli valde divaricati, ramosi, graciles, flexuosi 
vel contorti, brevissime puberuli, 2-5 cent. longi, ad basim bracteo- 
lati; bracteolæ carnosæ, subulatæ, eurvatz vel revolutæ, 2-3 mill. 
longe. Alabastrum turbinatum, 3-4 mill. longum. Flores feminei ra- 
cemosi. Peduneulus communis crassus, sulcatus, puberulus, genicula- 
tus, 5-7 cent. longus, usque ad basim floriferus, 7-15-florus ; pedicelli 
patuli, erassi, 2-5 mill. longi, ad basim bracteolati; bracteolæ ovato- 
oblongæ, carnosæ, concavæ, acutæ, 4-6 mill. longæ. Calycis tubus ` 
3 mill. longus, superne valde constrictus ; dentes capillares, flexuosi, 
5-6 mill. longi. Corolla 1 :/, cent. longa. Ovarium oblongum, gla- 
brum, 1 */, cent. longum; stylus gracilis, 4 mill. longus. Fructus in- 
tense ruber, 5 cent. longus, 4 cent. erassus. 
In Guinea ad Sierra del Crystal (G. Mann n. 1697 in herb. Kew.); 
ad Fernando Po (Vogel n. 223 in herb. Kew.); in Gabonia (Duparquet 
in herb. Mus, Par.). 
3. P. Barteri; foliis ambitu ovatis, plus minusve profunde pal- 
maíto-5-lobatis, utrinque glabris et lzevibus, margine sinuato-dentatis ; 
cirrhis 2-3-fidis; floribus masculis breviter spicatis; calycis dentibus 
brevibus; antheris leviter cohærentibus ; fruetu globoso. — Staphy- 
losyce Barteri Hook. f.! in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. 1, p. 828 et in 
Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 555. — ? Cucurbita coccinea G. Don, Gen. 
Syst. 3, P. 41; Rem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 91. 
