COCCINIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 533 
vos glandulosis, palmato-quinquesectis, lobis pinnatifidis, lateralibus 
confluentibus, infimis divaricatis ; floribus magnis, late campanulatis, 
femineis bibracteatis; calycis dentibus anguste lanceolatis, reflexis, 
apice incurvis; fructu oblongo-ovoideo, coccineo. — Sitz. der Acad. 
Wiss. 51, p. 360, tab. 4. ; 
Caulis scandens, gracilis, flexuosus, tetragonus, subglaber. Petiolus 
scaber, 2-3 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viridia, subtus pallidiora, 
margine scabra, 10-15 cent. longa lataque; lobi laterales bipartiti 
angusti, partibus rectangule divergentibus, utrinque lobulati vel den- 
tati; lobus terminalis pinnis decrescentibus 3-4 suprapositis, parce 
dentatus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati. Pedunculus maseulus gracilis, pu- 
berulus, 2-3 cent. longus. Calycis tubus late campanulatus, basi ro- 
tundatus, sparse pilosus, 7-8 mill. longus, 11-12 mill. latus; dentes 
3-4 mill. longi. Corolla late campanulata, 3 cent. longa, utrinque 
sparse villosa. Columna staminea glabra, crassiuscula, 3-4 mill. longa : 
capitulum antherarum 6-7 mill. longum, 7-8 mill. crassum. Flos femi- 
neus bibracteatus; bracteæ sessiles, erectæ, obovatæ, obtusæ, se- 
miamplectentes, bractea exteriore majore, spathæformi, lanceolato- 
obovata, crassa, glabra, interiore dimidio minore, hispida. Ovarium 
costulatum, verrueulosum, oblongum; stigma trifidum; ovula lenti- 
cularia. Fructus utrinque rotundatus, longitudinaliter 5-striatus, mi- 
nute verruculosus, 8 cent. longus, 3 cent. crassus. 
In Abyssinia (Binder sec. Kotschy; Beccari n. 276 in herb. suo et 
Flor.; Sabatier in herb. Mus. Par.; d'Arnaud in herb. Mus. Par.); ad 
Gandawa (Schimper n. 1200 in herb. Mus. Par.). 
4. C. quinqueloba; subglaberrima ; foliis brevissime petiolatis, 
ambitu suborbicularibus, glaucescentibus, utrinque lævibus vel sca- 
briusculis, sepissime non glandulosis, profunde palmato-5-lobatis, 
lobis divaricatis, ohlongis, apice sæpissime dilatatis, rotundatis; flori- 
US satis parvis, late campanulatis, testaceis, femineis ebracteatis : 
calycis dentibus triangulari-lanceolatis, patulis ; fructu ovoideo, acuto. 
— Bryonia quinqueloba Thunb. Prodr. pl. Cap. p. 13, Fl. Cap. p. 35; 
Willd. Spec. 4, p. 622; Bot. Reg. tab. 82; Bot. Mag. tab. 1820; Ser. 
m DC. Prodr, 3, p. 307. — Cephalandra quinqueloba Schrad.! in 
Eckl. et Zeyh. Enum. pl. Cap. p. 280; Walp. Rep. 2, p. 203; Rem. 
Syn. fasc. 2, p. 99; Sond. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. 2, p. 412; Naud. 
ln Ann, sc. nat. ser, 5, v. 5, p. 16; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, 
P. 551. — Melothria quinqueloba Eckl. et Zeyh. mss. sec. Roem. 
* Planta ad altitudinem 8-10 metr. assurgit, caulibus primariis gra- 
