534 DICOTYLEDONE.E. COCCINIA . 
datim frutescentibus flagellaque emittentibus gracillima, longe excur- 
rentia, quum decidunt humi sepe radicantia. Radix crassa, carnosa, 
rapain quadammodo referens, cortice extus fuscescente. » Caulis gra- 
eillimus, angulato-sulcatus, levis. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, leviter 
pubescens vel subglaber, 1-3 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viridia, 
subtus pallida, supra ad nervos interdum hirtella, 5-10 cent. longa la- 
taque, lobis longe mucronatis integerrimis vel calloso-denticulatis, 
mediano 3-7 cent. longo, 7-25 mill. lato, lateralibus brevioribus; sinus 
inter lobos rotundati, basilaris angustissimus, 1-2 '/, cent. profundus. . 
Cirrhi filiformes, satis breves, striati, glabri. Pedunculus masculus 
subfiliformis, angulato-suleatus, subglaber, 2-4 cent. longus. Calycis 
tubus late campanulatus, glaber, basi acutus, 4-5 mill. longus, 
6-7 mill. latus; dentes 2 mill. longi, 1 */, mill. lati. Corolla 2 cent. 
longa, utrinque brevissime villosa, margine breviter ciliata, segmentis 
late ovatis, subobtusis. Columna staminea glabra, 1 '/, mill. longa. 
2 mill. crassa ; capitulum antherarum valde depressum, 4 mill. latum. 
Pedunculus femineus 1-2 cent. longus. Staminodia oblonga, dense vil- 
loso-lanata, 2 mill. longa. Ovarium oblongo-lineare, glabrum, Iæve, 
apice longe angusteque attenuatum, 2-2 */, cent. longum, 2 ‘/,-3 mill. 
crassum; stylus satis gracilis, glaber, 8 mill. longus, stigmatibus le- 
viter dilatatis, reflexis, 4-5 mill. longis. Fructus puniceus, forma e 
magnitudine ovi eolumbini. Semina albida, obovata, intra marginem 
utrinque linea depressa notata, basi leviter attenuata, utrinque leevia, 
7 mill. longa, 4 mill. lata, 1 mill. crassa. 
In Africa australi ad Uitenhage, Albany et Kafferland (Ecklon et 
Zeyher n. 1796 in herb. Francav., Deless., Berol., Monac., hort. Ke: 
trop.); ad sylvarum margines Zitzikamma (Krauss in herb. Boiss., 
Monac., Vindob., Webb.); ad Fort Armetrong (Hayn in herb. Edin.): 
in Africa australi loco haud indicato (Drége in herb. numer.; Zeyher 
n. 579 in herb. DC., Webb., Flor., Van H., Edin.; Cooper n. 2401 m 
herb. Kew. ; Bowie in herb. Brit. Mus.); ad Romuva River (Kirk m 
herb. Kew.); in Africa centrali (Speke et Grant in herb. Kew.). 
5. C. sessilifolia; glaberrima ; foliis sessilibus, ambitu suborbict- 
laribus, glaucescentibus, utrinque lævibus vel scabriuseulis, non glan- 
dulosis, profunde palmato-5-lobatis, lobis patulis, oblongo-lanceolatis 
vel sublinearibus, acutis mucronatisque, grosse dentatis vel trifidis; 
floribus satis parvis, campanulatis, ochraceis, femineis ebracteatis: 
calycis dentibus anguste.triangularibus, erecto-patulis; fructu 0 
longo, aeuto. — Cephalandra sessilifolia Sond.! in Harv. et Sond. Fl. 
Cap. 2, p. 493. — Bryonia? Lagenaria E. Mey.! ex Sond. l. €. 
