536 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. COCCINIA , 
7. €. Abyssinica; folis magnis, longe petiolatis, ovato-corda- 
tis, integris vel plus minusve 3-5-lobatis, brevissime sparseque villo- 
sis, demum supra scabriusculis subtus subleevibus; racemis masculis 
4-8-floris, petiolo multo brevioribus; calyce longe villoso, dentibus 
erectis, subulatis; fruetu ovoideo, longitudinaliter striato, breviter 
villoso. — Bryonia Abyssinica Lam.! Encycl. méth. Bot., 1, p. 497; 
Willd. Spec. 4, p. 618; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 305; Rœm. Syn. 
fasc. 2, p. 36. 
Caulis satis robustus, suleatus, sparse villosus, 2-3 metr. longus. 
Petiolus robustus, striatus, longe denseque villosus, 4-12 cent. longus. 
Folia supra leete viridia demum punctulata, subtus pallidiora et glau- 
cescentia, margine subcrenulato-denticulata, apice acuminata, 
12-20 cent. longa, 10-15 cent. lata, sæpius angulata vel leviter 3-5-lo- 
bata, rarissime ultra medium 5-lobata, lobis conniventibus, ovatis, 
ad basim constrictis, lateralibus acutis vel obtusis, multo brevioribus: 
nervi subtus hirtelli et leviter prominentes; sinus basilaris sæpius 
late triangularis, 1-4 cent. profundus. Cirrhi satis robusti, elongati. 
striati, villosi præcipue ad basim. Pedunculus communis masculus 
satis gracilis, sulcatus, longe villosus praecipue ad apicem, 3-8-florus. 
6-12 cent. longus; pedicelli graciles, erecto-patuli, villosissimi. 
7-12 mill. longi. Calycis tubus late campanulatus, basi longiuscule 
attenuatus, 6-7 mill. longus, 8-9 mill. latus; dentes 4-5 mill. longt. 
ad basim */,-1 mill. lati. Corolla flavescens, utrinque leviter villosa. 
1'/, cent. longa, segmentis late ovatis, obtusis. Columna staminea 
glabra, basi dilatata, 4 mill. longa, ad basim 2-2 */, mill. et ad me- 
dium ?/,-1 mill. erassa ; capitulum antherarum subglobosum, 3-4 mill. 
crassum. Peduneulus femineus crassus, subglaber, 2-3 cent. longus: 
Staminodia subulata, glabra, ad basim valde dilatata et villosa. 
3-4 mill. longa. Ovarium ovoideum, longitudinaliter striatum, longe 
villosum ; stylus glaber, subflexuosus, 1 ‘/, cent. longus, 2 mill. cras 
sus; stigmata dilatata, reflexa, 5-6 mill. longa, 8-9 mill. lata. Fructus 
ovoideus, 5-6 cent. longus, 4 cent. crassus. Semina cinerea, tenuiter 
marginata, utrinque leviter rugulosa, basi attenuata, 8 mill. longa. 
4-4 1/, mill. lata, 2 mill. crassa. : 
In Abyssinia ad Woina, altit. 2000-2300 metr. (Schimper n. 1045?" 
herb. Boiss., Berol., Mus. Par., hort. Petrop.). 
8. €. diversifolia; foliis longule petiolatis, utrinque brevissime 
sparseque hirsutis demum scaberrimis, nunc omnino ovato-cordifor 
mibus, nunc 3-5-lobatis, lobis ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, denticU 
