COCCINIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 537 
latis, basi constrictis, apice acuminatis; racemis masculis 5-6-floris, 
petiolo longioribus ; calyce villoso, dentibus subulatis, erectis; fructu 
ovoideo, rubro, seriatim albo aut luteolo marmorato. — Cephalandra 
diversifolia Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 5, p. 18, tab. 1; Rev. 
hort. 1865, p. 349; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 551. — Coc- 
cinia Hartmanniana Schweinf.! Reliq. Kotsch. p. 42. tab. 27, 98. 
Radix crassa, carnosa, fusiformis, simplex aut furcata. Caulis 
3-4 metr. longus, calamum scriptorum basi vix crassus, modice ramo- 
sus; rami gracillimi, angulati, glabri, lævi. Petiolus satis gracilis, 
striatus, primum patenti villosus, demum scaber, 2-5 cent. longus. 
Folia supra intense viridia, subtus viridi-cinerea, 7-12 cent. longa. 
5-9 cent. lata, lobis integris vel interdum leviter lobulatis, terminali 
multo majore; sinus inter lobos rotundati, basilaris triangularis , 
1-3 cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, ad basim striati, leviter 
villosi. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, striatus, sparse villo- 
sus, 4-6 cent. longus; pedicelli graciles, erecto-patuli, villosi, 
6-30 mill. longi. Calycis tubus late campanulatus, basi attenuatus, 
5-6 mill. longus, 6-7 mill. latus; dentes remoti, acuti, 2 '/,-3 mill. 
longi, */, mill. lati. Corolla ochracea, extus subglabra, intus breviter 
villosa, margine brevissime ciliata, 1 cent. longa, segmentis late ova- 
tis, subobtusis mucronulatisque. Columna staminea glabra, 3 mill. 
longa, 1 mill crassa; capitulum antherarum 4 mill. longum, 6 mill. 
Crassum. Peduneulus femineus subglaber, teres, 1-3 cent. longus, 
l mill. crassus. Staminodia linearia, acuta, breviter villosa, 2 '/, mill. 
longa. Ovarium oblongum, hirtellum, basi attenuatum ; stylus gracil- 
limus, glaber, 6 mill. longus; stigma trilobum, papillosum. Fructus 
oyo gallinaceo paulo minor, utrinque rotundatus, basi leviter atte- 
nuatus, puniceus, albo-maculatus, pulpa rubente, insipida. Semina 
albo-cinerea, basi leviter attenuata, utrinque lævia, 7 mill. longa, 
3-4 mill. lata, 2 mill. crassa. 
In Abyssinia (Schimper n. 1418 part., 1446); ad Gurrsarfa (Schim- 
per n. 1423); ad Agrima, altit. 2000-2300 metr. (Schimper n. 331. . 
1049); ad Gandawa (Schimper n. 1199); ad Meschihé, altit. 1600- 
2000 metr. (Schimper n. 1197); in prov. Sennaar (Hartmann in herb. 
Berol.); in Callabat (Schweinfurth n. 61, 63); in region. Djur 
(Schweinfurth n. 1174); prope Chartum (Schweinfurth n. 787); in 
region. Dinka (Schweinfurth ser. 2, n. 141); in Africa centrali 
(Grant). 
ĉ, glabrescens. Planta tota glabrescens. Folia membranacea, supra 
Scabra, subtus sublævia. | 
