COCCINTA . CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 541 
Prope Port Natal (Drége in herb. Deless., Mus. Par., Vindob., 
Lugd.-Bat.; Gerrard n. 1903 in herb. Kew.; Gueinzius n. 245 in herb. 
Vindob.); ad Macalisburg (Burke in herb. Brit. Mus.). 
13. €. Mae Kennii; tota hispidula in juventute, adultior gla- 
berrima; foliis glaucescentibus, satis breviter petiolatis, supra sca- 
briusculis, subtus leevibus et prope basim glandulosis, profunde pal- 
mato-5-lobatis, lobis acutis interdum lobulatis, ad basim leviter 
constrietis ; floris utriusque sexus solitariis, longule peduneulatis ; ca- 
lyce glabro, dentibus lanceolato-linearibus, reflexis; fructu ovoideo, 
rubro, vittato-marmorato. — Cephalandra Mac Kennii Naud.! in Ann. 
8C. nat. ser. 5, v. 5, p. 17. 
« Radix primaria crassa, in radiculas plurimas tuberiferas divisa, 
ipsa non tuberiformis. Tubera ovum gallinaceum magnitudine æmu- 
lantia aut superantia, diversiformia, ut plurimum subglobosa aut 
irregulariter ovoidea, extus fuscescentia. Caules 7-8-metrales, valde 
ramosi, fronde densa nitida luxuriantes. » Rami gracillimi, sulcati, 
leves. Petiolus striatus, brevissime villosus, 2-5 cent. longus. Folia 
ambitu suborbicularia, supra leete viridia, subtus glauca aut subal- 
bentia, basi 5-nervia, 8-12 cent. longa lataque, lobis divergentibus, 
ovatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, margine remotissime minuteque denti- 
culatis, terminali paulo majore, exterioribus multo minoribus; sinus 
inter lobos subacuti vel rotundati, basilaris subrotundatus, 1-2 cent. 
latus et profundus. Cirrhi gracillimi, breves, suleati, subglabri. Pe- 
duneulus masculus gracillimus, glaber, apice articulatus, 2-4 cent. 
longus. Calycis tubus late campanulatus, ad basim longiuscule angus- 
teque attenuatus, 6 mill. longus, apice 6-7 mill. latus; appendix ba- 
Silaris 2-3 mill. longus, 1 mill. latus; dentes 3-4 mill. longi, 1 */, lati. 
Corolla subtestacea aut lutescens, breviter villosa, 1 ‘/,-2 cent. longa, 
segmentis late ovatis, acutis. Columna staminea erassa, glabra, ad 
basim dilatata, 3 mill. longa, ad basim 3 mill. et ad medium 1 */, mill. 
crassa; capitulum antherarum 4 mill. longum, 5 mill. crassum. Pe- 
dunculus femineus gracilis, 4-6 cent. longus. Staminodia oblonga, 
villosa, 2-3 mill. longa, 1 :/,-2 mill. lata. Ovarium oblongo-lineare, 
àpice attenuatum, 1*/, cent. longum, 2-2 !/, mill. crassum ; stylus fili- 
ormis, elaber, 8 mill. longus; stigmata crassa, bifida, papillosa, in 
capitulum 3 mill. longum, 5 mill. crassum approximata. Fructus coc- 
“meus, lineis maculisque albis aut luteis variegatus, utrinque rotun- 
atus, 7-8 cent. longus, 2 Y/,-3 cent. crassus. 
In Caftraria orientali cirea Port Natal (Mae Kenn in herb. Mus. 
Par. et DC.; Gerrard n. 339 in herb. Kew.). 
