MELOTHRIA . CUCURBITACEZE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 593 
patulis, oblongis, acutis, 5-7-nerviis, 7-8 mill. longis, 3 '/,-4 mill. 
latis. Antherz sessiles, oblongæ, 2 mill. longæ, '/,-*/, mill. latze, lo- 
culis rectis, connectivo satis angusto. Pedunculus fructiferus- gracilis, 
1-2 cent. longus. Fructus levis, 3-3 !/, cent. longus, 1 cent. crassus. 
Semina fulva, tenuiter granulata, basi leviter attenuata, 5 mill. longa, 
3 mill. lata. i 
In Abyssinia, reg. Kordofan (D" Peney in herb. Mus. Par.; d'Ar- 
naud in herb. Mus. Par. et Brux.); in insul. Nossi-Bé (Chr. Ruten- 
berg in herb. Mus. Brem.). 
18. M. marginata; foliis ovato-cordatis vel plus minusve pro- 
funde trilobatis, supra breviter hirsutis, subtus brevissime denseque 
villoso-hirsutis; racemis masculis paucifloris, petiolo longioribus ; ca- 
lyce late campanulato ; antheris glabris, non appendiculatis; fructu 
ovoideo vel subgloboso; seminibus utrinque foveolatis. — Bryonia 
marginata Dl.! Bijdr. p. 924; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 305; Rem. 
Syn., fasc. 2, p. 36; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat., 1, part. 1, p. 660. — B. epi- 
gea Bl.! 1. c. p. 925 (non Rottl.); Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 306. — 
Æchmandra Blumeana Rœm. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 33; Miq. l. e. p. 657. — 
Melothria Rumphiana Scheff. Ann. Jard. bot. Buitenz., 1, p. 25.—— Cera- - 
siocarpum? Maingayi C. B. Clarke! in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2,p. 629. 
Caulis scandens, elongatus, paulo ramosus, 1-2 mill. crassus, angu- 
lato-sulcatus, glaber. Petiolus gracilis, plus minusve hirsutus, 1-2 cent. 
longus. Folia membranacea, 6-12 cent. longa, 4-10 cent. lata, supra 
intense viridia, subtus viridi-cinerea, margine minute remoteque den- 
ticulata, seepius ultra medium trilobata, lobis anguste triangularibus 
vel lanceolatis, lateralibus divergentibus, acutis, intermedio multo 
longiore, acuminato; sinus basilaris latissimus vel subnullus. Cirrhi 
graciles, elongati, striati, puberuli. Flores minutissimi. Pedunculus 
communis masculus filiformis, teres, puberulus, 4-6 cent. longus, 
apice 5-15-florus ; pedicelli erecti, 2-6 mill. longi. Calyx hirsutus, basi 
rotundatus, 1 mill. longus, 1 */, mill. latus; dentes subulati, */,- a 
mill. longi. Corolla villosa. Pedunculus fructiferus filiformis, 3-4 cent. 
longus. Fruetus lævis, 1-1 '/, cent. longus, 8-12 mill. crassus. Semina 
cinerea, 3*/, mill. longa, 2 mill. lata, 1 mill. crassa. 
In Java (Blume in herb. Lugd.-Bat. et Mus. Par.; Zollinger n. 86 
in herb. Berol. et Francav., n. 1136 in herb. Franeav.; Scheffer in 
herb. Bogor.); in Sumatra (Korthals in herb. Lugd.-Bat. et Brux.); 
ad Padang (Heringer in herb. Bogor.); in Malacca (Maingay n. 1268 
in herb, Kew.) . j 
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