596 ' — DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MELOTHR 
data. Cirrhi filiformes, breves, suleati, glabri vel puberuli. Pedunculus 
masculus eapillaris, subglaber, 12 cent. longus. Calyx glaber, 3 mill. 
longus, 4 mill. latus; dentes subulati, 1 mill. longi. Corolla brevissime 
puberula, segmentis patulis, ovato-oblongis, acutis, 4 mill. longis. 
Staminum filamenta glabra, */, mill. longa; antheræ subquadratæ, 
1 */, mill. longe, 1 mill. latæ, loculis rectis, ciliatis, connetivo latius- 
culo, apice brevissime producto. Fructus puberulus, 3-4 cent. longus, 
1-1 /, cent. crassus. Semina cinerea, ovato-oblonga, 5 mill. longa, 
2 */,-3 mill. lata. 
In Ceylon (Walker n. 273 in herb. Kew. et Deless.; Gardner n. 312 
in herb. Kew.; Thwaites n. 1610 in herb. Mus. Par., Boiss., Lenorm., 
n. 2581 et 3128 in herb. Mus. Par., DC., Boiss., Lenorm., Berol., 
hort. Petrop., Kew.). : 
22. M. tridaetyla (Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr., 2, p. 562); 
foliis triangulari-hastatis vel subsagittatis, saepius profunde trilobatis, 
supra punctato-scabris, subtus glabris et lævibus, ad nervos Sparse 
hirsutis; floribus masculis solitariis vel fasciculatis ; calycis tubo al- 
guste campanulato, basi attenuato; fructu oblongo-fusiformi, tereti. 
— M. Thwaitesii Sehweinf. Rel. Kotsch. p. 44, part. et tab. 29 (excl. 
fig. 7-13 et 18). 
Caulis elongatus, ramosissimus, 1-1 */, mill. crassus, angulato-sul- 
catus, levis, glaber vel interdum sparse pilosus. Petiolus filiformis, 
striatus, breviter villoso-hirsutus, 2-4 cent. longus. Folia supra intense 
viridia et ad nervos brevissime villoso-hirsuta, 4-7 cent. longa lata- 
que, margine integerrima, lobo intermedio triangulari-lanceolato. 
acuminato, 3-5 cent. longo, 1-2 cent. lato, lateralibus divergentibus, 
acutis vel rarius obtusis, 1-2 */, cent. longis; sinus basilaris latissime 
rotundatus, '/,-*/, cent. profundus, vel nullus. Cirrhi graciles, breves 
sulcati, glabri. Peduneulus masculus capillaris, glaber, 1-3 cent. lon- 
gus. Calyx subglaber, 2, mill. longus, 2 mill. latus; dentes subulati 
^-l mill. longi. Corolla brevissime puberula, segmentis erecto-p*- - 
tulis, ovato-oblongis, acutis, 2-2 1/, mill. longis. Staminum filament? 
filiformia, glabra, */, mill. longa; antheræ ovatz, 1 mill. longæ, 10 
culis rectis, ciliatis, connectivo satis angusto, apice non producto: 
Fructus glaber vel brevissime puberulus, utrinque longe attenuatus: 
2/,-3 cent. longus, 8-10 mill. crassus. Semina fulva, ovato-oblong® 
basi subtruncata, 3 '/, mill. longa, 2 mill. lata. 
In Senegambia ad Bondou (Heudelot n. 198 in herb. Mus. Par», 
Francav., Deless.); in Guinea (herb. Boiss. et Lenorm.); in Angola 
