MELOTHRTA , CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 603 
1*/,-2 cent. longus. Folia supra leete viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 
. 4-6 cent. longa lataque, apice obtusa et mucronulata, lobis basilaribus 
rotundatis; sinus basilaris late rotundatus, 1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi 
graciles, satis breves, sulcati, glabri vel sparse pilosi. Peduneulus 
masculus filiformis, 1-1 ‘/, cent. longus. Calycis tubus glaber, basi 
acutus, 1 '/, mill. longus, 1 mill. latus. Corolla puberula, segmentis 
ovato-oblongis, subobtusis, 1'/, mill. longis. Staminum filamenta 
"^ mill. longa; antherz 1 mill. longæ, ?/, mill. latæ, loculis rectis, 
ciliatis, connectivo angusto, non producto. Flores feminei szepius fasci- 
culati. Pedunculus fructiferus filiformis, 1-2 cent. longus. Fructus 
glaber, pallide cinereus, 6-7 mill. crassus. Semina sordide alba, lævia, 
immarginata, 4 mill. longa, 2-2 !/, mill. lata. 
In Gabonia (G. Mann in herb. Kew.; Duparquet in herb. Mus. 
Par.). 
30. M. micrantha (F. Muell.! in herb.); foliis crassiusculis, ri- 
gidis, ambitu suborbicularibus, supra sparse punctato-asperis, subtus 
satis dense punctato-scaberrimis, leviter palmato-5-7-lobatis ; floribus 
minimis ; calyce latissime campanulato-subrotato, dentibus longius- 
culis; staminum filamentis subnullis, antheris ovato-cordatis. — Cu- 
curbita mierantha F. Muell.! in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. 1, p. 17, et in 
Hook., Kew. Journ. of Bot. 8, p. 68. — Cucumis ? Muelleri Naud.! in 
Ann. se, nat. ser. 4, v. 11, p. 84. — Zehneria micrantha F. Muell.! 
Fragm. 1, p. 182 et. Pl. Vict. tab. 18 (non Hook. f.). — Mukia mi- 
crantha F. Muell.! Fragm. 2, p. 180 et v. 3, p. 107. — Melothria 
Muelleri Benth.! F1. Austral., 3, p. 320. 
Caulis prostratus, ramosus, 1 */, mill. crassus, angulato-sulcatus, 
ad angulos scaberrimus, 2-3 decim. longus. Petiolus satis gracilis, 
hirsutüs demum grosse albo-punctatus, 1-3 cent. longus. Folia supra 
pallide viridia, subtus cinerea, 2-4 cent. longa et fere totidem lata, 
lobis ovato-rotundatis, sepius obtusis, undulato-crenulatis ; sinus 
basilaris acutus, angustissimus, Y/,-1 cent. profundus; nervi robusti, 
subtus valde prominentes. Cirrhi capillares, brevissimi, sparse pilosi. 
Flores masculi sæpius fasciculati. Pedunculus capillaris, puberulus, 
1-3 mill. longus, Calycis tubus brevissime pilosus, vix 1 mill. latus; 
dentes Subulati, '/ mill. longi. Corolla rotata, extus puberula, seg- 
mentis suborbieularibus, margine ciliato-denticulatis, 1-1 '/ 2 mill. 
longis. Antheræ Y/, mill. longæ, glabræ, loculis rectis, connectivo an- 
gusto, apice non producto. Pedunculus fructiferus filiformis, 2-5 mill. 
longus. Fructus glaber, 12-15 mill. crassus. Semina albida, levia, 
basi attenuata et subtruncata, 5 mill. longa, 2, mill. lata. 
