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solitarii fasciculati vel corymbosi. Staminum filamenta longiuscula ; 
antheræ sæpissime omnes biloculares; connectivum non productum. 
Fructus sæpissime breviter pedunculatus. Semina sæpissime leevia et 
marginata. 
À. Semina parva vel minuta, valde compressa. Folia sepius mem- 
branacea. Spec. 32-47. 
l. Flores monoici. Spec. 32-35. 
32. M. scrobiculata; foliis ovato-cordatis, supra punctato-sca- 
berrimis, subtus villosis demum scabris ; floribus masculis brevissime 
peduneulatis, dense fasciculatis ; calyce piloso ; floribus femineis fasei- 
culatis rarissime solitariis; fructu globoso, subtiliter scrobiculato, 
seminibus immarginatis. — Bryonia scrobiculata Hochst. ! in Schimp. 
PI. Abyss. n. 164 et 927. — Zehneria scrobiculata Hochst.! in Rich. 
Fl. Abyss. 1, p. 287; Walp. Ann. 2, p. 643; Hook. f. in Oliv. F1. trop. 
HIE, 2^5. 859, —— 7: longepedunculata A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 1, p. 287; 
Walp. 1. c. (non Hochst.). gel 
Caulis satis gracilis, elongatus, ramosus, sulcatus, villosus vel pu- 
berulus. Petiolus satis gracilis, striatus, breviter denseque villosus, 
demum scaber, 3-8 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viridia et tenuiter 
albo-punctata, subtus viridi-cinerea, rigidiuscula, 5-9 cent. longa, 
4-7 cent. lata, apice acuta mucronataque rarissime obtusa, margine 
subulato-denticulata vel crenulato-dentata ; sinus basilaris subrotun- 
dus, */,-1*/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, sulcati, brevis- 
sime villosi. Flores masculi rarissime ad apicem pedunculi communis 
capitati; fasciculi 6-25-flori. Pedunculus filiformis, villosus vel pube- 
rulus, 3-8 mill. longus. Calycis tubus campanulatus, basi rotundatus, 
3 mill, longus, 2*/, mill. latus ; dentes vix */, mill. longi. Corolla bre- 
"iter villosa, segmentis oblongis, acutis, 2 mill. longis. Staminum fila- 
Menta satis gracilia, longe villosa, 1'/, mill. longa; antheræ ovatæ, 
14-11}, mill. longæ, loeulis ciliatis. Pedunculus fructiferus filiformis, 
2-6 mill. longus. Fruetus rubens, 8-10 mill. crassus. Semina cinerea, 
levia, basi subacuta, 3 */, mill. longa, 2 mill. lata. 
In Abyssinia (Quartin-Dillon et Petit in herb. Francav., Mus. Par., 
*W.; Courbon in herb. Mus. Par.; Schimper n. 836 in herb. Kew., 
n. 841 in herb, Kew., n. 927 in herb. Boiss., Mus. Par., Kew.); in dume- 
tis Scandens, frequens prope Adoam (Schimper n. 164 in herb. Brux., 
C., Boiss., Deless., Francav., Mus. Par., Van H., Berol., Monac., 
