MELOTHRIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 607 
Caulis gracillimus, angulato-sulcatus, glaber, lævis. Petiolus gra- 
cilis, striatus, glaber, 1-4 cent. longus. Folia tenuiter membranacea, 
utrinque pallide viridia, 4-8 cent. longa lataque, lobis divergentibus, 
margine subintegerrimis vel sinuato-denticulatis, lateralibus triangu- 
laribus, acutis, intermedio multo longiore, triangulari ovato vel lan- 
ceolato, acuminato; sinus basilaris angustus, acutus, 1 !/,-2 cent. pro- 
fundus. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, glabri. Calycis tubus brevissimus, 
late campanulatus; dentes triangulares, brevissimi. Corolla 2 mill. 
lata, segmentis ovato-oblongis, subacutis, puberulis. Staminum fila- 
menta gracilia, glabra, '/, mill. longa; antheræ suborbiculares, 
*/,7*/, mill. longæ, loculis leviter arcuatis. Ovarium minutum, subglo- 
bosum. Fruetus coccineus, glaber, 14-16 mill. crassus. Semina cinerea, 
late ovata, basi subacuta, 4 mill. longa, 3 */, mill. lata. 
In dumetis Angolæ, ad sylvar. primitiv. oras in Serra de Alta 
Queta, altit. 300-800 metr. (Welwitsch n. 842, 844 et 844) in herb. 
Brit. Mus.). 
35. M. perpusilla; foliis ovato-cordatis, integris vel angulatis, 
rarius leviter 3-5-lobatis, supra scabris, subtus sæpissime glabris læ- 
vibusque; floribus masculis ad apicem pedunculi communis capitatis 
vel subumbellatis; calyce glabro vel puberulo; floribus femineis soli- 
tariis vel rarius subumbellatis; fructu globoso, tenuiter reticulato: 
seminibus distincte marginatis. — Cucurbita perpusilla Bl. ! Cat. hort. 
Buitenz., p. 105. — C. scabra BL! L e. — Bryonia perpusilla Bl. ! 
Bijdr. p. 926; Ræm. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 43; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, 
P. 660. — B. seabrata Bl.! Bijdr. p. 923; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, 
p. 304; Ræm. Syn. 1. e. p. 35; Mig. 1. c. p. 659. — Cucumis perpu- 
Sillus Noronh. in Verh. Bat. Genootsch., 5, p. 73 (ex Mig. l. c.). — 
Momordica rotunda Noronh. 1. c. p. 80 (ex Miq.). — Bryonia stipu- 
lacea, 6. perpusilla Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 307. — B. oxyphylla 
Wall.! List n. 6697. — B. cissoides Wall.! List n. 6698. — B. Hoo- 
keriana W. et Arn. ! Prodr. 1, p. 345; Walp. Rep. 2, p. 198. — Zeh- 
neria Hookeriana Arn.! in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 3, p. 275 (1841); 
Wight in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 8, p. 260 (1842); Ram. Syn. 
part. 2, p. 31; Thw. Enum. pl. Zeyl. p. 125; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. 1877, part. 2, p. 105; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 624 
(excl. syn.). — Bryonia Maysorensis Wight Ic. pl. Ind. or, 3, tab. 758 
(non Wall.), 
Caulis gracillimus, sulcatus; elongatus, ramosus, glaber vel leviter 
villosus, Petiolus gracilis, striatus, glaber, 2-5 cent. longus. Folia 
