MELOTHRIA . CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 611 
tt Fructus globosus. Spec. 38-42. 
38. M. hederacea; tota glabra et lævia; foliis ovato-cordatis, 
margine integerrimis, trilobatis vel sub-5-lobatis; racemis masculis 
elongatis, paucifloris. — Zehneria hederacea Sond. in Harv. et Sond. 
Fl. Cap. 2, p. 487. 
Caulis gracilis, ramosus. Folia 5-6 cent. longa lataque, palmatiner- 
via, lobis lateralibus brevibus, triangularibus, rotundatis vel obtusis, 
interdum mueronatis, intermedio acuto. Pedunculus communis mas- 
culus capillaris, 3-4 cent. longus ; pedicelli capillares, 6-12 mill. longi. 
Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Africa australi ad Kromriver (Drège, sec. Sonder). 
39. M. microsperma: folis breviter petiolatis, regulariter 
ovato-cordatis, acutis apiculatisque, supra minute denseque albo- 
punctatis et scabriusculis, subtus glabris leevibusque, margine acute 
crenulato-dentatis; floribus femineis racemosis. — Zehneria micros- 
perma Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 559. 
Caulis gracillimus, profunde sulcatus, glaber, lævis. Petiolus filifor- 
mis, striatus, glaber, 1 Y,-2 '/, cent. longus. Folia supra intense 
viridia, subtus pallide viridia et tenuiter punctata, membranacea, 
4-6 cent. longa, 3-4 1/, cent. lata; sinus basilaris late rotundatus, 
*/.-1 cent. profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, glabri. Flores mas- 
culi ignoti. Flores feminei minutissimi; pedunculus communis filifor- 
mis, glaber, ,,-2 1/, cent. longus, apice 1-4-florus; pedicelli capillares, 
2-3 mill. longi. Fructus sæpius geminati, tenuissime reticulati, glabri, 
9-10 mill. erassi. Semina cinereo-fulva, ovato-oblonga, lævia, leviter 
marginata, 2 /, mill. longa, 1 Y, mill. lata. 
" In Mozambique, ad Chibira, lat. 16° S, long. 35° E (Meller in herb. 
(ew.). | 
: M. minutiflora; foliis longule petiolatis, ambitu ovato-cor- 
datis, angulato-trilobatis, longe acuminatis, supra sparse breviterque 
albo-hirsutis, subtus glaberrimis lævibusque, margine remote subu- 
lato-denticulatis: racemis masculis petiolo multo brevioribus ; floribus 
minutissimis ; calycis tubo late hemisphærico. — Zehneria micrantha 
Hook. f. ! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 560 (non F. Muell.). 
Caulis subfiliformis, profunde sulcatus, glaber, levis, 3 metr. lon- 
sus. Petiolus gracillimus, striatus, glaber, 4-5 cent. longus. Folia 
