612 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MELOTHRIA. 
membranacea, supra læte viridia, subtus pallida, 6-8 cent. longa, 
5-6 cent. lata, lobis lateralibus brevibus, acutis; sinus basilaris trian- 
eularis, acutus, 1 cent. profundus. Pedunculus communis masculus 
filiformis, profunde sulcatus, glaber vel subglaber, */,-1 '/, cent. lon- 
gus, apiee 2-8-florus; pedicelli capillares, erecti vel patuli, 1-4 mill. 
longi. Calycis tubus glaber, */, mill. longus, 1 '/, mill. latus; dentes 
subulati, */, mill. longi. Corolla brevissime papillosa, segmentis 0b- 
longis, subacutis, 1 '/, mill. longis. Staminum filamenta brevissima; 
antheræ globosæ, */, mill. crassæ, loculis subrectis, ciliatis. 
In Guinea ad mont. Cameroon, altit. 2300 metr. (Mann n. 2010 in 
herb. Kew.). : 
41. M. longepedunculatas foliis longule petiolatis, ambitu late 
ovato-cordatis, 5-angulatis vel leviter trilobatis, acutis, supra scabris, 
subtus glabris lævibusque, margine subintegerrimis vel undulato- 
dentieulatis; racemis masculis petiolo longioribus; floribus parvis: 
calycis tubo anguste campanulato subeylindrico. — Zehneria longe 
pedunculata Hochst.! in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. n. 1625 (non A. Rich.) 
Caulis subfiliformis, elongatus, ramosus, sulcatus, glaber. Petiolus 
gracilis, striatus, glaber vel puberulus, 2-3 cent. longus. Folia mem- 
branacea, supra intense viridia, subtus pallidiora, 5-7 cent. longa 5 
fere totidem lata, apice interdum subobtusa et longe apiculata, lobis 
lateralibus brevissimis, late triangularibus; sinus basilaris subrotun- 
datus, 1-1 '/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, glabri vel d 
basim puberuli. Peduneulus communis masculus filiformis, sulcatus, 
glaber vel leviter puberulus, 4-5 cent. longus, apice 10-20-florus; 
pedicelli erecto-patuli, 4-8 mill. longi. Calycis tubus glaber, basi 
leviter attenuatus, 3 mill. longus, 2 mill. latus ; dentes erecti, anguste 
triangulares, */, mill. longi. Corolla brevissime denseque villosa pr- 
cipue intus, segmentis oblongis, subacutis, 3 mill. longis. Staminum 
filamenta filiformia, longe villoso-lanata, 3 '/, mill. longa; anther? 
ovatæ, dense papillosæ, 1 */,-1 Y, mill. longæ, loculis leviter arcuatis. 
Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
Ad arbores et frutices scandens in valle fluvii Tacazé prope Djela- 
djeranne Abyssiniæ (Schimper n. 1625 in herb. DC., Boiss., Deles 
Francav., Berol., hort. Petrop., Webb. ; Figari in herb. Flor; Y 
Iemen (Schimper n. 1498 in herb. Boiss., Francav., Mus. Par.) ; proP* 
Obeid (Cienkowski n. 385 in herb.. Acad. Petrop.); in region. Bog% 
ad Keren, altit. 1500 metr. (Beccari in herb. suo). 
