614 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MELOTHRIA . 
Cap. p. 35; Willd. Spec. 4, p. 623; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 308; 
Roem. 1. c. p. 39 (an var. sec. Sond. L. e. ?). 
Caulis satis gracilis, elongatus, ramosus, suleatus, sparse villosus. 
Petiolus robustiusculus, suleatus, breviter villoso-hirsutus, 3-4 cent. 
longus. Folia membranacea, supra intense viridia, subtus viridi-ci- 
nerea, 5-8 cent. longa lataque, apice acuta vel breviter acuminata; 
sinus basilaris subrotundatus, 1-1?/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi satis 
graciles, longissimi, sulcati, breviter villosi. Flores masculi ignoti. 
Pedunculus communis femineus gracilis, striatus, breviter sparseque 
pilosus, 2-6 cent. longus, apice 5-12-florus; pedicelli patuli, breviter 
villosi, 2-3 mill. longi. Calycis tubus subhemisphæricus, 2-mill. lon- 
gus, 3 mill. latus; dentes subulati, */, mill. longi. Corollæ segmenta 
ovato-oblonga, acuta, breviter villosa precipue ad apicem, 2*/, mill. 
longa. Ovarium subglobosum, sparse pilosum. Fructus flavus, ]aevis, 
1-8 mill. erassus. 
In Africa australi ad Zuurebirge (Drège in herb. DC., Boiss., Fran- 
cav., Lenorm., Berol., hort. Petrop., Vindob., Kew.); in Caffraria at 
montes Katriver (Ecklon et Zeyher n. 1788 sec. Sond. 1. €.). 
44. M. tomentosa; foliis cordato-ovatis, integris vel leviter tri- 
lobatis, supra albo-punctatis et scaberrimis, subtus dense canescenti- 
tomentosis, basi emarginatis, margine undulato-denticulatis ; floribus 
masculis dense capitato-subumbellatis; calyce dense canescenti-to- 
mentoso; floribus femineis fasciculatis; fructu glabro. — Zehneria 
velutina A. Rich.! Fl. Abyss. 1, p. 287; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. 
Afr. 2, p. 560 (non Arn.). m 
Caulis satis robustus, elongatus, ramosus, sulcatus, breviter villo- 
sus, basi suffruticosus. Petiolus erassiusculus, striatus, breviter den- 
seque villosus vel tomentosus, 2-3 cent. longus. Folia coriacea, supra 
intense viridia, subtus canescenti-cinerea, 5-8 cent. longa, 47 cent. 
lata, lobis lateralibus brevissimis, subrotundatis, obtusis, terminali 
triangulari, acuto vel obtuso ; sinus basilaris subrotundatus, 'l cent. 
profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, striati, breviter villosi. Pedun- 
culus communis masculus erassiuseulus, sulcatus, breviter villosu* 
3-7 cent. longus vel interdum subnullus, apice 15-30-florus ; pedice 
patuli, filiformes, 2-7 mill. longi. Calycis tubus campanulato-subcY 
lindricus, basi subtruncatus, 3 '/, mill. longus, 2 '/, mill. latus; dente: 
subnulli. Staminum filamenta crassiuscula, longe sparseque pilos? 
1 */, mill. longa; antheræ ovatæ, 1*/, mill. longæ, loculis rectis, long? 
denseque ciliatis. Pedunculus fructiferus satis robustus, breviter de 
