BLASTANIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 627 
laria vel subtriangularia, 5-12 cent. longa lataque, seepius fere usque 
ad basim lobata, lobis obovatis vel lanceolatis, acutis, ad basim valde 
constrictis, irregulariter sinuato-lobulatis vel dentatis, intermedio 
paulo longiore; sinus inter lobos lati, obtusi, basilaris late subrectan- 
gularis, 1-1 */, cent. profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, breviusculi, striati, 
subglabri. Pedunculus communis masculus gracillimus, sulcatus, 
sparse asperus, 2-3 cent. longus, apice 6-10-florus; pedicelli filifor- 
mes, erecti vel patuli, asperi, 10-15 mill. longi, ad basim bracteolati ; 
bracteolæ subulatæ, puberulæ, 2-3 mill. longæ. Calycis tubus breviter 
hirsutus, 2 mill. latus; dentes patuli vel reflexi, 1'/, mill. longi. 
Corolla pubescens, 3-4 mill. lata. Staminum filamenta gracilia, */, mill. 
longa; capitulum antherarum 1 Y, mill. crassum. Fructus rubro- 
miniatus, glaber, levis, 1?/,-2 cent. crassus. Semina cinereo-fusca, 
margine angulato-undulata, basi lobulata, 4 /,-5 mill. longa, 2*/, mill. 
lata, 1 Y, mill. crassa. 
In dumetosis et cultis neglectis Angolæ, prope Cavalleiros, distr. 
Mossamèdes (Welwitsch n. 832 in herb. Brit. Mus.); in dumetosis 
arenoso-argillaceis agri Loandensis prope Penedo (Welwitsch n. 833 
in herb. Brit. Mus.). 
XLII. BLASTANIA, Kotschy et Peyr. Pl. Tin., p. 15 (1865-1866), edit. 
Kanitz, p. 21. — Ctenopsis Hook. f. sec. Naud. in Ann. sc. nat., 
ser. 5, v. 6, p. 12 (1867, non De Notar. 1847). — Ctenolepis Hook. 
f. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1, p. 832 (1867) et in Oliv. FI. 
trop. Afr., 9, p. 557; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind., 2, p. 629. 
— Sicyi, Zehneriæ et Bryoniæ spec. Auct. — Zehneriæ sect. Brac- 
tearia Stocks in Hook. Kew. Journ. of Bot. 4, p. 148. 
Flores monoici. Masculi racemosi. Calycis tubus brevis, campanu- 
latus: lobi 5, subulati, minimi. Corolla rotata, profunde 5-partita. 
Stamina 3, tubo calycis inserta, libera, filamentis remotis, brevissimis : 
antheræ parvæ, una unilocularis ceteræ biloculares, loculis rectis, 
brevibus, ovoideis, didymis, connectivo non producto. Pistillodium 
nul um. — Flores feminei solitarii in eadem axilla cum masculi, bre- 
viter pedunculati. Calyx et corolla maris. Staminodia nulla. Ovarium 
ovoideum, 2-3-placentiferum; discus nullus; stylus columnaris, brevis, 
Sügmatibus 2 rarius 3; ovula 2-3, horizontalia. Fructus carnosulus, 
globosus vel oblique subquadratus, 1-3-spermus. Semina ovoidea. 
valde compressa vel navicularia, margine crasso, acuto vel obtuso cir- 
“umcincta, testa lævi. 
